Digital Transformation leader, background on Chemicals, Pharma and Life Sciences. Focus on Process Excellence with solid ERP/SAP Program Management
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Digitalisierung
Programmmanagement
Projektmanagement/Projektleitung
Changemanagement
Process Excellence
ERP-Harmonisierung
ERP Transformation
Digital Transformation
Process Driven Organizations
Business Transformation
Portuguese
Muttersprache
English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Spanish
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Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

7 years 4 months
2017-08 - now

proof-of-concept implementation project of GenAI

ERP Program Director
ERP Program Director
  • Leads the ERP Stream for a program focusing on the technical and legal separation of 23 Merck Legal Entities in 20 countries with sales of approx. ?500 M for a planned divestiture. Targeting the clear technical and logical separation of the business across 4 global ERP platforms and over 100 global and local applications to ensure seamless regulatory and legal approval of the sale deal without delay for Merck or the buyer and guaranteeing a stable business operation.
  • Led the first migration of a Merck S/4HANA ERP system from on-premises to the SAP Rise cloud platform.
  • Led the proof-of-concept implementation project of GenAI based solution for responding to ?Customer Inquiries? emails for Merck Surface Solutions Global Customer Excellence organization.
auf Anfrage
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years 1 month
2021-03 - 2023-03

project methodology, platform assessment

Global ERP Project Director
Global ERP Project Director
  • Led the Technical Service Stream for Merck's most important IT project at the time, the Darmstadt ERP Project, focused on implementing a new legal entity and operating structure at Merck's largest and most complex manufacturing location/site. Direct accountability and responsibility for Data Migration, EU Access Management, Satellite Systems, SCP/BTP Cloud Platform apps, Reporting and Analytics, Cutover Planning, Infrastructure and Release Management.
  • Led the assessment for the Commercial Subsidiaries ERP program, defining the scope, budget, process design approach, project methodology, platform assessment (including SAP cloud options), IT application landscape and project plan and waves planning.
on request
1 year
2020-04 - 2021-03

program organization, support organization design and budget

Global ERP Portfolio Manager
Global ERP Portfolio Manager

  • As a senior member, represented IT in the Legal Entity Strategy Board and focused on proposing the future ERP environment and landscape for Merck entities as well as plan high-level project budget, timelines, and scope. 
  • Led the Mixed Subsidiaries ERP assessment to propose Merck?s future mixed Legal Entities (LE) global ERP, which included process and capabilities scope, application landscape, LE structure, program organization, support organization design and budget.
  • Co-Led the process deviation workstream for Merck?s Reboot ERP program, analysing requirements and recommending accordingly the future Merck corporate ERP strategy.
  • Headed the Master Data stream for the Merck Darmstadt ERP program, conducting data cleansing, translation, enrichment, and migration for Merck largest manufacturing site.

1 year 2 months
2019-02 - 2020-03

global roll-out and upgrade

Head of IT Electronics Manufacturing & Quality
Head of IT Electronics Manufacturing & Quality
Headed the IT business relationship, portfolio, projects, and processes for Merck Performance Materials (now Electronics) in the manufacturing and quality areas. Directed a diverse skilled team of business partners, process owner, business process architects, and project managers, administering in parallel multiple IT projects, including the Performance Materials? MES and MI system extension, global roll-out and upgrade, the full IT infrastructure for the new Display Materials? R&D building, and the process improvement for the Speedy R&D Samples process for SemiConductors Solutions. Also managed the QUATTRO global key-user community and led the QUATTRO Change
Request process and BPM activities. Supported the PM Operation leadership in the planning, development and integration of the Industry 4.0 activities and roadmap, including smart factory functionalities/capabilities, data classification & governance and IoT .
  • Led the updating of Performance Materials' Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) solution across all business units and sites.
  • Initiated robust measures to develop and implement data analytics and IoT processes and capabilities needed by Merck Performance Materials at production sites and labs around the world to improve operational performance.
  • Steered the process mining initiative for QUATTRO with a strong focus on the effective delivery of processbased dashboards and KPIs for the PM business.
  • Led the global replacement of Surface Solution?s global colorimetric platform in all 3 global sites.
  • Commended for the 50% lead-time reduction for the R&D samples process.
Led the IT stream during the preparation phase of the Versum Materials acquisition, aligning with internal business partners the requirements and defining the technical approach for the ERP and application integration pre and post Day 1. Guaranteed the integrated financial controlling and reporting from Day 1 onwards, ensuring Merck consolidated financial reporting.
1 year 6 months
2017-08 - 2019-01

