Markus Blum - Project lead / MDM

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Niddatal, Germany

Experience

Jul 2024 - Present

1 year 7 months

Project lead / MDM

Aenova

System introduction from SAP R/3 and non-SAP systems into an SAP R/3 system to consolidate processes per site and data per system.
Coordination with business stakeholders and planning the migration of master and transactional data.
Implementation of the Nagarro master data add-on: Nagarro Data Care to identify current data.
Co-project lead for master data.

Jul 2024 - Present

1 year 7 months

Project lead / MDM

OXG

System introduction from SAP S/4 Public Cloud and migration of data from legacy systems via XML files and DMC into the new S/4.
Subproject lead and project controlling.

Jun 2023 - Oct 2024

1 year 5 months

Project lead / MDM

CEWE

Planning a S/4HANA system implementation, including the migration of master and transactional data.
Introduction of the Nagarro master data add-on: Nagarro Data Care in SAP S/4HANA.
Project lead, customizing and design for additional customer requirements.
Implementation of a tool to set up checks to determine which records are still active or already inactive.
Coordination of data migration via DMC.

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years 1 month

Project lead / MDM + MDG

EEW

Migration of master and transactional data for the S/4HANA Cloud implementation.
Introduction of the Nagarro master data add-on: Nagarro Data Care in SAP S/4HANA.
Setting up an MDM department and planning the creation of workflows for creating material master data and business partners in different countries and areas.
Harmonization of processes.
Project lead, customizing and design of additional customer requirements.
Setting up checks for continuous monitoring of master data quality.

Mar 2022 - Feb 2024

2 years

Project controlling

Röhm

Ensuring quality in the implementation of SAP S/4HANA.
Assisting the client in managing their IT service provider.
Supporting development with 20 developers from various service providers.
Creating and reviewing ABAP developments and managing transport requests.
Testing and setting up interfaces to external systems (IDoc, API, file).
Setting up the BTP.
Supporting the migration of master and transactional data.
Checking and monitoring the completion of documentation (Stories-FDS-SOLMAN-TDS).
Supporting software and process tests.
Supporting system validation by auditors.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

2 years

Project Manager / MDM + MDG

INSTA

Project manager in an S/4 transition and migration of master data from legacy systems to S/4 HANA systems.
Designing programs to analyze and migrate a wide variety of data objects.
Preparing budget, project and load plans to transfer master and transactional data.
Coordinating the migration of data and RICEFW.

Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

1 year 3 months

Project Manager

MTU

Project manager for setting up SAP S/4 with migration of master data from legacy systems to an S/4 HANA system.
Designing a program to analyze master data for harmonization and migration of customers, vendors and materials in SAP.
Organizing and reviewing customizing.
Preparing project and load plans to transfer master and transactional data.
Planning and coordinating the migration of data and RICEFW.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Migration Lead / MDM + MDG

Veritas

Consulting in the area of Master Data Management.
Coordinating and establishing MDM and PLM processes.
Analyzing requirements to replace an existing PLM solution and implement MDM software for creating business partners, customers, vendors and materials.
SAP environment: Master Data Management, ABAP/OO.

Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

6 months

MDM + MDG Consultant

Van Hees

Consulting in Master Data Management.
Coordinating and establishing MDM processes, organizing the creation of master data.
Gathering requirements from the client, comparing different solutions and selecting a master data software.
International harmonization of creation and change processes.
Implementing and customizing programs to analyze and control master data quality and to create primary master data with workflows.
Development in R3, S/4HANA.
SAP environment: Master Data Management, S/4HANA.

Oct 2016 - Oct 2019

3 years 1 month

Project Manager

Poppe

Manager supporting the IT director in implementing SAP.
Project and team responsibility (8 team members).
Coordinating and establishing MDM processes, managing internal and external staff.
Analyzing customer-specific MDM requirements as well as comparing and selecting MDM software.
Comparing SAP with many third-party solutions.
International harmonization of creation and change processes in 5 countries using a workflow tool.
Building a data mart and designing a program to analyze master data for harmonization and migration of customers, vendors and materials in SAP.
Organizing and reviewing customizing.
Preparing project and load plans to transfer master and transactional data.
Development in S/4HANA, HANA on-premise and in the cloud.
Environment: ABAP, LSMW, Master Data Management, S/4HANA.

Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

6 months

Consulting / Project Management

Software Development

Designing a "Master Data Service Suite" for working in the "Data Life Cycle" areas such as data migration, data creation, data analysis, data privacy (DSGVO/GDPR), data masking, data archiving.
Gathering client requirements while considering legal regulations.
Creating programming specifications and leading the team (3 developers).
Environment: Master Data Management.

Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

7 months

Interim Manager / MDM Consulting

ASK

Interim manager for organizing the production relocation from various European countries to the UK.
Analyzing data and aligning processes (planning, production, warehousing, procurement, sales, transportation, EH&S, and accounting) with all stakeholders.
Organizing and mapping the new processes in the company, as well as analyzing the necessary data in the SAP system.
SAP environment: PP, MM, MDM.

Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

3 months

MDM Consulting / Project Management

ASK

Planning and preparing another migration of master data from 4 systems into an SAP system.
Analyzing, planning, and coordinating the methodology for data migration.
Communicating with all responsible parties in the respective countries.
Selecting programs for data analysis and migration.
Creating project and load plans for transferring master and transactional data.
SAP environment: MDM.
Coordinating data migration and RICEFW.

Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

6 months

Interim Manager / Consulting

Bayer

Interim manager for Global Master Data Management.
Project and team responsibility (12 team members).
Aligning and establishing MDM processes, organizing employees and service providers.
Analyzing customer-specific MDM requirements, comparing and selecting MDM software.
Comparing SAP and third-party solutions.
Selecting, implementing, and customizing an MDM application in SAP for creating, maintaining, and analyzing master data for harmonization and archiving.
Migrating / integrating materials from 2 Spanish plants.
International standardization of creation and change processes in 11 countries.
Migrating customers and materials from an acquisition for 7 plants in 7 countries.
SAP environment: MDM / MDG.

Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 8 months

Consulting / Project Management

COMPUT

Consulting in the transition of developments for SAP systems.
Creating programming specifications for an external service provider in coordination with business stakeholders in MM, SD, Master Data, IDoc, RFC interfaces, and monitoring of system and business processes.
Testing programs, functions, and enhancements with the business stakeholders.
Documentation in SAP Solution Manager.
Monitoring costs and deadlines of the external provider in India.
Developing fixes and solutions for process automation.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, EDI, IDoc, MM, MDM, SD.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

2 years

Consulting / Project management

Bayer / BBS

Outsourcing support and development activities from Germany to India.
Coordinating requirements in Germany, creating concepts/programming guidelines, and monitoring implementation in India.
Quality checks.
Planning of various resources.
Training colleagues from India, serving as service and contact for adapting SAP programs, as well as training and assigning the necessary developers.
International planning and coordination of staff for data migration and SAP basis support in Germany and India.
Setting up ALE, EDI, and IDoc interfaces, distribution models, and partner agreements.
Developing custom IDoc message types, function modules, and various interface programs using BATCH, LSMW, BAPI, and ABAP.
Consulting and developing multiple ABAP programs in SAP.
Automating master data checks to see if they are used in different parts of the organization or can be cleaned up.
Advising on several phase-out procedures to set up material master data in various dependent objects and organizational structures.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, MM, PP, SD.

Nov 2012 - Jan 2013

3 months

Consulting / Development

Junisphere

SAP basis; programming in the in-house developed SABMON.
Creating checks for global work processes and integrating them into the SABMON interface.
Further developing and expanding an SAP monitoring tool for automatic monitoring of system and business processes in SAP using ABAP and ABAP/OO.
Designing and developing new test routines to check and monitor various basic and business transactions according to individual customer requirements.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, Basis, MM.

May 2012 - Oct 2012

6 months

Consulting / Project management

Bayer

Organizing maintenance and enhancement of ABAP programs.
Consulting and conceptualizing the creation of new SAP programs for workflow-driven maintenance and control of master data.
Supporting release upgrades.
Advising on master data maintenance, distribution, and cleansing.
Basis and IDoc monitoring of 20 SAP systems.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, CO, BC, FI, MM, SD, WM.

Feb 2011 - Apr 2012

1 year 3 months

Consulting / Organization

BBS

Coordinating tasks, structuring responsibilities, selecting monitoring programs, and organizing archiving.
Coordinating customizing and developments in SAP systems.
Transition/outsourcing of support and customizing activities from Germany to India.
Aligning activities between Germany and India.
Training colleagues from India in customizing and monitoring in SAP systems.
Advising on master data maintenance, distribution, and cleansing.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, CO, BC, FI, MM, SD.

