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Client: Roche AG.

• Established deployment team for newly formed DIA ART, guiding instrument lifecycle management scope across 19 FTEs and 2M CHF annual revenue responsibility.
• Direct end-to-end deployment planning and execution for pre-deployment scoping, long lead-time item review, fit-gap analysis, fit-to-template workshops, data migration, system and interface readiness, OCM, test data planning and execution, cutover, and hypercare.
• Manage milestone tracking for concurrent commercial deployment waves across DIA ILM, maintaining alignment with program timelines.
• Partner with system architecture teams on DIA ILM configuration with Conga, SAP BTP, SAP S/4, CDB, and REXIS to strengthen integration design.
• Orchestrated Build and Test for Critical Export Business (DC11) solution in DIA Partner systems (Conga, Rexis, SMP, S4).
• Lead risk assessment and mitigation planning with Aspire deployment leadership to anticipate and resolve delivery risks.
• Coordinate communication with GT and business leads to capture feature requirements and identify workaround options.
• Lead equipment migration from legacy landscape to Aspire S/4HANA, synchronizing DIA partner systems (Conga, REXIS, SMP).
• SME support for Q2C stream on contract migration and all critical topics.

Client: Roche AG.

• Executed successfully Q2C (ASPIRE) deployments across Roche Diagnostics EMEA cluster through IT coordination and leadership.
• Delivered deployment milestones through structured planning for pre-deployment scoping, long-lead item review, fit-gap analysis, fit-to-template sessions, data migration, system and interface readiness, test data planning, cutover, and hypercare.
• Enhanced commercial deployment readiness by collaborating cross-functionally to align end-to-end Q2C solutions with market requirements.
• Managed 5+ linked deployment deliverables aligned with program roadmap, covering data migration, risk management, and interface setup.
• Reduced deployment risk through assessment and mitigation planning completed with Aspire leadership.
• Improved DIA end-user understanding through training on new IT transformation delivered through Aspire Q2C.
• Coordinated program activities by aligning stream leads, business architects, tech leads, and test leads with Aspire priorities.
• Supported efficient product and deployment testing by aligning Q2C environment strategy with GT and deployment system requirements.
• Designed and Orchestrated Q2C master data interfaces for account, products, prices, and related data, connecting Conga with S4Hana via Commercial Database (CDB) for consistent data flow plus transactional data interfaces from Conga to Rexis to SAP.

Client: Roche AG.

• Directed SAP contract management (ConEx) support across 3 sales regions for Roche Diagnostics.
• Led 30-member team in managing CHF 3M annual revenue through SAP ConEx application leadership.
• Facilitated revenue growth and project delivery via onshore and offshore resource planning for multiple SAP ConEx initiatives.
• Strengthened process alignment through deep knowledge of Roche Diagnostics operations, including instrument lifecycle management, instrument sales and services, Instrument 2 Asset, SAP-to-non-SAP integration, Rexis Sales, Rexis Service, GDC, Agiloft, and CMC.
• Oversaw sprint planning and backlog refinement as interim Product Owner and Scrum Master for Gloire.
• Directed non-ConEx project SOW for multiple applications across onshore/offshore/nearshore model with a 50+ member team generating CHF 5M annual revenue.

Client : Henkel AG

• Led SAP SD stream within Solution Factory team to unify Henkel SAP production systems across Adhesives, Laundry, and Beauty Care into a global supply chain landscape.
• Led SPS upgrades, regression testing, and system refresh execution, ensuring stability during hypercare and AMS handover.
• Designed 11 Adobe form templates for orders, delivery, dunning, and invoices, aligning core business requirements with global template and local market needs.

Client: Nokia Oy.

• Developed custom ALV reports, enhanced SAP scripts, and implemented user exits, BADIs, BTEs, and IDoc solutions to meet SD, MM, and FI process requirements at Nokia Oy.
• Facilitated SD-MM-FI integration and executed LSMW migration to support advanced financial consolidation for the Nokia-Siemens merger.
• Conducted comprehensive SIT, along with the team, on SAT, identifying and resolving defects, resulting in fewer UAT issues with improved system stability for Go Live.
• Coordinated comprehensive testing across teams and provided onshore support to enhance go-live readiness.