Willi Braun

Solution Engineer / Solution Expert

Bielefeld, Germany
Experience
Oct 2024 - Present
10 months
Extertal, Germany
Hybrid

Solution Engineer / Solution Expert

Aerzen / Extertal

  • Supported an SAP ECC to S/4HANA transition project as Solution Engineer / Solution Expert PP
  • Designed master data adjustments
  • Planned and led workshops
  • Process optimizations and harmonization
  • Assessed impacts on master data / processes
  • Defined end-to-end processes MTO/MTS/ATO/CTO/ETO
  • Considered SAP ME
  • Testing and implementation
  • Migration coordination
  • Change management
  • Analyzed, designed and created a decision template for assembly processing
Mar 2024 - Sep 2024
7 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany

Solution Engineer / Solution Expert

Mönchengladbach

  • Supported a pre-project for an S/4HANA rollout
  • Global program with multiple streams (CRM/OPC/ERP/PLM/MDM/CPQ/MES)
  • Assessed rollout strategy and capability matrix
  • Enabled S/4HANA through a simplified end-to-end process
  • Built master data and processes in the SAP demo system
  • Designed workshops
Aug 2021 - Feb 2024
2 years 7 months
Fulda, Germany

Solution Architect Supply Chain / Solution Expert / PP/PPDS / Lead Consultant

Fulda

  • Supported an S/4HANA rollout as Solution Architect Supply Chain / subproject lead PP/PPDS / Lead Consultant
  • Took over a subproject with 20 key users in an ongoing rollout
  • Milestone and project planning
  • Process definition and progress documentation
  • Planned and led workshops
  • Captured and documented processes in JIRA
  • Interface and development testing
  • Migration coordination
  • Defined end-to-end processes and owned MTO/MTS/ATO/CTO/ETO topics
  • Designed MES integration with iTAC MES
  • Designed system tests
  • Coordinated consultants
  • Change management
  • Go-live and hypercare support
  • Prepared roll-out to a new plant
  • Recommended actions for plant vs. planning area
May 2020 - Jun 2022
2 years 2 months
Herford, Germany

Project Manager / Solution Architect

Herford

  • Supported a FEPA rollout as Project Manager / Solution Architect
  • Milestone and project planning
  • Process definition and progress documentation based on a delta specification
  • Planned and led workshops
  • Documented processes
  • Interface design and development testing
  • Migration coordination
  • Defined end-to-end processes and owned MTO/MTS topics
  • Designed MES integration with Hydra X MES
  • Designed system tests and interfaces
  • Coordinated consultants
  • Change management
  • Prepared and led steering committee meetings
May 2020 - Jun 2021
1 year 2 months
Münster, Germany

Lead Consultant / Solution Expert PP / PPDS

Münster

  • Requirements analysis before S/4HANA rollout
  • Scoping requirements
  • Matched requirements document to SAP functions and created recommendations
  • Supported the S/4HANA rollout in the Explore phase as Lead Consultant / Solution Expert PP/PPDS
  • Milestone and project planning
  • Process definition and progress documentation
  • Planned and led workshops
  • Reviewed requirement and process documentation (blueprints)
  • Assessed RICEFW objects
  • Defined end-to-end processes MTO/MTS
  • Designed MES integration with iTAC MES
  • Solution design
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 7 months

Project Manager / Solution Architect / Solution Expert / Lead Consultant

In various projects / tenders

  • Project work (implementation / requirements analysis / optimizations)
  • Analyzed and optimized QM processes in SAP ECC
  • Captured as-is processes and requirements
  • Created target processes and recommendations
  • Scoping new ERP rollouts
  • As-is process capture and requirements documentation
  • Effort estimation
  • Analyzed and assessed an MS Dynamics ERP rollout
  • Lessons learned
  • Highlighted optimization topics
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 years

Project Manager / Solution Architect / Solution Expert

In various projects / tenders

  • Project management / solution architect / consultant for S/4HANA pre-sales, projects and workshops
  • Presales (sales)
  • Led and managed the full sales cycle from first contact to contract negotiations (SAP ERP ECC, S/4HANA, S/4HANA Cloud STE, S/4HANA Cloud MTE)
  • Prepared and responded to tenders
  • Organized and moderated workshops
  • Created solution concepts and defined the target ERP architecture
  • Prepared and presented proposals
  • Handled RFIs and RFPs in English
  • Drafted contracts
  • Project work (implementation / release changes)
  • Supported SAP ECC and S/4HANA rollouts as project manager, solution architect, consultant
  • S/4HANA transition
  • Cloud business (S/4HANA Cloud) (Wittur Group – make-to-order / S/4HANA Cloud for Manufacturing; Auto.de / S/4HANA Cloud professional services)
  • Assessed and matched requirements from the RFI/RFP to S/4HANA Cloud capabilities
  • Developed recommendations for S/4HANA Cloud MTE/STE
  • Led discover and assessment workshops
  • Matched scope items to requirements
  • Ran workshops with SAP and the client
  • Created project plans for 14 production plants / 11 sales entities considering SAP Activate methodology, pilot plants and rollouts, legal requirements, process complexity, legacy ERP maintenance end-of-life, buffers, team workload, S/4HANA Cloud roadmap, business transformation / streams, deployment teams / core teams / local consultants
  • Prepared effort estimates considering productivity gains from pilot to rollout
  • Change management
May 2016 - Dec 2016
8 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Mönchengladbach

