Willi Braun
Solution Engineer / Solution Expert
Experience
Oct 2024 - Present
10 monthsExtertal, Germany
HybridSolution 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 monthsMönchengladbach, 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 monthsFulda, 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 monthsHerford, 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 monthsMünster, 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 monthsProject 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 yearsProject 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 monthsMönchengladbach, Germany
SAP Logistics Consultant
Mönchengladbach
- Roll-out
- Migration support
- Ensured configured processes
Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
5 monthsNeustadt, 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 monthsHalver, 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 monthsBad Münder, Germany
SAP Logistics Consultant
Bad Münder
- Implemented GIB DCP
- Process optimization in planning and production order management
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
4 monthsOelde, 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 monthsMarsberg, 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 monthsHöxter, 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 monthsHöhr-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 monthsBremen, 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 monthsAhlen, 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 monthsAttendorn, 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 monthsHof, Germany
SAP Logistics Consultant
Hof
- Process capture
- SAP Query
May 2010 - Dec 2012
2 years 8 monthsMünster, 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
NativeEnglish
AdvancedRussian
Elementary Education
Fachhochschule Bielefeld
Bachelor of Arts, Production / Logistics, Human Resources / Organization · Business Administration · Bielefeld, Germany
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