Christoph Lefkes
Program Manager - SAP S/4 HANA
Experience
Program Manager - SAP S/4 HANA
BAHAG AG
- Taking over management of the SAP S4 transformation program after 15 months of project duration
- Assessing the quality of soft factors, especially collaboration and communication
- Evaluation, program planning, resource management, and realignment of the timeline
- Introduction of the software delivery model and quality gates
- Initial scope definition in the form of business capabilities
- Introduction of enterprise architecture
- Reporting to the steering committee for the S4 transformation program / C-level
- Risk management and escalation when identifying project risks
- Coordination of the various projects within the program
Program Lead SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud
H-Tec Systems GmbH
- Managing the entire project lifecycle up to the go-live phase, including project documentation and communication at all levels, especially board level
- Re-planning, structuring, and organizing all project-related processes for all involved teams and departments
- Defining project objectives, including alignment with stakeholders
- Monitoring budget and timelines, including progress tracking
- Functional leadership and support of subproject managers
- Regular reporting to project owners and steering committees
- Managing external service providers, especially SAP consulting, and internal resources
Business Development Officer
Urb@nFish UG
- Creating business plan, financing plan, and pitch deck
- Developing marketing concept and investor presentations for an aquaponics start-up
- Partner search and competition participation
- Preparing pre-seed presentations and strategy consulting
SAP S/4 project lead and crisis intervention
REPA Deutschland GmbH
- Crisis intervention for a 4-year implementation project
- Assessing the maturity of the organization, IT, and business processes
- Managing service providers and setting up IT organization
- Building an IT operating model, including recruiting 20 IT staff
- Defining the software delivery model, quality gates, and deliverables
- Redefining the business model and target processes
- Defining the target architecture for SAP and third-party systems and migration paths
- Conducting SAP safeguarding and digital discovery assessment
- Reissuing the RFP for the implementation
- Change management, stakeholder management, risk management
- Organizing training, workshops, and creating architecture diagrams
- Functional process development and conflict management
SAP S/4 – Sales & Distribution Crisis Intervention
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V.
- Overall management of all hypercare activities as the go-live command center starting from the rollout on January 10, 2022
- Enterprise architecture and functional management of public project execution and billing in SAP SD and IBSO development
- Master data strategy and governance, as well as IAM identity and access governance
- Change management, project controlling, and reporting
- Stakeholder and risk management
- Organizing training, workshops, and creating architecture diagrams
- Functional process development and conflict management
ERP Evaluation Project Manager
OTTO DÖRNER GmbH & Co. KG
- Requirement gathering for disposal, building materials and landfills via workshops and observations
- Consolidation based on a custom template approach
- Creation of scope of work for functional and technical modules
- Inclusion of industry specifics and best practices
- Preparation of a functional and technical requirements specification for 48 clients
ERP Implementation Project Manager
Viega Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- Management of the service provider selection process from requirements validation to partner selection
- Definition of project objectives including stakeholder alignment and budget and timeline adherence
- Management of external service providers, especially SAP implementation partners
- Escalation and program management
- Content and organizational management as well as team development
Interim Head of Project Portfolio and Process Management and ERP Implementation Project Manager
Habermaass GmbH
- Crisis intervention and leadership of a major ERP implementation project
- Strategic consulting and redesign of the business model (B2B + B2C)
- SAP ERP tender and process redesign
- Staff training and workshops
- Setup of portfolio management and dependency analysis
- Redesign of the software delivery process
- Risk and communication management
- Building and training of the core project team
Project Lead Merchandising Financial Planning and North America Market Entry, Product Owner
adidas AG
- Business design, transformation and scope definition for North America (USA, Canada, Reebok USA)
- Creation of global templates for forecasting, financial and assortment planning
- Definition of guidelines for excess stock valuation and clearance
- Product responsibility for MFP and WSSI
- Dependency analysis, risk and communication management
- Test management and service provider coordination
- Redesign and implementation of the agile software delivery process
Project Lead Omni-Channel Services
Hugo Boss AG
- Business and scope definition, lean development and architecture
- Release and test management as well as dependency analysis
- Project planning (scope, schedule, budget, quality)
- Risk and communication management
- Project controlling (time, budget, progress)
- Agile implementation of POS, iPad, merchandise management and ERP
- Planning and conducting structured walkthroughs
CIO strategy workshop, onboarding and customer analysis
Ernst & Young GmbH
Enterprise to collection framework planning
Globetrotter Ausrüstung GmbH
Project lead - ERP implementation Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 (functional and technical)
Gerry Weber International AG
- Requirements analysis, restructuring and transformation in retail and wholesale
- Functional design for planning and management
- Functional and technical project management of the ERP implementation
- Overall project management and vendor management
Founder and Managing Director
Lefkes Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Partner
AMONTIS Consulting AG
Scope Manager SAP Implementation; Project Manager for Strategic Large-Scale Projects; Solution Architect for Multichannel
OTTO Group
Managing Director
LASCANA
Director Merchandising
EDDIE BAUER GmbH & Co. KG
Head of Clearance Sales, Import and Export, Department Manager Eddie Bauer
SPORTSCHECK GmbH
Buyer and Planner
ROHÈ GOLF-HANDELS GmbH
Customer Service Manager
GOLF HOUSE DIREKTVERSAND
Bank Clerk
COMMERZBANK AG
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Retail (25.5 years), Professional Services (13 years), Fashion (7.5 years), Sport (2.5 years), Information Technology (1.5 years), and Manufacturing (1 year).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (15 years), Project Management (14.5 years), Strategy (13.5 years), Supply Chain Management (12 years), Logistics (10.5 years), and Procurement (8 years).
