Timo G. - S/4HANA Project Management, Board and Strategy Consulting

Gehrden, Germany

Experience

Dec 2022 - Jan 2024

1 year 2 months

S/4HANA Project Management, Board and Strategy Consulting

Services

S/4HANA project management: book project with an online hub to derive an agile project management methodology (Scrum) based on SAP Activate, Solution Manager Focused Build, SAP Enable Now, many SAP project accelerators, community solutions and custom developments.
Strategy consulting: overview of service providers and product vendors as well as demos and videos to present best practice processes, cloud solutions and SAP community products.
Sales structure development: scaling the network organization via partnerships, public relations (PR), marketing, digital events etc.
Contract terms & general terms and conditions: manufacturing and service contracts, personnel placement contracts, copyrights etc.

Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

6 months

New Implementation (S/4HANA Production & Logistics)

Testing and Control Technology

Change management: training strategy design & implementation regarding online courses, SAP Enable Now demos, documentation, etc.
MM: standard data & procure-to-pay plus inquiries, quotations, quotation comparison, consignment including billing, manufacturing parts (HTN), contracts, returns including credit notes and replacement delivery, confirmation control, dunning, reminders, batches, subcontracting including subcontracting cockpit and monitor, business partner including contact person, consignment, external processing, billing plans, drop shipment, variant procurement, document info records, info system, supplier certification/approval, etc.
MM & EWM: inventory, goods movements, stock analysis, documents, batch usage records & table, inbound deliveries, outbound deliveries, warehouse monitor, HUM, supplier inspection control in goods receipt, etc.
PP & PP/DS: standard master data & processes plus configure-to-order, in-house & subcontracting processing, make-to-order, make-to-stock, product view, capacity planning, product structure browser, info system, reporting, etc.
PP & VC: master data, classification, configuration via simulation and in sales including variant conditions, variant manufacturing (CTO) including order settlement, variant procurement and technology/Treorbis.
PP & CO: settlement of various orders (co-product production, variant manufacturing, subcontracting, etc.) and month-end closing.
SD: standard master data and order-to-cash plus delivery schedules, variant configuration, BP, inquiries, quotations, EWM pick-pack-ship, reports, intercompany purchase & delivery, batch cockpit, forms, etc.
PM: master data, notifications, orders, maintenance plans & cost analysis.
QM & EHS: characteristics, classes, batches, forms, quality info records, etc.

