Carsten Buehner

SAP Program and Project Leader - Multilingual DE, EN, FR, ES

Carsten Buehner
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain

Experience

Feb 2022 - Present
4 years
Hybrid

SAP Program and Project Executive

Buehner Consulting

Freelance SAP Program and Project Executive, providing end-to-end leadership services for the successful delivery of complex, global SAP initiatives

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
4 years
Calgary, Canada
On-site

SAP Program Manager / Program Delivery Lead (M&A Program)

CPKC (formerly Canadian Pacific Railway)

  • Serving as the Program Manager and Delivery Lead, I’ve provided executive leadership to CPKC’s SAP Integration program from inception to successful Go-Live and stabilization.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
4 years

SAP Program Delivery Lead (SAP Transformation 1GX)

Government of Alberta

  • Provided executive leadership to the Province’s SAP Transformation initiative 1GX, deploying a full, latest generation SAP S/4HANA Business Suite to 28,000 users in core government.
  • Acted as the GoA’s Program Delivery Lead throughout Design and Realization
  • Lead and managed PwC’s engagement team (up to 70 FTE)
  • Served as executive advisor to the government’s program leadership team
Jan 2012 - Dec 2022
11 years

SAP Delivery Partner

PwC Canada

Jan 2012 - Dec 2017
6 years

SAP Program Delivery + Integration Lead (3 SAP Initiatives)

TC Energy (formerly TransCanada Pipelines)

  • Provided leadership to TC’s largest SAP Transformation initiatives.
  • Delivery Lead for the M&A Integration of CPL (business and SAP) (2016-2017)
  • Delivery Lead for the SAP transformation at TC Mexico (2014-2015)
  • Integration + QA Lead for the Canada/US SAP ECC implementation (2012-2014)
Jan 2009 - Dec 2012
4 years

Engagement Executive, Portfolio / SAP Program Manager & Delivery Lead (DELFOS Program)

Norsk Hydro - Building Systems Division

  • Directly managed the entire program delivery and sustainment team in the global SAP implementation of this world leading aluminum and utility company.
  • Helped the customer through a major downsizing of the initial project structure
  • Held full operational program and project management responsibilities
  • Delivered successful Go Lives in overall 10 country business units
  • Managed a lean rollout/sustainment team of 25 direct reports
Jan 2001 - Dec 2012
12 years

Owner

Buehner Consulting

Jan 2000 - Dec 2001
2 years

SAP Presales Consultant

pmc GmbH / TDS AG

Jan 1997 - Dec 2000
4 years

SAP MM/WM Consultant

SAP Germany

Jan 1995 - Dec 1997
3 years

SAP MM/WM Consultant

SAP France

Summary

I’m a seasoned, passionate SAP Delivery Executive with over 25 years in successful high profile, international SAP program and project leadership roles building on a prior SAP consulting background. My unique edge is the blend of broad SAP expert knowledge and hands-on leadership experience, with an uncanny ability to guide projects to do the right things and maximize my teams’ delivery performance and excellence.

I’m taking pride in making my clients successful in their most challenging SAP transformation initiatives.

Skills

Areas Of Specialization

  • Program / Project Management
  • Delivery Methodology And Tools
  • Solution Integration, Supply Chain
  • Quality Assurance And Testing
  • Organization And Planning
  • Scope Management And Control
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Project Reengineering
  • Mergers & Acquisitions, Carveouts
  • Sap Project And Program Management (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrids)
  • Sap Project Methodology (Sap Activate, Proprietary Si Methodologies, Ai Based Tools)
  • Sap Solution Integration (30+ Years In Sap Advisory)
  • Sap Delivery Excellence (Maximize Outcomes Against Project Objectives)
  • Sap Quality Assurance & Testing (Achieve Quality And Minimize Risk - Pragmatically)
  • Business Process Improvement (Bpm, Pain Point Assessments, Value Mapping)
  • Process-led Implementation (Strategy, Scoping, Design, Build/test And Deploy)
  • Risk & Quality Audits (Oversight, Risk And Quality Management And Audit)

Sap Products

  • Sap S/4hana
  • Sap Btp
  • Sap Ecc
  • Sap R/3
  • Sap C/4 Commerce
  • Sap Ewm
  • Sap Ariba
  • Successfactors
  • Concur
  • Sap Pi/po
  • Sap Ibp
  • Sap Bpc
  • Sap Sac
  • Sap Bw
  • Sap Apo
  • Sap Solution Manager
  • Sap Alm
  • Sap Integration (Solution Architect Grade)

Sap Leadership Experience

  • Engagement Executive
  • Portfolio / Program / Project Manager
  • Delivery Lead
  • Integration Lead
  • Cutover Manager
  • Test / Qa Lead
  • Data Migration Lead
  • Functional Team Lead

Project Management And Collaboration Tools

  • Ms Office
  • Google Suite
  • Jira
  • Tricentis Qtest
  • Hp Alm
  • Hp Qc
  • Sap Solution Manager
  • Charm
  • Collaboration Tools (Various)
  • Advanced Ai Proficiency

Sap Implementation Methodologies

  • Sap Activate (Sap)
  • Sap Asap (Sap)
  • Bxt Agile (Pwc)
  • Transform (Pwc)

Industries

  • Automotive
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Utilities
  • Oil And Gas
  • Retail
  • Consumer Goods
  • Government And Public Sector
  • Transportation

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate
Catalan
Elementary
...and 2 more

Education

Oct 1991 - Jun 1995

NEOMA Business School Reims & Reutlingen University

Bachelor’s Economics · Economics · Reims, France

Certifications & licenses

Certified SAP RISE with S/4HANA Engagement Executive

SAP

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute

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