Tobias B. - Project Management, Consulting

Ehingen (Donau), Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

1 year 9 months

Göppingen, Germany

Project Management, Consulting

Stanz – und Spritzgußtechnik

Project management, consulting S/4HANA conversion
SAP Analytics consulting
Business analysis / process analysis and digitalization

Dec 2022 - Mar 2023

4 months

Leipheim, Germany

Project Management

Metallwaren Industrie

Project management migration of SAP HCM system from on-premise to the cloud
Change of database from Oracle to Sybase
Leading project teams
Communication at various corporate levels

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

6 months

Heiligenhaus, Germany

Design, Project Management, Architecture Consulting

Automotive

Design, project management, architecture consulting for a Power BI application
Extraction of source data from SAP ECC, PS module using Theobald Connector Xtract Universal
Functional responsibility and project management for the overall project
Leading the Power BI development team

Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

7 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Consultant

Lagertechnik

Extraction of SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA data using Theobald Connector Xtract DeltaQ and Xtract ODP into Microsoft SQL Server to create Power BI dashboards.

Mar 2022 - Present

3 years 10 months

Munich, Germany

Project Management, Design, Consulting and Development

Automotive, Trucks & Busses

Project management, design, consulting and development of BI / BW applications in various projects
Leading project teams
Communication at various corporate levels
Integration of S/4HANA into BW on HANA
Analytics architecture consulting
Preparatory steps for migration from BW on HANA to BW/4HANA
PoC, architecture consulting for Data Warehouse Cloud or Datasphere, Data Warehouse Bridge
Project management, consulting and development of purchasing reporting with BW on HANA and SAC
Project management, consulting and development of an FI/CO costing project with BW on HANA and SAC
Project management, consulting and implementation of the migration of all Business Objects reports to SAC
Process analysis and digitalization

Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

3 months

Hamburg, Germany

Consultant

Logistics

Conceptual creation of a BI authorization concept for BW/4HANA integrated with S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), MS Power BI, and SAP Datasphere

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

1 year 1 month

Wolfsburg, Germany

Consulting, design, development, and project management

Automotive

Consulting, design, and development of a planning solution based on SAP BW integrated planning, embedded BPC version 7.5 on HANA
Setup of a central planning solution for investment planning
Project management and leadership of the external development team
Communication across various corporate levels
Conducting/moderating requirements workshops
Documenting functional requirements and the technical BI concept
Documenting the technical architecture and business planning processes
Planning and execution of developer tests, business tests, and integration tests
Analysis of issues and their solutions
Technical design
Business and technical consulting
Process analysis and digitization
Development of planning applications
Development of reports with the BEx Query Designer and SAC

Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

1 year 1 month

Montabaur, Germany

BI project and consulting services

Packaging

Business and technical consulting for SAP BW design
Structuring and preparing various topics in the context of different SAP projects
Gathering information and preparing topics and content for management meetings
Regular coordination with departments and stakeholders
Creating overviews and flowcharts
Preparation, follow-up, and conducting/moderating of management meetings
Presenting status reports and giving presentations at the management level
Coaching internal colleagues in project management: taking on various tasks such as structuring, requirements definition, scheduling, budgeting, and moderation
International project management for around 40 sites worldwide
Process optimization in the SAP BW environment:
Consulting at the interface between sales controlling, finance & controlling, and the SAP BW development department
Project management in an international CRM implementation project: Salesforce as the CRM system, SAP ERP system, and BW as the central reporting system
Communication to all stakeholders: end users, developers, site controllers from international companies; communication and reporting at the C-level
Responsible for project reporting, steering committees, and training
Overall project management responsibility for the global rollout of a planning application for sales and cost planning in 40 countries based on SAP BPC
Project management, consulting, and implementation of a migration project from BEx Analyzer to SAP Business Objects Analysis for Office for all BW users worldwide
Technical implementation and consulting for Analysis for Office
Functional migration of SAP BW reports to Analysis for Office
Coordination of a prototype for sales reporting with Power BI
Sub-project management for SAP BW/BPC upgrade to SAP BW 7.5
Process analysis and digitization
Communication at all company levels

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

4 months

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Consultant

Pharma

Pre-study and design of a planning solution for five countries based on SAP BI integrated planning
Gathering information and preparing topics and content for management meetings
Regular coordination with departments and stakeholders
Creating overviews and process flows
Preparation, follow-up, and conducting/moderating management meetings and requirements definitions
Presenting status reports in steering committee meetings
Implementation of pharma-regulatory requirements

Oct 2019 - Present

6 years 3 months

Ehingen, Germany

Managing Director & Consultant

d7 Consulting GmbH

Consulting.