Jun 2021 - Aug 2023

2 years 3 months

S/4HANA Production & Logistics

IS-Automotive

Migration from SAP ERP to S/4: agile project to rebuild production scenarios including reengineering of in-house developments. The result was a template for rollouts to the plants.
End-to-end production scenarios: production control (PP) including outsourcing of production operations to suppliers & other plants (planned & unplanned subcontracting), internal rework for supplier and customer complaints, Manufacturing Execution System (ME & MII), procurement (MM), quality assurance (QM), sales (SD), batches (LE), product costing including PP month-end closing (CO), foreign trade (GTS), document management (DVS) & supplier approval (WF & HCM).
Software reengineering: source code analysis of legacy in-house developments, S/4HANA configuration, functional specification, UX/UI mockup (Figma), technical specification (RICEFW) for customer extension technologies (exits, BAdIs, function modules, classes, objects and enhancements), forms (SAPscript), interfaces (ALE, iDocs, RFCs, BAPIs, batch input or BDC) & workflow technologies via prototyping (BTP Workflow Management, classic & flexible WF), as well as coordination and validation (SFT & UAT) of frontend (Fiori) and backend development (ABAP) in India and Poland.
Business Technology Platform (Workflows, Business Rules & Workzone), SolMan including Focused Build & Jira integration, Teams, etc.
SAP rollouts (EMEA): developments for project control: SAP template (MPL), iterative project plan (waves), cutover plan etc., combined in a project hub with status tracking for project phases, RICEFW, UATs, change requests, workshops, training, test & solution documentation.
PP: materials, bills of materials, routing & work centers, MRP, disassembly, production scheduling, capacity planning, rework, subcontracting, production control, co-product, assembly, order & repetitive manufacturing.
PP & CO: product cost planning, cost object controlling, period closing, standard price update including all master data, etc.
MM: procurement including subcontracting, scheduling agreements, order books, etc.
MM & EWM: inbound deliveries, outbound deliveries, production supply, HUM, scrapping, inventory, extensive scanner applications, inventory management (MM-IM), goods movements, etc.
SD: sales including scheduling agreements and PP-SD custom developments.
Outsourcing (South America): AMS know-how transfer via training and solution documentation.
PP: data, production planning/strategies, capacity planning, MRP, shop floor control including EWM, MES, machine integration, subcontracting, co-product production, jobs, repairs, disassembly, mass maintenance, etc.
PP with EWM, CO, MM & SD: cross-module training scenarios plus test data provisioning, process documentation and flowcharts.
Development of IMG customizing guidelines for the template and rollouts to document reasons, impacts & considerations.
MES, JIS & machine integration (USA): implementation of the digital factory (Industry 4.0) regarding MES, capacity planning, key figure collection (OEE), machine control (PLC) and material supply in car assembly sequence (JIT/JIS for variant production).
PP: setup of capacity sequencing for work centers that are subdivided into individually plannable production lines and allow order splits during assignment.
Coordination and design: ILVS development (JIT/JIS) and architecture coordination for MES and machine/production line integration.
SAP IS-Automotive: vehicle master data including class system, sequence generation, Vehicle Manager, JIT/JIS scheduling agreement releases, etc.
Middleware and systems: MES Plantstar from the cloud, FTP server, Kepserver, Seeburger BIS as well as an overview of SAP MES including MII & PCo and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration & Orchestration (PI & PO).
IoT standards and interfaces: FTP, JSON, XML, REST, HTTP, API, EDI, iDocs, PuTTY, QR codes, barcodes, SPC, Perl scripts, OPC UA, etc.
SAP implementation (Mexico): fit-to-template workshops, training, testing, customizing including guideline development for further rollouts, prototype setup for feasibility studies, functional and technical quality assurance of master data migration including development of a validation guideline for future rollouts and customers.
PP: repetitive manufacturing (MTS), make-to-order, co-product production, subcontracting, production scheduling, material requirements & capacity planning, MRP exception handling, PP automation, availability check (ATP), production control (SFC), info system, mass maintenance, work centers/plans, bills of materials including dummy assemblies, orders, etc.
PP & CO: product cost planning, standard price update, cost object controlling, cost centers, internal orders, activities, period closing, variances, WIP, overhead & order settlement.
PP & SD: from scheduling agreements/customer orders through make-to-order (MTO) and make-to-delivery (MTD) to outbound deliveries including EWM & HUM.
PP & PM: work centers, technical locations and equipment including BOMs, classification, measurement points, counters, etc. as well as PP integration to tooling capacity planning and its capture on production documents.
MM: procurement including subcontracting, scheduling agreement processing, order books, consignment, planning and the usual master & transaction data.
MM & EWM: outbound & inbound deliveries, production supply, stock transfers, posting changes, handling unit management, scanners including Fiori apps, goods movements and inventory management (MM-IM).
Crystal Bridge, Teams, SharePoint, Business Client, Infor/Baan etc.

Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

2 months

Certified SAP S/4HANA Project Manager (Scrum)

SAP Academy

Training to become a certified SAP S/4HANA project manager using Scrum.

Jan 2021 - May 2021

5 months

Germany

Pilot Introduction (S/4HANA Logistics)

IS-Automotive (Passenger Cars)

Clarification of pilot scope: overall template analysis followed by logistics specialization, design of phased go-live (MVP creation), sprint planning, establishment of agile SCRUM methodology, project structuring, workshop execution, team onboarding by the implementation partner SAP SE, and support for the transition to the regular project mode.
PP & MM: production scheduling, requirements planning, Material Coverage Monitor (MDM), procurement with purchase orders, scheduling agreement processing, subcontracting, consignment, intercompany, quota arrangement, forecasting, delivery notifications, phase-out control, EDI supplier integration, procurement, material and business partner masters, AIF interface monitoring, MRP, plant and planning calendars, inbound cycle optimization for scheduling agreement releases, etc.
Other project software: EWM, Solution Manager including Focused Build, Fiori & GUI, SAP Activate, Fieldglass, Jam, Jira, Teams, SharePoint, etc.

Dec 2020 - Jan 2021

2 months

Configuration of Purchasing Processes (S/4HANA Logistics)

Services

Purchase requisitions, purchase orders, service entry sheets, goods acceptances, invoice verifications and tenders (requests & offers).
Purchasing and service analytics via Fiori and GUI reports.
Integration with maintenance, limit orders, billing plans, etc.
Business partners (BP), contracts, pricing conditions, purchase order forms and entry sheets including message determination, service masters, standard and sample service catalogs, service hierarchies, limits, etc.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

SAP New Implementation (S/4HANA Production and Logistics)

IS-Healthcare

Rollout coordination: template review, fit/gap workshops, scenario setup for feasibility studies, SAP Best Practices, workshops & training, requirements coordination with teams in India & USA, QA of Fiori developments, master data alignment, data migration validation, test planning, hypercare, etc.
PP: production, requirements and capacity planning (MTS, MTO, Kanban and assemblies), ATP, production execution including batch and serial numbers, product cost controlling, OCM, ECM, etc.
MM: purchasing, release workflows, vendor evaluation, returns, intercompany including O2C, invoice verification, business partner, etc.
MM/PP & EWM: outbound & inbound deliveries, PP integration, handling unit management, scanners, stock transfers, transfer postings, scrapping, physical inventory & EWM layout.
MM/PP & QM: inspection planning and execution in procurement and production plus quality notifications and quality certificates.
PP & CO: product costing, order costing, WIP, order settlement, cost center accounting, period close, etc.
Other project software: Jira, Teams, SharePoint, JD Edwards, etc.

Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

2 months

Restructuring Project (SAP MM and PP)

Aviation

Know-how transfer and analyses regarding purchasing and production.

Sep 2019 - Oct 2019

2 months

Certified SAP S/4HANA Architect and Consultant

SAP Academy

SAP S/4HANA consultant certification covering implementation of all modules and their integration. Additional certificates in Procurement, Manufacturing, EWM, Solution Manager, Enable Now, Migration Cockpit, Ariba, Fieldglass & HANA.

Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

11 months

SAP Piloting and Mass Rollout (MM & SD)

IS Retail

Mass rollout in retail, hypercare, support regarding master data, migration (LSMW), queries (SQVI), reports, etc.
Agile project in the areas of inventory, procurement, demand planning, physical inventory, retail costing and sales.

Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 2 months

Whitepaper (S/4HANA Logistics)

Services

Documentation on S/4HANA general topics, Sourcing and Procurement, Retail, SAP Enable Now, DBMS, and HANA.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2023

6 years

S/4HANA Production and Logistics & S4-Experts Founding

Services

Founding of S4-Experts: magazine, videos, demos, tutorials, training, and community offerings.
SAP implementation: setting up all core processes, organizational, transaction, and master data to analyze their integration and new features. S/4HANA GUI and Fiori for Sourcing and Procurement, Manufacturing including PP/DS, Inventory Management including EWM, Project System, Sales & Distribution, Financial & Management Accounting (including FICO integration with the logistics modules), Enterprise Asset Management, and HCM.
Online compendium: jobs, EDI IDocs, shortcuts, area menus, queries, Ariba, Jira, ERP & S/4HANA module overviews including tables, transactions, reports, etc.
Whitepaper on S/4HANA data model, HANA and table analysis/maintenance.
Whitepaper on test management in S/4HANA projects.

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

6 months

MM-SRV Implementation and MM Support (SAP MM)

Drive Technology

GTS, foreign trade, service procurement process including CS/PM integration.

Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

3 months

Service Procurement and MM Integration (SAP MM)

Services

MM-SRV component as well as general MM topics including integration with QM and FI.

Oct 2015 - Jan 2018

2 years 4 months

SAP Management & Program Management

IS-Automotive

Functional and disciplinary management of the international internal team, team restructuring & outsourcing.
ABAP development coordination (SAP PP, MM & FI): quality assurance including GRC-compliant development & test documentation.
BASIS, GRC & interfaces: SolMan ChaRM, RFCs, ports, partners, ALE, EDI IDocs, jobs in BAMS, project system landscapes, etc.
CoBIT & SOX302 (PP & GRC): GRC and audit support including disaster recovery, job, user & change management, and hands-on PP work.
Program management: ERP merger, ERP & BW upgrade, HCM integration, role & ledger changeover, custom developments and workflows, about 80 members + 8 global test teams, project system landscape, cutover & project plan, test & project reports/meetings, go-live split, etc.
APICON implementation (SAP PP & MM): value analysis and rollout of a solution for data analysis and mass changes.
Purchasing cockpit development (MM): coordination, quality assurance, and configuration takeover (message determination) in the engine area.
Warehouse system implementation & Mobility (SAP WM, MM & PP): participation in warehouse management and scanner rollout.
Sector carve-out and integration (SAP ERP): carve-out support and organizational integration into the new group.

Feb 2015 - Sep 2015

8 months

Consulting Portfolio (SAP PP & MM)

Services

Consolidating information into a solutions database and identifying optimization opportunities.

Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

4 months

Programming (ABAP OO)

IT

Programming to get familiar with ABAP OO's object-oriented syntax and the development environment.

Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

1 year

SAP BASIS Installation & Business Start-up

Services

Installed GUI, application, and database servers and gained hands-on experience in various SAP BASIS topics.
Developed and executed a business plan and built a SAP PP and MM portfolio.

Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

6 months

Company Integration & Module Support (SAP PP & MM)

Supplier Industry

Procurement, production, configuration, scenarios, QuickViewer, Migration Workbench, etc.
Project management for purchasing including subcontracting processing, SmartForms, message determination, role maintenance, and iPPE/PDN.

