BayerBayer | SAP Programme Manager / Cutover / PMO Lead
Jan. 2017 - Oct. 2023Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyProgramme Scale: 42 countries | 10,000 users | 6 greenfield implementations | S/4HANA and ECC | €20 billion divestments | 6 big bang cutovers Oversaw delivery assurance and PMO governance for multi-country S/4HANA transformations. Combined programme direction, risk control, and stakeholder management to ensure strategic outcomes. • Setup and directed overall PMO governance, risk and delivery oversight across a 42-country SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementation, including a big bang cutover and 8,000 users enabling a €8 billion divestment — delivered on time and on budget. • Setup and directed overall PMO operations across five concurrent SAP ECC greenfield programmes over 3 years spanning 34 countries, 10,000 users and €12bn in divestments. All five delivered as big bang cutovers on time and on budget. • Established programme governance frameworks, RAID logs, onboarding processes, financial tracking and reporting cadences aligned with CIO and Steering Committee requirements – standardized over global teams. • Oversaw integrated MS-P planning, tracking, and delivery reporting for 5 programme managers simultaneously and 40 workstream leads across business and IT. Familiar with Agile and Waterfall methodoligies including SAP Activate, SAFe, and tools such as Jira and Confluence. • Introduced PMO dashboards and financial tracking controls improving budget visibility and forecasting accuracy by 30%. • Coordinated vendor and internal audit reviews, ensuring compliance with PMO quality and documentation standards. • Active roles in Cutover and Integration Issue Management.