International leadership of projects and subprojects in the SAP environment
Multi-project management
Leading internal and external project teams
Creating project charter and project plan
Controlling schedule, capacity, resources, activities, and budget
Communication in projects for all stakeholders
International process consulting in the analytics environment
Structured, methodical architecture analysis and implementation of reporting requirements
Integration of new organizational units into reporting structures
Design and consulting for new implementations, rollouts, and redesign
Digitization and mobilization of processes and reporting
Sustainable documentation for DIN/ISO certifications
Coaching of teams
Strategy consulting for the digitalization of companies
Strategic solution selection processes
Strategy consulting on the use of mobile solutions
Cost-benefit analyses
Identifying necessary actions and deriving strategies
Moderating strategy development workshops
Creating evaluation matrices for decision making
Feasibility and change impact analyses
Developing IT architecture concepts
Software selection
Development, modeling, and design of analytics solutions
Coordination of integration tests
Responsibility for service and support and implementation of support processes (ITIL)

Jun 2018 - Sep 2019

1 year 4 months

Berlin, Germany

Internal Strategic Projects / Business Development

IT-Informatik GmbH

Support in acquiring an SAP consulting firm
Integration process within the existing company
Responsible for expanding the SAP business at the Hamburg site
Overall responsibility for setting up, founding and expanding a subsidiary in Barcelona for SAP services
Regular coordination with all stakeholders and management
Presenting status reports to management

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

6 months

Öhringen, Germany

Project Lead

Packaging

Project lead for the logistics SAP implementation for France, UK, Finland and Switzerland
Moderation of workshops and steering committees
Communication with customers and other SAP implementation partners nationally and internationally
Conducting integration tests
Designing subsequent reporting requirements
Compiling information and preparing topics and content for management meetings
Regular coordination with departments and stakeholders
Creating overviews and process diagrams
Preparing and follow-up, and conducting/moderating management meetings
Presenting status reports and giving presentations at management level in the steering committee

Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

11 months

Ulm, Germany

Overall Project Management

Pharma

Overall project management of global chart of accounts harmonization for 25 countries
Leading international teams consisting of business units, IT, external partners & suppliers, about 100 project staff
Interface management
Collaboration with SAP SLT
Conducting UAT (User Acceptance Tests)
Deployment / GoLive
Moderation of status reports in steering committees at management level
Consulting / communication at C-level

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

1 year

Ulm, Germany

Overall Project Management

Pharma

Overall project management for the implementation of a web-based Executive Information System based on SAP BW as the data source with IBM Cognos as the front-end tool
Strategic software selection (SAP Business Objects / IBM / QlikView) based on proof of concepts
Architecture consulting
Performance analysis
Leading international teams consisting of business units, IT, external partners & suppliers
Moderation of steering committees
Consulting at C-level

Jan 2014 - Sep 2019

5 years 9 months

Ulm, Germany

Head of Business Unit SAP

IT-Informatik GmbH

Consulting.

Overall responsibility for SAP delivery at a consulting firm for all relevant SAP consulting areas (logistics, FI&CO, HCM, SAP Basis/technology, data & analytics, development for SAP and Microsoft technologies, product development)
Disciplinary leadership responsibility for 125 employees and building a market-oriented organizational structure in the SAP consulting environment
Leading technical sales, consulting/development and product management
Profit and budget responsibility (approx. 15 million euros in revenue)
Expansion of the internationalization and growth strategy
Expansion and management of existing key accounts and customer relationships
Personnel, resource and capacity planning, utilization planning
Employee leadership and development
Strategic leadership and further development of the SAP and Microsoft consulting portfolio
Responsibility for the product portfolio – building, establishing and further developing solutions and products such as OPRA
Technical sales (customer meetings, events, ...)
SAP partner management
Full responsibility for setting up the Barcelona site (currently 15 employees, independent company)
Collaboration in the analysis and acquisition of Mercoline into the IT-Informatik Group
Many years of experience as a consultant with clients and in projects in the area of business intelligence (consulting, design and development of business intelligence solutions in the SAP environment)
Steering and coordination of nearshore teams

Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

4 years

Ulm, Germany

Head of Analytics & Head of Enterprise Services

IT-Informatik GmbH

Consulting

Jul 2006 - Dec 2009

3 years 6 months

Ulm, Germany

Team Leader Business Intelligence / Analytics

IT-Informatik GmbH

Consulting

Apr 2003 - Jun 2006

3 years 3 months

Ulm, Germany

SAP BW In-house Consultant

Merckle GmbH / ratiopharm

In-house consulting.

Training focus: SAP Business Information Warehouse
ABAP programming for R/3 sales reporting
Participation in SAP R/3 and SAP CRM projects
Personal development training, e.g. presentation techniques, moderation techniques, English
Project manager for SAP data archiving
Development of a comprehensive archiving concept for SAP R/3
Evaluation of online access options to archived data within SAP BW
Rollout of BW reporting in the international companies Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland in the SD and MM areas
Implementation of BW web reporting as part of a custom ratiopharm BW web portal
Management cockpit
Web-based corporate reporting
Extensive BW implementation in Human Resources
Integration of BW data into the SAP CRM Segment Builder
Implementation of delivery service (sales reporting) for international companies
Implementation of cost center accounting and profit center accounting
Day-to-day tasks such as:
SD support (orders, deliveries, invoices, delivery service, CRM, external market data)
MM (inventory, coverage, turnover rate, planning)
HR
Production
Cost center and profit center accounting
User training
Consulting services for the business department

Jan 2002 - Mar 2003

1 year 3 months

Meckenbeuren, Germany

Diploma Thesis SAP BW Implementation

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company

In collaboration with Hewlett Packard Consulting.