Summary
Christoph Lefkes brings over 20 years of experience in multi-project management and crisis intervention on large projects, especially in designing and optimizing organizational structures. As an IT organization architect, he has successfully defined, improved, and documented organizational structures within product organizations. Christoph has deep expertise in various industries and technology environments. He is an experienced problem solver who combines strategic and analytical skills with strong technical understanding. With his experience managing multinational projects, he can effectively communicate with stakeholders at all corporate levels and make critical decisions under pressure.
Skills
Holistic Evaluation And Development Of Business Models (Incl. Value Stream)
Software Delivery Model (Incl. Test And Release Management) As Program Governance
Project Portfolio Management Set Up Multiple Times As Well As The Accompanying Operational Excellence As A Governance Area, Among Others As Head Of It At Otto Group
Business And It Process Optimization And Organizational Development
Program Control For Scope, Quality, Resources, And Schedule
Development And Optimization Of Organizational Structures (Knowledge Transfer)
Roll-out Experience With Big-bang Or Pilot Approaches And Country Clusters With Go-live Support
Collaboration With Product Line Management And Executives
Logistics And Supply Chain
Energy/wholesale
Technology And It
Retail / E-commerce
Manufacturing / Production
Strategy Consultant
It Organization Architect
Reorganization Specialist
Project Manager For Organizational Development
Scrum, Lean, Safe, Itil
Product And Portfolio Management
Capability Maps And Domain Topologies
Product Development
Project Management Tools E.g. Jira, Confluence, Solman
Software Delivery Process
Business Development
Structure And Development Of New Business Areas
National And International Market And Segment Assessments
Joint Venture Implementations
Scaling Multichannel Business Models
Brand And Private Label Development
Shared Services, Platform, Value Stream Mapping
Development Of End-to-end Process Models And Reference Models For Retail Companies
Technical (Development, Testing, Operations) And Functional Project Leadership
Requirements And Portfolio Management
Dependency Analysis
Project Initiation
Project Planning (Scope, Schedule, Budget, Quality)
Risk And Communication Management
Project Controlling (Time/budget/progress Monitoring)
Functional And Technical Testing
Rollout And Go-live Support
Crisis Intervention
Assortment Planning
Creative Buying And Collection Development
Marketing Material Design In A Multichannel Environment
Category Management
Market And Supplier Selection And Evaluation
Quality Management Including Financial And Social Audits
Procurement Logistics And Supply Chain Management
Conditions Management
Logistical Supplier Integration
International Market Tests And Potential Assessments
Development And Implementation Of Corporate Design And Corporate Identity
Brand Management
Customer Relationship Management
Advertising Material Production
Trigger Chains And Print Run Control
Benchmarking
Go-to-market Strategies
International Procurement Logistics With Freight Management, Tariffing, And Customs Clearance
Warehouse Logistics
Goods Redistribution
Distribution Logistics For B2c And B2b
Store Distribution
Inventory Management
Returns Logistics
Cost And Profit Planning At Profit Center To Style Level
Development Of Stationary Planning Systems For Space And Building Block Concepts
Creation Of Cross-channel Kpis For Multichannel Retail
Definition Of Master Data And Organizational Structures As A Basis For Business Intelligence Reporting/algorithms
Specification Of Functional Correlations For Bi Applications
Introduction Of Business Management Tools For Cross-channel Inventory Management
Overhang Planning And Clearance
Business Plan Creation For Market Launches And Acceptance Tests
Development Of Competency And Job Profiles With Corresponding Development Levels As An Employee Development Program
Organizational Set-up And Introduction Of A Training Academy For Staff Training
Need-based Development And Introduction Of New Organizational Units Into Existing Company Structures
Restructuring Of Organizations And Processes Including Team-building Measures
Coaching And Development Of Learning Ability In High Performers
Management Of Intercultural Projects Between Germany, Usa, Japan, Brazil, And Turkey
Architecture And Topology
Analysis And Estimation
Project Structures (Agile And Waterfall)
Governance
Controlling And Progress Monitoring
Quality Management
Service Management
Software Delivery Process
Languages
Education
Commerzbank AG Mannheim
Bank clerk · Mannheim, Germany
Technical High School Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified by BAFA (Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control)
Prince2® Foundation Examination
AXELOS Global Best Practice
Prince2® Practitioner Examination
AXELOS Global Best Practice
Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.Org
Six Sigma Green Belt
AIGPE
Strategic Management
amontis.com
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