Nov 2013 - Jan 2014

3 months

Procurement in GxP-Regulated Production (MM & MRP)

IS-Healthcare

Purchasing master data and processes, including supplier evaluation, inventory, and MRP.

Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

6 months

System Migration (SAP PP & MM)

Cable Supplier (IS DIMP/MILL)

Production control, MRP, capacity planning, data cleansing & rollout preparation.

Apr 2013 - May 2013

2 months

Program Development (ABAP)

Services

Development of various reports.

Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

3 months

Process Production (PP) Implementation

IS-Healthcare

GxP validation, structuring and sequencing of test and development documentation.

Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

1 year 2 months

SAP Implementation (SAP PP, MM & MES)

IS-Automotive

Production control, SAP MES, variant production (CTO), capacity and procurement planning.

Jul 2011 - Nov 2011

5 months

Distribution & Returns (MM, LE & SD)

High Tech

Scenarios regarding returns processing, pick waves, transports, billing, etc.

Jun 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 7 months

Worldwide Test Management (SAP SolMan, ERP, CRM, etc.)

IS-Healthcare

Training the teams, test reporting, test administration via Solution Manager, etc.

Apr 2010 - Jun 2010

3 months

Certified Project Manager (PMI PMBOK Guide)

Siemens Academy

Training to become a certified project manager according to the PMI PMBOK Guide.

Jan 2008 - May 2008

5 months

Certified SAP SCM Specialist (Focus: MM & PP)

SAP Academy

ERP & SCM consultant certification (production & logistics), plus ERP system overview, APO overview, MES overview, CRM overview, BI & BW overview, ABAP OO training, and PP & MM specialization.

Nov 2007 - Jun 2010

2 years 8 months

VMI Replenishment Scenario & Sales Support

Services

SCM ICH, ERP & CIF: sales, transportation, forecasting, and promotions planning, including transport loading.
Market analysis, SAP prototype building, maintaining a solution for overall portfolio presentation, etc.

Nov 2007 - Dec 2009

2 years 2 months

SAP Implementation (APO, MRP & SolMan)

Public Sector

Material supply (MRP, CIF & gATP), APO documentation, Solution Manager support, etc.

Oct 2006 - Jun 2007

9 months

Germany

Production (Java & PLSQL/Oracle tuning)

Automotive (trucks)

PP & MES software development, truck sequencing & analysis.

Apr 2005 - Feb 2006

11 months

System selection (SAP SCM APO)

Public Sector

Requirements analysis regarding gATP and model development to compare SCM systems.

Oct 2004 - Feb 2005

5 months

Steel production (C, UML, Wiki, and SAP ABAP)

Steel supplier

Further development of production control software (PPS & MES).

Nov 2000 - Oct 2007

7 years

Small business trade (IT service)

Retail

Repairing, updating, upgrading, and trading notebooks, PCs, and IT hardware.

Oct 2000 - Mar 2007

6 years 6 months

Braunschweig, Germany

Diploma in Business Informatics

TU Carolo-Wilhelmina

Research project on SAP SCM APO and diploma thesis on PP/MES development.
Focus areas: production, logistics, and information systems (ERP).

Summary

Mr. Götte has gained industry experience especially in the automotive and machinery sectors including suppliers, but also in retail and regulated healthcare. Within projects, he sometimes took on multiple roles that can be summarized under consulting and management. He also gathered experience as a developer. These days, he focuses this on functional & technical development concept and quality assurance. His understanding of end-to-end value chains, cross-system architectures (including interfaces, workflows, and customer extension technologies) and his multi-perspective way of thinking are an advantage. Projects were carried out not only together with the manufacturer (SAP SE) but he also gained experience with strategy consultancies (Deloitte GmbH), SAP add-on software providers (SNP SE) and various consulting firms (Atos SE). As an editor and author, he also keeps his knowledge continuously up to date.

Researching information and writing about SAP topics is key to expanding one's own horizon. Sometimes, it is a big advantage to know that there are products within the SAP community, or to know where solutions can be found. It also helps with structure and reflection. Therefore, Mr. Götte regularly writes books, whitepapers and magazine articles.

Mr. Götte is the owner of 'Service for Experts'. S4-Experts specializes in SAP solutions and consolidates related services. The offerings include SAP Suite Management, S/4HANA consulting, as well as placement of personnel and SAP products. We have rounded out our main focus on production and logistics with experiences in accounting, quality assurance, software development, subsystems and technology (basis and interfaces). With partners, we master the balance between specialization and an eye for interconnections. What the market usually needs is a specialist who also understands full value chains and IT architectures. When things get very specific, we often have an attractive solution through partners (staffing) and SAP community products. We know not only the vendor's products but also the SAP community offerings. We don't always reinvent the wheel, but leverage potential. Some offerings (products, academies & service providers) can at the same time meet budget limits, quality and customization requirements.