Analysis and example development of a dynamic content visualization for a management portal based on existing business data from SAP and other systems
Setup of a BW pilot project for the EADS site in Ulm in the area of project controlling

Augsburg, Germany

BW Support and Project Assistance

Aerospace

BW reporting in the CO area
Support in day-to-day operations
Project management for BW integration of customer source systems into the central BI system
Integration of customer source systems from Hamburg and Bremen into the central DataWarehouse
Coordination with other locations and business units

Weißenhorn, Germany

SAP BW Implementation

Aluminimschmelzwerk

Design of the reporting concept
Creation of the architecture concept
Implementation and long-term support of the BW reports

Bad Urach, Germany

Integration of SAP ERP data into the Microsoft BI system

Automotive

Delta extraction
Design and implementation of the interfaces using Theobald connectors and Integration Services
Building the data model in SQL Server
Reporting Services

Ulm, Germany

Project coordination for the SAP implementation project

Automotive

Taking over project organization before the go-live phase for the SAP ERP roll-out project
Assisting with go-live planning
Assisting with cutover planning
Participating in process workshops
Advising and supporting local management in the SAP implementation project
Conducting and planning SAP user training

Ellwangen, Germany

SAP BW implementation

Chemicals

Implementation of a BW web reporting portal
Implementation of web-based standard reports and management dashboards for the executive board

Bad Überkingen, Germany

Consultant

Food manufacturing

Implementation of SAP BW as a central reporting tool based on SAP BW powered by HANA
BW implementation of CO-PA for multiple profitability segments
Analysis of reporting requirements for CO-PA
Implementation of a BW web reporting portal
Management dashboards
Performance optimization
BW implementation for HR, personnel administration, and payroll
BW implementation for logistics (orders, deliveries, transports, inventories for delivery service, order backlog, coverage, inventory turnover)
Implementation of comprehensive production reporting (series production, maintenance data, work plan)

Legau, Germany

Consultant

Food Manufacturing

Introduction of SAP BW as a central reporting tool
BW implementation in sales (orders, deliveries, invoices, transports, handling units, service level)
Analysis of VIS structures
Replacement of the existing VIS structures from SAP R/3 to SAP BW based on LIS extractors
Introduction of a BW web reporting portal
Management cockpits
Support of daily operations / outsourcing
BW implementation CO-PA
Analysis of reporting requirements in CO-PA

Bremen, Germany

Strategy consulting / process consulting / SAP BW implementation

Food Manufacturing

Workshop moderation
Architecture consulting / interface integration for external non-SAP CRM system and integration into existing SAP landscape
Integration of external suppliers
Project development / implementation

Göppingen, Germany

SAP BW Implementation

Model Railways

Design of the reporting concept
Development of the architecture concept
Implementation and long-term support of BW reports
Implementation of FI-CO reporting in BW
Implementation of purchasing reporting, inventory reporting

Heidenheim, Germany

SAP BW Implementation

Packaging

BW implementation in logistics (orders, deliveries, invoices, order backlog, service level)
Introduction of a BW web reporting portal
BW implementation CO-PA
BW implementation of production data capture
Introduction of web-based standard reports and management cockpits

Frankfurt, Germany

Project Manager SAP BW Implementation

Pharmaceuticals

Responsible for concept creation and rollout of the analytics area in the new SAP implementation
Development / modeling in the areas of CO-PA, sales controlling, project controlling
Introduction of a BW web reporting portal
Management cockpits
Coordination with other parts of the new implementation project

Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukraine-Rollout SAP BW

Pharma

Rollout of BW reports in Ukraine
Project lead for the implementation of a comprehensive management information system based on SAP BW and IBM Cognos
Project lead for strategic software selection of a dashboard tool

Sontheim, Germany

Consultant

Spannzeughersteller

Implementation of SAP BW as a central reporting solution
BW implementation
Analysis of VIS structures
Replacement of the previous VIS structures from SAP R/3 to SAP BW based on the LIS extractors
Implementation of a BW web reporting portal
Management cockpits
Support of day-to-day operations
Implementation of project controlling – cProjects
Implementation of production analysis based on CO and production data
On-time delivery, delivery service
Sales planning - production planning

Ravensburg, Germany

Design and implementation of open order backlog in the BW system

Spielzeugindustrie

Workshops for concept definition
Architecture planning
Interface integration
BW reporting of the open order backlog combined with valuations from CO-PA

Ulm, Germany

SAP BW Support

Spritzgußhersteller

Implementation of a BW web reporting portal
Management cockpits
Implementation of a standardized reporting system for several international entities
Support of national and international day-to-day operations
Formatted reporting within the web interface
Legacy data migration for BW rollout in France
BW rollout in Finland
Support for profit center accounting implementation in BW
BW implementation for logistics transports and freight costs
BW reporting quality management with bill of materials breakdown
Migration of the authorization concept
BW rollout for a new company
Support for SAP BW implementation after client's acquisition by a large Swedish group