Process Excellence

Head of Performance Materials (Electronics)
Head of Performance Materials (Electronics)
Spearheaded the QUATTRO processes management team, including forecast-to-plan, plan-to-produce, order-tocash, and inbound-to-outbound. Integrated the Performance Material global CRM for the quote-to-order and free-ofcharge processes. Headed the transition of the global pricing solution. Continuously improved business processes
through QUATTRO Center of Expertise and the key-user community. Managed the QUATTRO change management activities with the live countries and processes. Redesigned the R&D samples process for QUATTRO, which included
the implementation of the global samples request workflow. Drove the IT stream for the planning phase of the Versum Materials integration. Led the QUATTRO Business Process Management organization and the Process Mining pilot for PM (Electronics).
  • Retained high quality of work and constant exchange of information between the process organization by executing the QUATTRO Key User Community (Community of Practice).
  • Deployed the QUATTRO (ERP landscape) within 2.5 years in 10 countries, including subsidiaries and 12 manufacturing sites that covered 95% of Performance Materials global sales.
  • Delivered all IT integration planed activities for Day 1 for the Versum Materials merger.
  • Achieved 20% improvement in critical process KPIs with process mining tools.
Led the ERP and legal entities separation activities of Merck Consumer Health business after the singing of the sale deal with Procter & Gamble for the part of the business running on the global SAP platform, ensuring the closure of the deal as planned.
2 years 11 months
2014-09 - 2017-07

Redesigned the Life Science car stock process

Head of Order-to-Cash Process (Global Business Process Owner)
Head of Order-to-Cash Process (Global Business Process Owner)
Led the order-to-cash processes, including Sales (SD), Distribution (LE), Global Trade (GTS), and EHS/DG for all three Merck business sectors, Healthcare (HC), Life Science (LS), and Performance Materials (PM). Restructured and enhanced the Chemicals Commercial Template (CCT) process for the Merck Chemicals (LS and PM) customer excellence in Western Europe.
  • Redesigned the Life Science car stock process for Lab Water spare-parts (service-to-order) that solved a stock difference of approx. ?6M (stock difference reduced in 95%).
  • Boosted the customer service level and satisfaction by 30% via continuous improvement in the European Drop-Shipment process.
MilliporeSigma ? affiliate of Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Billerica, USA
7 years 1 month
2007-08 - 2014-08

global IT projects

Performance Materials ? Operations Global IT Coordinator
Performance Materials ? Operations Global IT Coordinator
Subject matter expert in Performance Materials (Electronics) for the order-to-cash, forecast-to-plan, and plan-toproduce end-to-end processes for Tempo 2.0. Managed complex, large-scale global IT projects in the Performance Materials operations division. Coordinated with the IT Business Partner to devise an IT roadmap and budget plan for
the Performance Materials.
  • Recognized for delivering the entire IT landscape for the new Liquid Crystal Mixtures production center in Shanghai/China in time and budget.
  • Led the replacement of the Liquid Crystal weighing system in all 4 global LC Mixture sites.
  • Led the MES/MI application tool selection, architecture design, capabilities definition and implementation for the Organics production in Germany
Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years 10 months
2007-08 - 2010-05

Streamlined the business processes

Chemicals TechOps
Chemicals TechOps
Developed the IT strategy and portfolio (?3M p.a.) for the Technical Operations (TechOps) in the Chemicals division. Managed the IT roadmap for the TechOps global IT projects in Europe, Asia, and North America. Led multiple IT projects as program manager, coordinating local project managers. Member in steering committees and acted as a project manager in selected key projects. Bridged the communication gap between the departments and the corporate IT. Headed the technical SAP PP + QM process harmonization project for the LC business in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
  • Streamlined the business processes for all liquid crystal mixture production sites in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
  • Took over the responsibility for implementing SAP APO for Pigments business.
IT Business Partner
9 months
2006-11 - 2007-07

starting and structuring the SAP ERP consultancy

SAP & Business Senior Consultant
SAP & Business Senior Consultant
  • Responsible for starting and structuring the SAP ERP consultancy and services practice for IPSWays in Mainz, focusing on customer acquisition, advisory and staffing of small and mid-size SAP projects.
IPS Services GmbH (IPSWays)
Mainz, Germany
9 months
2006-03 - 2006-11

