Hermann Ebert
Solution Architect, Senior Developer
Experience
Mar 2025 - Present
5 months Oldenburg, Germany
Solution Architect, Senior Developer
Energy sector
- Modules: SAP SRM, SAP S/4 MM
- Converted the SAP SRM system from an SAP ECC connection to SAP S/4 HANA
- Quality assurance of the implementation
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
1 year 3 months Lübeck, Germany
Project Manager, Solution Architect, Process Consultant, Developer
Pharmaceuticals
- Modules: SAP MM (S/4), MM-PUR, MM-SRV, MM-IM
- First-time enterprise rollout of SAP from 300+ legacy systems
- Captured and designed all procurement processes for mapping in/with SAP. Collaborated with PM, PP, SD, CS for direct procurement, subcontracting, service procurement, consignment, supplier management
- Designed and migrated master data using LSMW and batch input / BAPIs
- Functional and technical design of requirements in the MM module and interfaces (via CPI) for workflow approvers and responsibilities
- Designed and implemented flexible workflows for purchase requisitions (item- and header-based), purchase orders and contracts
- Extended standard Fiori apps for efficient order confirmation entry
May 2023 - Present
2 years 3 months Cologne, Germany
Project Manager, Solution Architect
Energy sector
- Modules: Ivalua (S2C / P2P), SAP MM (ECC and S/4), MM-PUR, MM-SRV, MM-IM
- Planned project phases for integrating Ivalua with SAP
- Functional and technical interface design (vendor / business partner) with the business department
- Converted SAP from vendor (ECC) to Business Partner concept (S/4) – design, workshops, functional specs, test management
- Migrated master data (e.g. material and suppliers) and transaction data (e.g. contracts) from SAP (ECC) to Ivalua and SAP S/4 HANA
- Project management (status calls, team leadership, budget and milestone tracking)
Apr 2022 - Oct 2023
1 year 7 months Laupheim, Germany
Project Manager, Strategic Consultant, Solution Architect
Mechanical engineering
- Modules: SAP SRM, SAP MM (ECC and S/4), MM-PUR, MM-IM
- Planned procurement roadmap with the client (S2C and P2P process analysis) regarding process and IT landscape
- Process design of core processes in S2C and P2P
- Replaced the connected ERP backend (SAP ECC to SAP S/4) from SAP SRM
- Connected SAP R/3 to SAP SRM with extraction of material masters for cross-catalog search and creation of purchase requisitions / reservations
- Adjusted workflows from SAP SRM to SAP S/4 Flexible Workflow
- Extended the Fiori My Inbox application with custom fields
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
2 years 7 months Karlsruhe, Germany
Project Manager, Solution Architect, Senior Developer, Process Consultant
Energy sector
- Modules: SAP MM (ECC and S/4), MM-PUR, MM-IV, MM-SRV, MM-IM
- Subproject lead in procurement for an S/4 transformation
- Ran workshops according to SAP Activate
- Bluefield implementation approach (greenfield with selective carryover of customer adaptations)
- Process redesign for purchase requisition entry (from a P2P suite, SAP PM, SAP PS), automatic order generation, credit note handling, contract distribution, and lean service setup from MM-SRV
- Developed a Fiori analytics app based on data from third-party systems using CDS views
- Designed and implemented interfaces for SAP ECC MM, SAP S/4 Procurement, Ivalua and MS Azure with IDocs and SOAP
- Redesigned & implemented the approval workflow for MM documents from approval strategy to Flexible Workflow (orders, contracts, service entry sheets)
- Extended the Fiori My Inbox with custom fields and enhancements
Jan 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 10 months Stuttgart, Germany
Subproject Lead, Solution Architect
Automotive / Industrial engineering / Consumer goods
- Modules: SAP S/4 MM-PUR (-IM, -IV), SAP Central Procurement
- Validated future standard procurement processes for the transformation from SAP SRM and SAP ECC to SAP S/4
- Ran the SAP transformation using SAP Activate
- Analyzed and evaluated customer requirements deviating from SAP standard (fit-gap analysis)
- Process analysis and redesign for consignment delivery, stock transfer, contract distribution (Central Procurement) and guided buying catalog management
Oct 2019 - May 2020
8 months Zwickau, Germany
Subproject Lead, Solution Architect, Senior Developer
Automotive
- Modules: introduction of the subcontracting process in SAP S/4
- Solution design and development of a Fiori-based application for asset disposal including workflow
- Extended SAP S/4 Procurement Flexible Workflows (My Inbox) with CDS view extensions and asset determination
Jan 2004 - Dec 2020
15 yearsProject Manager, Process Consultant, Developer
> 40 clients
- Modules: SAP S/4, SAP ECC MM (MM-PUR, MM-IM, MM-IV, MM-SRV), SAP SRM, SAP SLC
- Delivered transformation projects with SAP Activate
- S2C processes: supplier management (registration, qualification, evaluation, activity management), sourcing events and auctions, contract negotiation
- P2P processes: requirement capture (catalog, free text, reservation), source assignment (manual and automated with order book), order creation (manual and automated), supplier order confirmation capture (online), automated PDF recognition for order confirmations, automated goods receipt, credit note procedures, material classification, inventory management, warehouse management, EWM integration
- Technical analysis and architecture experience with IDoc processing, SOAP (XML), OData, reports, custom field adjustments, BAdI enhancements, user exits, CDS views (extensions and custom developments), Restful ABAP programming
Summary
Project management / leadership
Facilitation / running workshops
Project manager
SAP MM procurement consultant
SAP Solution Architect
SAP Senior Developer
Process consultant for SAP S/4 Procurement and Sourcing / SAP ECC MM / SAP Central Procurement
Optimization and automation of procurement processes
Customizing & development in SAP MM, SAP SRM and SAP SLC as well as related ERP modules (CS, PM, SD, FI, CO, PP) with ABAP, ABAP OO and Fiori
Integration of third-party systems via SAP interfaces (OData, IDoc, SOAP)
Requirements analysis and key-user training
Solution Architect (with focus on SAP ABAP and Fiori)
Basic knowledge of SAP BTP
Solid technical understanding of the SAP MM module and its integration with SD, CS, PP, PM as well as SAP SRM and SAP SLC
SAP S/4 Procurement (MM)
SAP ECC MM
SAP Central Procurement
S/4 migration
ABAP / ABAP-OO
Clean ABAP
Fiori (CDS / RAP / OData)
SAP BTP
Agile / SCRUM
Process design
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
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