Desiree K. - Freelance Project Manager – Transformation Consultant & SAP S/4HANA Global Rollouts

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Gummersbach, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years

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.