Led the solution design and implementation of the EH&S Module

Senior ERP Project Manager
Senior ERP Project Manager
  • Led the solution design and implementation of the EH&S Module of SAP for BASF in South America, including the interface to BASF?s global EH&S master data system. Managing a diverse and multitalented team in Germany and in multiple South American countries with a budget of over ? 1.1 mi.
BASF S/A
Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 years 3 months
2002-12 - 2006-02

process design, capabilities

Senior E-Commerce Module Manager
Senior E-Commerce Module Manager
Module Owner responsible for the process design, capabilities, and functionalities of the Consignment Module of BASF's B2B webshop (WorldAccount). Led the development of the Consignment Module aligned with the BASF ERP standard  process for all consignment strategy, including VMI and VMOI.
  • In 2005 approx. ? 180 mi sales were generated by the Consignment Module
BASF AG
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Process Chemical Engineering

Bachelor (BS)

Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Business Process Management

Executive MBA

Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, São Paulo, Brazil

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Digitalisierung Programmmanagement Projektmanagement/Projektleitung Changemanagement Process Excellence ERP-Harmonisierung ERP Transformation Digital Transformation Process Driven Organizations Business Transformation

Aufgabenbereiche

Operational Excellence
New Technologies
Change and Transformation Management
IT/ERP Program Management
Operations Planning & Execution
Process/Data Mining and Analytics
Business Process Management
Portfolio Management
Team Building & Leadership

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile:

Results-driven and seasoned professional with comprehensive experience in translating business requirements into IT capabilities and solutions, with strong background in manufacturing, quality management and supply chain. Proven experience in IT Transformation, Business Process Management and Governance, Program/Project Management, Process and Data Analytics, ERP implementation, Change Management, Business Partnering and Relationship Management within challenging and fast-paced environments. Global Leader with high cultural awareness with extensive expertise in developing innovative strategies, designing, and executing new processes, applying state-ofthe-art technologies, and proposing viable solutions that mitigated risk, reduced costs, improved quality, and increased operational excellence. Adept of identifying and capitalizing on new technologies that drive development opportunities for growth and success, focusing on harmonization and standardization. Skilled leader with the capacity to build, lead and motivate diverse teams while ensuring delivery of objectives within time and budget. Articulate communicator, able to cultivate and strengthen relations with internal business partners and senior stakeholders.


Additional Experience

Role: Production Process Engineer

Customer: BASF S/A, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: BASF S/A, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: Poliolefinas S/A, Mauá, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: Dutoflex Ltda, São Vicente, Brazil

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

7 years 4 months
2017-08 - now

proof-of-concept implementation project of GenAI

ERP Program Director
ERP Program Director
  • Leads the ERP Stream for a program focusing on the technical and legal separation of 23 Merck Legal Entities in 20 countries with sales of approx. ?500 M for a planned divestiture. Targeting the clear technical and logical separation of the business across 4 global ERP platforms and over 100 global and local applications to ensure seamless regulatory and legal approval of the sale deal without delay for Merck or the buyer and guaranteeing a stable business operation.
  • Led the first migration of a Merck S/4HANA ERP system from on-premises to the SAP Rise cloud platform.
  • Led the proof-of-concept implementation project of GenAI based solution for responding to ?Customer Inquiries? emails for Merck Surface Solutions Global Customer Excellence organization.
auf Anfrage
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years 1 month
2021-03 - 2023-03

project methodology, platform assessment

Global ERP Project Director
Global ERP Project Director
  • Led the Technical Service Stream for Merck's most important IT project at the time, the Darmstadt ERP Project, focused on implementing a new legal entity and operating structure at Merck's largest and most complex manufacturing location/site. Direct accountability and responsibility for Data Migration, EU Access Management, Satellite Systems, SCP/BTP Cloud Platform apps, Reporting and Analytics, Cutover Planning, Infrastructure and Release Management.
  • Led the assessment for the Commercial Subsidiaries ERP program, defining the scope, budget, process design approach, project methodology, platform assessment (including SAP cloud options), IT application landscape and project plan and waves planning.
on request
1 year
2020-04 - 2021-03

program organization, support organization design and budget

Global ERP Portfolio Manager
Global ERP Portfolio Manager

  • As a senior member, represented IT in the Legal Entity Strategy Board and focused on proposing the future ERP environment and landscape for Merck entities as well as plan high-level project budget, timelines, and scope. 
  • Led the Mixed Subsidiaries ERP assessment to propose Merck?s future mixed Legal Entities (LE) global ERP, which included process and capabilities scope, application landscape, LE structure, program organization, support organization design and budget.
  • Co-Led the process deviation workstream for Merck?s Reboot ERP program, analysing requirements and recommending accordingly the future Merck corporate ERP strategy.
  • Headed the Master Data stream for the Merck Darmstadt ERP program, conducting data cleansing, translation, enrichment, and migration for Merck largest manufacturing site.