Oct 2010 - Jan 2011

4 months

Consulting / Development

Berner

Consulting, analysis, and development for migrating and cleansing master data (MM, SD, PP) such as material, customer, vendor, bills of materials, and purchasing info records from various systems into a live SAP system using LSMW, ALE, and IDoc.
Creating custom IDoc message types and inbound function modules in SAP.
Creating custom message types using transactions BD35, WE30, and WE31.
Extending IDoc segments with additional data fields.
Assigning message types and IDoc types, and creating and maintaining extensions using transaction WE82.
Setting properties for inbound function modules using transactions BD51, WE42, BD57, etc.
Creating and maintaining transaction codes and logical messages.
Creating and maintaining assignments of function modules to logical messages and IDoc types.
Creating and maintaining partner agreements.
Generating IDoc test data using transaction WE19.
Editing IDocs using transaction BD87.
Aligning implementation rules with business units in various countries.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, MM, SD, PP, LSMW, ALE, IDoc.

Feb 2010 - Oct 2010

9 months

Migration / MDM

BHC

Consulting on building a global SAP system with multiple migrations from different country systems into an existing SAP system using IBM Data Stage, LSMW, ALE and IDoc.
Analyzing data and aligning implementation rules with business units in different countries.
Designing and developing programs to check various master data (FI, CO, MM, SD) for quality, validity, and usage for cleanup.
Data cleansing, data harmonization and data migration.
SAP environment: ABAP/OO, FI, CO, MM, SD, LSMW, ALE, IDoc.

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

1 year 1 month

Project Lead / MDM

BCS

Creating concepts for data cleansing, data harmonization and data migration from different country systems into a single global system via ALE and IDoc.
SAP data migration to integrate 4 company codes into a single company code.
Aligning implementation rules for data from CO, FI, MD, MM, PP, SD, WM.
Designing concepts and programs for data implementation and migration via LSMW, ALE and IDoc with teams in different countries.
Developing custom IDoc message types and inbound function modules in SAP.
SAP environment: ABAP, ABAP/OO, CO, FI, MM, PP, SD, LSMW, ALE, IDoc.

Nov 2008 - Dec 2008

2 months

Consulting / Development

NO

Consulting and team leading for connecting an external recruitment software to SAP HR.
Transferring applicant data to SAP via ALE, IDoc, BAPI and CALL TRANSACTION.
SAP environment: HR, ALE, IDoc, BAPI, CALL TRANSACTION.

Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

11 months

Consulting / Development / MDM

BBS

Consulting and concept design for checking and cleansing master data with IBM Data Stage.
Developing extraction programs to connect four regional SAP systems to IBM Data Stage.
Designing concepts for migrating master data to build a global system with SAP ECC 6.0.
Upgrading from SAP 4.6B to ECC 6.0 and converting programs from non-Unicode to Unicode.
Handling SPAU and SPDD.
Transferring and updating documentation in the SAP Solution Manager.
Coordinating program changes with teams in India.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, MM, WM.

Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

5 months

Project / Development Lead

Schröder

Designing and developing an interface from SAP to a collection of different customer information sources like Wikipedia, Intranet, SharePoint, manuals, etc.
Linking SAP F1 help to the client's company knowledge.
CODADIC – Company Data Dictionary.
SAP environment: ABAP, Basis.

May 2007 - Dec 2007

8 months

Consulting / Development / MDM

BBS

Consulting, analysis and development for several master data migrations such as material, customer, vendor, bills of materials and recipes from various legacy systems into a live SAP system using IBM Data Stage as well as LSMW, ALE and IDoc.
Creating and adapting custom IDoc message types and inbound function modules.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, CO, MM, SD.

Feb 2007 - May 2007

4 months

Consulting / Development Lead

BCS

Support in the area of organization and information (FI, CO, MM, SD).
Designing and developing an ABAP program to check and change reporting units and profit centers.
The program thereby enables controlling per product hierarchy.
Designing an ABAP program for master data analysis.
Fixing ABAP programs as well as user and customer exits for an upcoming release upgrade to SAP ERP 7.00.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, CO, MM, SD.

Jun 2006 - Jan 2007

8 months

Consulting / Development

Bayer

Consulting and development in the area of Master / Enterprise Data Management (MDM / MDG).
Exchange and control of master and transactional data with external systems.
Classic migration of new companies into a live system.
Setting up EDI and IDoc interfaces.
Developing custom IDoc function modules as well as various interface programs using LSMW, BAPI and ABAP.
Maintenance and monitoring of interfaces.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, PP, MDM, EDI, IDoc, LSMW, MDM, MDG.

