Ion Barbu

SAP S4HANA Retail Expert

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Athens, Greece

Experience

Oct 2025 - Present
4 months

SAP S4HANA Retail Expert

Carrefour UHD

  • Overhauled Article Creation processes, reducing overall complexity from 38 files down to one.
  • Acquired solid understanding of S/4HANA and integration with other SAP modules (MM, SD, CAR, etc.).
  • Created a custom Collective Order tool for Fresh Item procurement, allowing fair-share and price-driven procurement optimizations.
  • Collaborated closely with clients to gather business requirements and translate them into effective SAP solutions, working with technical teams for enhancements, interfaces, and custom developments.
  • Simplified customer returns processing supported by SAP Advanced Returns Management (ARM).
Jan 2024 - Oct 2025
1 year 10 months
Athens, Greece

Tech Lead - SAP to Store Team

Ahold Delhaize

  • Digitized in-store processes and improved operational efficiency for 1,300 stores in multiple countries by delivering user-friendly Fiori applications, streamlining daily workflows and reducing manual effort.
  • Directed design, UX, and architecture for custom Fiori applications, leveraging Figma for user-story mapping and mockups to deliver scalable, intuitive, mobile-first designs that increased usability and data quality.
  • Led all downstream delivery phases—from blueprinting and functional specifications to UAT and training—resulting in consistent, on-time, high-quality deliverables that accelerated user adoption and reduced training and post-launch support needs.
  • Engineered custom solutions for complex business needs, including EUDR compliance, GK POS integration, and Bluetooth printer integrations, enhancing compliance and simplifying store processes.
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024
5 years 1 month
Athens, Greece

Senior SAP Retail & F&R Consultant

Ahold Delhaize

  • Led project streams within the SAP Retail domain, including design, configuration, and testing, ensuring alignment with client objectives and timelines and adhering to best practices.
  • Integrated SAP Forecasting & Replenishment (F&R) including system configuration, interface troubleshooting, order proposal optimization, exceptions-based communication to stores for stock counting, BI interfaces, and sales history loads.
  • Increased team transparency and stakeholder alignment as Scrum Master, driving Agile delivery through ceremony facilitation, Jira board management, and continuous improvement across the development cycle.
  • Created functional specifications, test scripts, user training guides, and documentation.
Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
6 years 10 months

SAP Retail Consultant

Delhaize Group

  • Deployed SAP In-Store MIM applications to 300+ stores across desktop and mobile platforms, increasing process accuracy and accelerating in-store execution.
  • Delivered high-impact retail solutions, including the Central Customer platform for address validation, centralized credit and surcharge logic, POS invoicing via web services; the Franchisee Sales platform with full SD flow; enhanced POS Outbound (WP_PLU); SAP–JDA planogram integration; and BRF-Plus-driven rules for flexible, code-free business logic.
  • Implemented major process improvements for fresh-item buying by deploying the Perishables Procurement solution covering external procurement, distribution center operations, and automated article onboarding.
  • Enhanced enterprise-wide article creation by developing an integrated Article Master cockpit that unified GDSN and PRICAT vendor data with enriched SAP Retail attributes.
Mar 2010 - Mar 2012
2 years 1 month
Aarhus, Denmark

Store Operations Team Lead

Salling Group

  • Delivered a complete SAP MIM store-operations platform to 155 Swedish stores covering real-time stock monitoring, ordering, promotions, goods movements, and inventory analysis, significantly improving daily execution with minimal training required.
  • Built custom capabilities including a one-step physical inventory adjustment process, automated discrepancy-detection rules, integrated PDA workflows, seamless F&R integration, and audit-ready reporting, raising inventory accuracy and strengthening store-level control.
May 2007 - Oct 2009
2 years 6 months

SAP Retail Consultant

Accenture

  • Participated in The SCORE project for Home Depot Canada.
  • Participated in The ATLAS project for Best Buy International.

Summary

Seasoned SAP Retail professional with 20 years of project experience, combining SAP technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic team influence to drive retail transformation initiatives. I am a subject matter expert in Master Data & Assortment Management, Merchandising & Buying, Store Operations, and Sales & POS Integration, with strong configuration experience in Logistics, MM, and SD, and deep Retail Business Process understanding. Excellent communication and client-facing skills; able to lead workshops independently, translating business needs into technical requirements.

Skills

  • Core S/4hana Retail Processes
  • Store Operations
  • Integrations (F&r, Car, Posdta)
  • Excellent Communicator / Client Facing Skills

Languages

Greek
Advanced
French
Advanced
Romanian
Advanced
English
Intermediate

Education

Sep 2000 - Jun 2004

Wilfrid Laurier University

Honors Bachelor of Business Administration · Business Administration · Waterloo, Canada

Certifications & licenses

Introducing RISE with SAP Methodology for SAP Partners and Customers

SAP

SAP Fiori Overview: Design, Develop and Deploy

SAP

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