1 year 2 months
2019-02 - 2020-03

global roll-out and upgrade

Head of IT Electronics Manufacturing & Quality
Head of IT Electronics Manufacturing & Quality
Headed the IT business relationship, portfolio, projects, and processes for Merck Performance Materials (now Electronics) in the manufacturing and quality areas. Directed a diverse skilled team of business partners, process owner, business process architects, and project managers, administering in parallel multiple IT projects, including the Performance Materials? MES and MI system extension, global roll-out and upgrade, the full IT infrastructure for the new Display Materials? R&D building, and the process improvement for the Speedy R&D Samples process for SemiConductors Solutions. Also managed the QUATTRO global key-user community and led the QUATTRO Change
Request process and BPM activities. Supported the PM Operation leadership in the planning, development and integration of the Industry 4.0 activities and roadmap, including smart factory functionalities/capabilities, data classification & governance and IoT .
  • Led the updating of Performance Materials' Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) solution across all business units and sites.
  • Initiated robust measures to develop and implement data analytics and IoT processes and capabilities needed by Merck Performance Materials at production sites and labs around the world to improve operational performance.
  • Steered the process mining initiative for QUATTRO with a strong focus on the effective delivery of processbased dashboards and KPIs for the PM business.
  • Led the global replacement of Surface Solution?s global colorimetric platform in all 3 global sites.
  • Commended for the 50% lead-time reduction for the R&D samples process.
Led the IT stream during the preparation phase of the Versum Materials acquisition, aligning with internal business partners the requirements and defining the technical approach for the ERP and application integration pre and post Day 1. Guaranteed the integrated financial controlling and reporting from Day 1 onwards, ensuring Merck consolidated financial reporting.
1 year 6 months
2017-08 - 2019-01

Process Excellence

Head of Performance Materials (Electronics)
Head of Performance Materials (Electronics)
Spearheaded the QUATTRO processes management team, including forecast-to-plan, plan-to-produce, order-tocash, and inbound-to-outbound. Integrated the Performance Material global CRM for the quote-to-order and free-ofcharge processes. Headed the transition of the global pricing solution. Continuously improved business processes
through QUATTRO Center of Expertise and the key-user community. Managed the QUATTRO change management activities with the live countries and processes. Redesigned the R&D samples process for QUATTRO, which included
the implementation of the global samples request workflow. Drove the IT stream for the planning phase of the Versum Materials integration. Led the QUATTRO Business Process Management organization and the Process Mining pilot for PM (Electronics).
  • Retained high quality of work and constant exchange of information between the process organization by executing the QUATTRO Key User Community (Community of Practice).
  • Deployed the QUATTRO (ERP landscape) within 2.5 years in 10 countries, including subsidiaries and 12 manufacturing sites that covered 95% of Performance Materials global sales.
  • Delivered all IT integration planed activities for Day 1 for the Versum Materials merger.
  • Achieved 20% improvement in critical process KPIs with process mining tools.
Led the ERP and legal entities separation activities of Merck Consumer Health business after the singing of the sale deal with Procter & Gamble for the part of the business running on the global SAP platform, ensuring the closure of the deal as planned.
2 years 11 months
2014-09 - 2017-07

Redesigned the Life Science car stock process

Head of Order-to-Cash Process (Global Business Process Owner)
Head of Order-to-Cash Process (Global Business Process Owner)
Led the order-to-cash processes, including Sales (SD), Distribution (LE), Global Trade (GTS), and EHS/DG for all three Merck business sectors, Healthcare (HC), Life Science (LS), and Performance Materials (PM). Restructured and enhanced the Chemicals Commercial Template (CCT) process for the Merck Chemicals (LS and PM) customer excellence in Western Europe.
  • Redesigned the Life Science car stock process for Lab Water spare-parts (service-to-order) that solved a stock difference of approx. ?6M (stock difference reduced in 95%).
  • Boosted the customer service level and satisfaction by 30% via continuous improvement in the European Drop-Shipment process.
MilliporeSigma ? affiliate of Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Billerica, USA
7 years 1 month
2007-08 - 2014-08