Mar 2006 - Jun 2006

4 months

Consulting / Development / MDM

Bayer

Consulting and development in the area of data quality and Master Data Management (MDM).
Leading and supporting a team of three developers.
Designing and developing validation programs for automatic and ongoing data quality checks and logging as KPIs to set up an SLA/SLM.
Development guidelines, naming conventions, budget control.
SAP environment: ABAP, MDM, MDG, MDQ.

Jan 2006 - Sep 2006

9 months

Consulting / Development Lead

Junisphere

Consulting and development leadership.
Leading and supporting a team of five developers.
Development guidelines, naming conventions and budget control.
Knowledge transfer to the client.
Designing and extending a validation program to evaluate and weight various SAP R/3 data.
Data weighting and passing as KPIs to an external web-based overview program for presenting and securing the data as an SLA (Service Level Agreement).
SAP environment: ABAP.

Jun 2005 - Sep 2005

4 months

Consulting / Project Management

Freight forwarding company

Consulting and development in SAP R/3 Basis with ABAP, RFC, CCMS as project manager responsible for three developers.
Design and development of a program to monitor and evaluate 15 different SAP R/3 system data as KPIs.
Interface to an external web-based monitoring program to display and evaluate the data as an SLA (Service Level Agreement).
SAP environment: ABAP, RFC, CCMS.

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

1 year

Consulting / Development / MDM

BBS / BCS

Consulting and development in master data management (MDM) for materials, customers, vendors.
Design and development of programs and interfaces to set up a European server and transfer master data for integrating different country systems via IDoc and LSMW.
Consulting on building a master data server to distribute, analyze, maintain, and harmonize master data via ALE and IDoc.
Design and programming of an SAP module for a cross-system overview of organizational data.
SAP environment: ABAP, MDM, IDoc, LSMW, MDM, MDG.

Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

2 years

Consulting / Development

BBS / BCS

Consulting and development of interfaces (MM, PP, WM) with ABAP, IDoc, RFC, BAPI, BATCH, LSMW.
Design and development of programs and interfaces to set up a European server and transfer master data for integrating different country systems into a running R/3 system.
Data objects: customers, vendors, materials, recipes, and WM data.
Design and development of several dialog programs to integrate and call various interfaces and control programs to check data quality.
Recipe transfer program via RFC, including development of customer-specific IDocs and transaction codes.
Master Data Conversion Cockpit for overview of old and new master data object numbers.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, PP, WM, IDoc, RFC, BAPI, BATCH, LSMW, MDM, MDG.

Apr 2002 - Jul 2002

4 months

Consulting / Concept / Development Lead

RWE

Consulting / concept / development lead (CO, FI, IS Real Estate, SD).
Team leadership, development guidelines, naming conventions, budget control.
Quality assurance of a fully automated SAP process for cross-company code and cross-system settlement of maintenance orders.
Implementation in a custom development class using custom interfaces.
SAP environment: ABAP, CO, FI, IS Real Estate, SD.

Feb 2002 - Dec 2002

11 months

Consulting / Development

BBS

Design and development (IDoc, LVS, MM, PP, SD, WM).
New SAP implementation and collaboration in rebuilding an SAP R/3 system.
Design, development and optimization of the required interfaces using ALE, IDoc, batch input.
Development of additional programs for control and analysis / master data cockpit.
SAP environment: ABAP, IDoc, LVS, MM, PP, SD, WM, ALE, IDoc, MDM, MDG.

Nov 2001 - Jan 2002

3 months

Consulting / Development

RWE

Concept and development (FI, IS Real Estate).
Complete implementation of the SAP industry solution Real Estate Management/Real Estate.
Consulting and development of interfaces for transferring master and transaction data.
Creation of various reports for different analyses.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, IS Real Estate.

Oct 2001 - Nov 2001

2 months

Consulting / Development

GLS

Concept and development (FI, HR).
Development of various reports in the FI and HR modules and interfaces to external systems.
Development of reports to analyze HR and FI data.
Consulting on the creation of development guidelines and naming conventions.
Training of client developers in SAP dialog programming.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, HR.

Feb 2001 - Sep 2001

8 months

Consulting / Development

RWE

Consulting, concept and development of a custom module for cross-system service processing.
Customizing in the MM area and interfaces for cross-system and cross-company-code ordering.
Development of 8 large dialog programs with many dynpros and over 20 reports in ABAP.
Development of a program for archiving own data.
ABAP development to automate billing between companies.
SAP environment: ABAP, CO, FI, MM, SD.

