Project Manager (Consultancy Contract)

Assignment at the European distribution center Micro-Tech Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf - Improvement of MS Dynamics NAV 2017 - Direct reporting to executive management - Intensive “stakeholder management” with department heads, works council and selected user groups - Collection, assessment and prioritization of all “open issues” - Management of the system partner, mediation with internal stakeholders - Formation of a task force to revise and improve data quality, especially master data, open processes and bills of materials - Determination of individual departments’ readiness - Planning and organization of trainings - Final report with status updates and recommendations for further action

• Establishment of structures in finance, administration and logistics in/after startup situation - Follow-on project after SAP S/4HANA go-live: relocation support for warehouse, picking and shipping: project planning, staff compensation model, warehouse layout redesign, definition of storage types and codes, optimized picking routes, WM module adjustments and updates - Follow-on project after SAP S/4HANA go-live: development of controlling and management information system via Qlik Sense: export, harmonization and upload of historical legacy data; programming of location-independent KPI queries through custom reports and multidimensional database analyses per authorization concept - Complete transition to chaotic warehouse management, design of warehouse architecture and systematization of storage locations - Introduction of fully digital order entry, inventory planning, picking, packing and shipping - Development of KPI system with regular review for logistics - Establishment, execution and regular review of strategic and operational company planning with target-actual comparisons and variance analysis - Preparation and ongoing control of annual budgets - Liquidity planning and cash management monitoring - Implementation of cost center accounting - Reorganization of procurement planning, optimization of order parameters and custom ERP programming - Creation of integrated competitor database - Concept for building organizational structure - Implementation and post-Go-Live support of SAP S/4HANA - Direct reporting to the global lead in China and local managing directors in Germany - Selection and management of national SAP consultancy - Responsibility for Key Users and project IT - Connection of users in Germany and a site in the Netherlands - Management of all technical, administrative and organizational issues between sites and headquarters in Nanjing - Ensuring complete and accurate data migration - Responsibility for blueprint creation - Fit-and-gap analysis, identification and prioritization of blocking points, evaluation and selection of best-practice solutions - Balancing custom development vs change management processes - Conducting user acceptance tests, readiness recommendation to board in China and local management - Planning and conducting trainings - Leading live-environment simulation and hypercare - Chairing national decision-making committees - Weekly alignment with headquarters in Nanjing and Chinese SAP consultancy - Post-Go-Live support: benchmark analysis old vs new; recommendations for further optimizations to headquarters in China and local management - Collection, review, definition, commissioning, testing and implementation of subsequent adjustments and custom developments - Identification and recommendation of follow-on projects: e.g. CRM tool, integrated finance planning, EDI, key account integration, warehouse capacity expansion

• Trouble-shooting and improvement of SAP ECC 6.0 - Support for new subsidiary due to ongoing problems and high dissatisfaction of local management after go-live and hypercare - Formation of task force, replacement of some consultants (external vs HQ) - Organization of intensive workshops for selected areas and processes - Improvement of resources and employment terms for Key Users - Collection, prioritization and management of blocking points and processes with significant additional effort - Collection and drafting of change requests to HQ - Testing and acceptance of custom developments - Revision and cleanup of master data and legacy data - Organization of repeat user trainings outside daily operations - Introduction and acceptance of user licenses - Final report to executive management and HQ

• Restructuring and reorganization - Execution of comprehensive cost-reduction program including 35% headcount adjustment - Drastic working capital management: reduction by €12M including 30% inventory reduction - Establishment of strategic procurement, maintaining stable material usage despite restructuring and rising market prices - Elimination of low-margin business areas - Redefinition of cost and profit centers and implementation of cost center accounting - Company subsequently sold to an investor - Consolidation of logistics sites - Securing investment financing, volume €4.3M - Planning, construction and equipping (incl. IT and ERP) of new high-bay warehouse with multi-tier shelving for 54,000 storage locations - Process optimization and organizational restructuring - Adjustment of logistics headcount from 110 to 70 employees - Overall efficiency increase of 40% - Rescue, rollback and development of MS Dynamics Navision 5.1* (* after faulty introduction; go-live before joining company!) - Drastic reduction of system house responsibilities, legal review and contract adjustments - Assembly of freelance Navision programmers team - Replacement of custom developments with enhanced use of standard functionality plus meaningful new adjustments - Significant performance and reliability improvements (approx. factor 4!) - Valid intra-year valuation of inventory and finished/unfinished goods - Introduction of digital picking, inventory tracking and location management via terminals and mobile data entry devices - Custom programming and integration of new logistics control center - Introduction of CRM module - Development of management information system with KPIs for finance, sales and logistics via web-based real-time access (Visual Studio / Crystal Reports)

• Administration and development of Navision XAL – MS Business Solutions - Navision XAL administration up to second-level support - Preparation and control of IT application budgets with ongoing target-actual comparisons - Collection, assessment and definition of change requests - Interface to solution provider: commissioning, briefing, testing and acceptance of custom developments - Implementation of PPS module in multistage production processes - Organization and leading of trainings - Introduction of management information system for finance, sales and production - Own programming of multidimensional database queries and custom reports with Crystal Reports