global IT projects

Performance Materials ? Operations Global IT Coordinator
Performance Materials ? Operations Global IT Coordinator
Subject matter expert in Performance Materials (Electronics) for the order-to-cash, forecast-to-plan, and plan-toproduce end-to-end processes for Tempo 2.0. Managed complex, large-scale global IT projects in the Performance Materials operations division. Coordinated with the IT Business Partner to devise an IT roadmap and budget plan for
the Performance Materials.
  • Recognized for delivering the entire IT landscape for the new Liquid Crystal Mixtures production center in Shanghai/China in time and budget.
  • Led the replacement of the Liquid Crystal weighing system in all 4 global LC Mixture sites.
  • Led the MES/MI application tool selection, architecture design, capabilities definition and implementation for the Organics production in Germany
Merck KGaA
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years 10 months
2007-08 - 2010-05

Streamlined the business processes

Chemicals TechOps
Chemicals TechOps
Developed the IT strategy and portfolio (?3M p.a.) for the Technical Operations (TechOps) in the Chemicals division. Managed the IT roadmap for the TechOps global IT projects in Europe, Asia, and North America. Led multiple IT projects as program manager, coordinating local project managers. Member in steering committees and acted as a project manager in selected key projects. Bridged the communication gap between the departments and the corporate IT. Headed the technical SAP PP + QM process harmonization project for the LC business in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
  • Streamlined the business processes for all liquid crystal mixture production sites in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
  • Took over the responsibility for implementing SAP APO for Pigments business.
IT Business Partner
9 months
2006-11 - 2007-07

starting and structuring the SAP ERP consultancy

SAP & Business Senior Consultant
SAP & Business Senior Consultant
  • Responsible for starting and structuring the SAP ERP consultancy and services practice for IPSWays in Mainz, focusing on customer acquisition, advisory and staffing of small and mid-size SAP projects.
IPS Services GmbH (IPSWays)
Mainz, Germany
9 months
2006-03 - 2006-11

Led the solution design and implementation of the EH&S Module

Senior ERP Project Manager
Senior ERP Project Manager
  • Led the solution design and implementation of the EH&S Module of SAP for BASF in South America, including the interface to BASF?s global EH&S master data system. Managing a diverse and multitalented team in Germany and in multiple South American countries with a budget of over ? 1.1 mi.
BASF S/A
Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 years 3 months
2002-12 - 2006-02

process design, capabilities

Senior E-Commerce Module Manager
Senior E-Commerce Module Manager
Module Owner responsible for the process design, capabilities, and functionalities of the Consignment Module of BASF's B2B webshop (WorldAccount). Led the development of the Consignment Module aligned with the BASF ERP standard  process for all consignment strategy, including VMI and VMOI.
  • In 2005 approx. ? 180 mi sales were generated by the Consignment Module
BASF AG
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Process Chemical Engineering

Bachelor (BS)

Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Business Process Management

Executive MBA

Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, São Paulo, Brazil

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Digitalisierung Programmmanagement Projektmanagement/Projektleitung Changemanagement Process Excellence ERP-Harmonisierung ERP Transformation Digital Transformation Process Driven Organizations Business Transformation

Aufgabenbereiche

Operational Excellence
New Technologies
Change and Transformation Management
IT/ERP Program Management
Operations Planning & Execution
Process/Data Mining and Analytics
Business Process Management
Portfolio Management
Team Building & Leadership

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile:

Results-driven and seasoned professional with comprehensive experience in translating business requirements into IT capabilities and solutions, with strong background in manufacturing, quality management and supply chain. Proven experience in IT Transformation, Business Process Management and Governance, Program/Project Management, Process and Data Analytics, ERP implementation, Change Management, Business Partnering and Relationship Management within challenging and fast-paced environments. Global Leader with high cultural awareness with extensive expertise in developing innovative strategies, designing, and executing new processes, applying state-ofthe-art technologies, and proposing viable solutions that mitigated risk, reduced costs, improved quality, and increased operational excellence. Adept of identifying and capitalizing on new technologies that drive development opportunities for growth and success, focusing on harmonization and standardization. Skilled leader with the capacity to build, lead and motivate diverse teams while ensuring delivery of objectives within time and budget. Articulate communicator, able to cultivate and strengthen relations with internal business partners and senior stakeholders.


Additional Experience

Role: Production Process Engineer

Customer: BASF S/A, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: BASF S/A, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: Poliolefinas S/A, Mauá, Brazil


Role: Trainee

Customer: Dutoflex Ltda, São Vicente, Brazil

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