Experience & references
A store cloud rolled out worldwide. AI initiatives for connected products directed. Board-level decisions prepared. Experience from demanding engagements, with responsibility for the path to delivery.
Selected experience from Oyster engagements and our founder’s professional practice. These insights cover different topics and responsibilities, in some cases within the same programmes.
Connect intelligence
Industry & connected devices
Directed AI initiatives for predictive maintenance within an international digital transformation. Project leadership connected technology, device data and operational requirements to develop forward-looking maintenance approaches.
Industry & digital services
Directed telemetry initiatives for connected products within an international transformation. Product and operational data were explored as a foundation for data-informed services and business process development.
Software & retail
Led an international co-innovation programme with development teams, consultants and pilot customers. AI-supported demand forecasting was among the product concepts designed and validated to inform the evolution of retail solutions.
Scale transformation
International discount retail
Led the worldwide rollout of a cloud-based store platform connected to the central SAP S/4HANA system. Connected checkout, merchandise management, promotions and store logistics, aligning international implementation partners around a shared direction.
Industry & consumer goods
Led the international introduction of a SAP S/4HANA core platform. Replaced established ERP systems, integrated analytics and customer management, and aligned the IT organisation with the new enterprise platform.
Retail, logistics & manufacturing
Led a comprehensive SAP programme across retail locations, distribution centres and production facilities. Delivery connected ERP and warehouse logistics with manufacturing processes and established shared testing, support and operating structures.
Energy & infrastructure
Shaped an international SAP S/4HANA transformation through strategic advice and programme management. Brought global standards, migration governance and local requirements into a shared steering framework.
Distribution & logistics
Directed the strategic setup of a SAP S/4HANA and analytics transformation. Developed the roadmap, architectural principles, budget, resource and governance models as a shared foundation for subsequent delivery.
Specialty ingredients & manufacturing
Led an international SAP ERP transformation spanning manufacturing, quality and compliance. Harmonised processes and master data across production sites and external manufacturing partners, connecting deployment with change and support.
Food & distribution
Led the introduction of a SAP Retail pilot integrating distribution and manufacturing. Coordinated design, testing and deployment, creating a foundation for further template development and scaling.
Set direction
Large retail organisation
Supported senior leadership in steering a complex transformation programme. Turned progress, investment and risks into sound decision papers and connected executive steering with operational programme leadership.
Retail & business operations
Coordinated business readiness across business functions, IT and operations. Managed testing, cutover, hypercare and support handover as connected responsibilities to prepare the introduction of new systems and processes.
Fashion & luxury
Assessed the prerequisites for a global SAP transformation at an international luxury group and structured the path to delivery. Brought the target state, rollout scenarios and investment planning into a sound basis for management decisions.
Fashion & lifestyle
Led architecture and process work within a demanding SAP transformation. Assessed solution design and integration dependencies, surfaced risks and addressed key architecture questions with management.
Multichannel retail
Assessed a decentralised application landscape for value, overlaps and risks. The strategic review produced concrete recommendations for consolidation, central governance and a sound IT operating model.
Specialty chemicals & regulated production
Led the introduction of SAP-supported environmental, health and safety processes. Brought regulatory requirements and operational activities together in shared process models and structured deliverables.
Banking & cross-industry experience
Supported SAP projects in critical phases through consulting and escalation management. Restructured governance and delivery planning in a banking programme to enable continuation under controlled conditions.
Thinking ahead in maintenance. Making AI tangible. · Anticipating tomorrow’s demand. · One store cloud. Rolled out worldwide. · Creating a new digital core. · From production site to store shelf. · Many countries. One shared direction. · Setting the digital core on a future path. · Aligning the board and delivery. · Preparing the business for go-live. · Giving global brands a clear direction. · Visible quality. Grounded decisions. · Turning established IT into a clear target state. · Making critical programmes manageable again.
Unlocking new possibilities from device data. · Anticipating tomorrow’s demand. · One store cloud. Rolled out worldwide. · Creating a new digital core. · From production site to store shelf. · Many countries. One shared direction. · Setting the digital core on a future path. · Preparing the business for go-live. · Giving global brands a clear direction. · Visible quality. Grounded decisions. · Connecting sites and processes. · From pilot to the next rollout stage. · Embedding compliance in delivery. · Making critical programmes manageable again.
Anticipating tomorrow’s demand. · One store cloud. Rolled out worldwide. · Creating a new digital core. · From production site to store shelf. · Many countries. One shared direction. · Setting the digital core on a future path. · Aligning the board and delivery. · Preparing the business for go-live. · Giving global brands a clear direction. · Visible quality. Grounded decisions. · Turning established IT into a clear target state. · Connecting sites and processes. · From pilot to the next rollout stage. · Embedding compliance in delivery. · Making critical programmes manageable again.
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