  • Roll-out
  • Migration support
  • Ensured configured processes
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
5 months
Neustadt, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Neustadt

  • Go-live support
  • Process optimization in planning and production order management
  • Integrated MES system topMES by topflow
  • Monitored processes
  • Adjusted processes and settings
  • Troubleshooting
Mar 2014 - May 2017
3 years 3 months
Halver, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Halver

  • Process-oriented SAP ECC rollout based on an industry solution
  • Captured processes and designed new processes in an international team (USA, Mexico, DE)
  • Created a business blueprint in English
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Coordinated and mapped data migration (PP)
  • Supported users
  • Implemented SAP Screen Personas
Feb 2014 - Aug 2014
7 months
Bad Münder, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Bad Münder

  • Implemented GIB DCP
  • Process optimization in planning and production order management
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
4 months
Oelde, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Oelde

  • Go-live support
  • Process optimization in planning and production order management
  • Integrated MES system MPDV HYDRA
  • Monitored the interface
  • Reconciled SAP / MPDV HYDRA
  • Troubleshooting
Apr 2013 - Jan 2014
10 months
Marsberg, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Marsberg

  • Roll-out project, process-oriented SAP ECC rollout
  • Captured and designed variant processes
  • Created a business blueprint
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Supported users
Feb 2013 - Jun 2017
4 years 5 months
Höxter, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Höxter

  • Process-oriented SAP ECC rollout based on an industry solution with NWBC 4.0
  • Captured and designed new processes
  • Created a business blueprint
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Coordinated and mapped data migration (PP)
  • Supported users
  • Designed and managed integration of CT-Datentechnik MES for the mixing department
  • Process design
  • Reconciled master and transaction data
  • Interface design
  • Process testing
Feb 2012 - Oct 2013
1 year 9 months
Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Höhr-Grenzhausen

  • Process-oriented SAP ECC rollout based on an industry solution
  • Captured and designed new processes
  • Created a business blueprint
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Coordinated and mapped data migration (PP)
  • Supported users
Feb 2012 - Aug 2012
7 months
Bremen, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant / Project Manager

Bremen

  • Carve-out project
  • Captured relevant master and transaction data for the spin-off
  • Designed data takeover and follow-up steps
  • Created a migration concept
  • Supported users
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Validated results
Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
6 months
Ahlen, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Ahlen, DE / Langfang, CN

  • Rolled out SAP ECC based on an industry solution at the Langfang China site
  • Captured processes
  • Designed new processes
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Supported users
Jan 2011 - May 2011
5 months
Attendorn, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant / Project Assistant

Attendorn

  • Rolled out SAP ECC 6.4 based on an industry solution
  • Captured processes
  • Captured and designed long-term planning (SOP)
  • Created a SOP business blueprint
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Supported users
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
3 months
Hof, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant

Hof

  • Process capture
  • SAP Query
May 2010 - Dec 2012
2 years 8 months
Münster, Germany

SAP Logistics Consultant / Project Assistant

Münster

  • Rolled out SAP ECC 6.4 based on an industry solution
  • Process capture
  • Created a business blueprint
  • SAP customizing (PP)
  • Coordinated and mapped data migration
  • Supported users
  • Designed and managed integration of topMES by topflow for production
  • Captured requirements and process design
  • Customized topflow
  • Tested processes
  • Coached departments and staff
  • Go-live and continuous improvement
Summary

Based on my many years of experience in consulting and sales, I have a deep understanding of the requirements and implementation of IT/ERP projects. In consulting, I have broadened my knowledge of the entire supply chain in a company and sharpened my eye for recurring complexity and cost drivers. In various SAP implementation projects, due to my focus (logistics/production planning and control), I was able to lead and implement many complex and cross-module topics and requirements. These experiences help me to point out these topics to clients early, challenge the implementer and develop solutions together.

Leading multi-person teams and external service providers in complex ERP projects as project manager / solution engineer / solution expert are among my skills, as is interim management for short-term project needs. Integration scenarios with MES systems like Hydra, iTAC, Camline have also been part of my project experience in recent years.

With over 15 years of SAP experience, I know the “old” process world (SAP R/3, SAP ECC) as well as the S/4HANA solution and can therefore very well support clients in transition projects.

Based on my experience, I am convinced that I can cover the requirements very well.

I support clients with capacity, functional and methodological bottlenecks and help optimize processes, challenge external consultants/implementers and ensure project quality so that the best possible solution is delivered.

The best progress/solutions can be achieved when I’m already on board during selection and can help create the capability map.

Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary
Education

Fachhochschule Bielefeld

Bachelor of Arts, Production / Logistics, Human Resources / Organization · Business Administration · Bielefeld, Germany

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