Jan 2001 - Feb 2001

2 months

Development in ABAP/SQL

Rose

Concept and development of a dialog program in ABAP for BOM explosion.
Maintenance transaction for automatic creation of materials and BOM items in SAP from an external system using native SQL directly in Oracle.
Creation of program specifications for other developers.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, PP, SD.

Jul 2000 - Dec 2000

6 months

Consulting / Development

CULINA

Development and release upgrade from 4.0B to 4.6C.
Processing of SPAU and SPDD transactions.
Review and further development of customer programs in ABAP.
Extension of interfaces and performance improvement in SD and FI.
Development of startup transactions and user menus through dialog transactions.
Custom development of an empty container management add-on to meet customer requirements.
SAP environment: ABAP, FI, MM, SD.

Jul 1999 - Jun 2000

1 year

Development / Training

DASA

Development and upgrade from 3.1I to 4.6B.
Processing transactions SPAU and SPDD.
Customizing and further development of customer programs in ABAP.
Training the customer's developers in workbench/dialog programming.
Developing extensive analyses / interactive reports in CO.
Creating dialog programs in CO and PP.
Programming user and customer exits.
Developing and using CATT.
SAP environment: ABAP, CO, FI, PP.

Apr 1999 - Jun 1999

3 months

ABAP Development

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Processing transactions SPAU and SPDD.
Connecting two SAP systems for ordering, order creation, order confirmation, and billing via IDoc.
Extending standard IDocs for additional data in SD orders.
Programming customer exits for communication with IDocs.
Stock control in the other system via RFC.
SAP environment: ABAP, ALE, IDoc, MM, SD.

Feb 1999 - Dec 1999

11 months

Consulting / Development

Müller Milch

Implementing SAP R/3 4.0B (complete new rollout).
Interfaces for legacy data transfer in MM/SD and to external systems via IDoc, EDI, BATCH.
Adding additional fields to the standard material master screen.
Designing and developing custom programs in MM, SD, FI, CO modules.
Developing initial and maintenance transactions as dialog programs.
Integrating a telesales program via EDI/IDoc.
SAP environment: ABAP, CO, FI, EDI, MM, SD, IDoc.

Jan 1999 - Feb 1999

2 months

Development / Training

Rheinische Post

Upgrading from SAP R/2 to R/3 4.0B.
Customizing and enhancing customer programs in ABAP in MM and FI.
Training staff on R/3 interface and reporting.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, FI.

Sep 1998 - Dec 1998

4 months

Development

Stahlindustrie

Implementing SAP R/3 3.1.
Developing a comprehensive dialog transaction for freight cost calculation.
Simplifying packing processes, various analyses and reports in SD.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, SD.

Jun 1998 - Sep 1998

4 months

Consulting / Development

Bayer

Implementation of SAP R/3 3.1.
Development and consulting in the MM and SD modules.
Development of programs and reports in MM, SD using ABAP.
Interfaces for data transfer and extensions in SAP.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM, SD.

Mar 1998 - Jun 1998

4 months

Development

Toyota

Upgrade from SAP R/2 to R/3 3.0.
Development/extension in MM / WMS to find optimal storage locations.
Development of a dialog program in goods receipt / WMS.
Development of various ABAP programs for reporting in MM.
SAP environment: ABAP, WMS, MM, WM.

Jul 1997 - Mar 1998

9 months

Consulting / Development

Elektroindustrie

Implementation of SAP R/3 3.0.
Capture and mapping of organizational structures.
Customizing in the MM area.
Development of ABAP programs for legacy data migration.
Training of employees in MM and development.
SAP environment: ABAP, MM.

Jan 1985 - Dec 1996

12 years

Design / Development

International Freight Forwarders

Design and management of an IT-based controlling system for cost monitoring and route optimization.
Design and management of an IT-based empties management system in automotive supply, with personnel and budget responsibility.
Collaboration on building an IT-based shipment tracking system.
Support in the implementation of an IT system for truck handling with interfaces to financial accounting and warehousing.
Platform: COBOL/AS 400.

Jan 1983 - Dec 1984

2 years

Münster, Germany

IT / Administration

Bundeswehr

Served for 15 months as a conscript in warehouse operations.
Implementation of the PERFIS software for recording and managing personnel master data.
Monitoring and correction of personnel data using the PERFIS system.
Creation of statistics and reports in the personnel department.
Determination of the daily company strength and management of the leave records.
Other administrative tasks.