Desiree K.

Freelance Project Manager – Transformation Consultant & SAP S/4HANA Global Rollouts

Gummersbach, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 11 months

Freelance Project Manager – Transformation, Consultant & SAP S/4HANA Global Rollouts

Veris Advisors / CGI / Guidepoint

  • Digital PMO / Project Manager Lead for SAP S/4HANA implementation programs, multi-site, multi cultural, driving project performance across deployment phases.
  • Led and facilitated Project Committees (SteerCos), Operational Committees (OpCos), and Daily Sprint Ceremonies (Scrum).
  • Drove business adoption strategy including communication plans, training matrix, support model post-go-live, change impact assessments and stakeholder engagement.
  • Oversaw cross-stream planning and coordination across key workstreams: Data Migration, Change Management, Solution Design, Integration, Testing.
  • Orchestrated/animated the full testing lifecycle including SIT (designed test strategy, coordinated cross-functional validations, defect triage), UAT (managed execution plans, entry/exit criteria, scenario coverage and business validation), Cutover plan (rehearsal/simulation, ramp down, ramp up, go-live planning and resource allocation), rollback plan, change management for user adoption.
  • Conducted Quality Gates, aligning deliverables with program governance and audit checkpoints.
  • monitored budget, resource allocation, and dependencies.
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
1 year

Site Director (GM), Logistics Center

Honeywell Group

  • Delivered sales increase in +4%.
  • Acted as sites’ transformation lead (change of supplier, shift restructuring).
  • Steer IT improvement plan linked to picking (prod) equipment (Vocollect).
  • Animated the WMS customization project for waste reduction (false stops in control station).
  • Designed SIM dashboards (lean) in Nexus for operational visibility & follow-up.
  • Led the end-to-end system customization process, including business requirements for solution acceptance.
Jan 2009 - Jan 2018
9 years 1 month

Senior Logistics Project Manager / Smart DC Lead

Schneider Electric

  • Lead Project Manager for multiple logistics transformation projects.
  • Provided €1.3M in savings in 2020 by enhancing shipping condition for MTS materials, optimizing shipping condition and improving visibility of stock in transit.
  • Delivered measurable impact with 33% reduction in customer complaints.
  • Co-developed transport contingency plan for 2021 plastic and electronic components crisis (forecast & capacity).
  • Delivered additional €200k saving by optimizing transport network from Air Express to Road express on intra-Europe flows.
  • Rolled out lean tools and digitized 3PL tracking and traceability.

Regional Logistics PM / Business Development

PGS / Damco / Contank

  • Deployed logistics solutions from scratch in multi-country footprint.
  • Built end-to-end operational flows, warehouses, and customs bonded zones.

Summary

Multilingual and Hands-On Supply Chain Consultant / Director with 15+ years leading complex deployment programs and supply chain transformation across EMEA.

Languages

Catalan
Native
Spanish
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Italian
Elementary

Education

INSEAD

Innovation & Change Management · Paris, France

IESE

MBA · Barcelona, Spain

UOC

BSc · Business Administration · Barcelona, Spain

...and 2 more

Certifications & licenses

SAP Certified Associate - Validating Business Transformation

SAP

Managing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Projects

SAP

SAP Activate

SAP

Lean Management Lead

Lean Management Lead

PFMEA Advanced Certification

France

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