Voices
Marc, Swiss, Managing Consultant
I have been working in Business Consulting for leading Management Consulting Firms for more than 5 years.
My previous project was located in London where we where implementing six business units on a global template SAP system for a major Reinsurance Company. My responsibility was the implementation of asset accounting, controlling and reporting.
Currently I am responsible for the implementation of asset accounting and controlling of the headquarter as well as for accounts payables, accounts receivables and General Ledger in a Swiss subsidiary of a global Reinsurance Company in Germany.
To ensure the tacit knowledge is made explicit and spread amongst the whole project team worldwide is one of my major challenges.
To add value to the client and to fully satisfy and exceed the expectations wherever possible is my aim working at Lodestone.
Have a direct impact on the success of the company and benefit, whilst participating in the growth of the company differentiates Lodestone from other Consultancies.
Paula, Portuguese, Senior Consultant
My professional career started 6 years ago as a SAP FI/CO consultant.
I have been on a Pharma ACT project – accounting for clinical trials before I started with the Intercompany Reconciliation project.
Adding value to the client with my knowledge I have gained during the last 6 years as well as establishing a smooth atmosphere within the team to get the fulfilment of the defined goals are my main achievements in these projects.
My major challenge is always ensuring the success of my current project.
I am aiming to enlage my technical SAP knowledge and complement it with soft skills improvements.
I like being part of Lodestone. Working in a true professional consulting environment where I can take responsibility, being accountable, deliver value to clients, being recognized and rewarded for the value I add and being coached to become a better consultant.
Nora, Swiss, Partner
I am working in Business Consulting since 11 years. Prior to this I have worked as a Financial Analyst, Finance & Administration Manager and Controller in international companies in Germany and France. I have been working in projects at Gillette, General Motors and Nestle.My current project is with Nestle Waters. Gaining the acceptance and trust of all my client counterparts so far in my knowledge and expertise is my greatest achievement. I had a major challenge when I started in Business Consulting I had no knowledge about SAP.
I attended a 5 weeks training in the US and then started on my 1st project as FI team member.
Since then I have gained a fair understanding of SAP which enables me to successfully support major SAP projects. Working at Lodestone Management Consultants supports my professional goals: continuing to work on international complex assignments and work in a true professional consulting environment where you
- Take responsibility
- Are accountable
- Deliver value to clients
- Are recognized and rewarded for the value you add
- Work with people with a similar values
Henrik, German, Managing Consultant
My professional career in business consulting started 2001. My first project was about reengineering all administrative processes in an SAP implementation in the Air industry. In various Industry Projects I gained knowledge in SAP Implementation and Optimization. My greatest achievements were the successful SAP Implementation for the Nordic countries and the SCM Data Management Project, both as Domain Lead for up to 20 people. One of my major challenge was to manage the coordination of 4 3rd party warehouse providers during an international cross country implementation.My aims are really:
- to serve the client to fulfill client needs, expectations and requirements.
- accelerate clients’ knowledge and capabilities to meet set timelines and milestones with the required quality.
- positively surprise the client
- enjoy working in a flexible and fast moving environment.
Piotr, Polish, Managing Consultant
My professional career in business consulting started in 1998. Currently, I am working as a Managing Consultant with Lodestone Management Consultants in Poland. Prior to this, I have worked as a Logistic Consultant with debis IT Services and as a Project Manager with T-Systems Poland. I have been involved in over 20 SAP projects worldwide. Practical experience gained in realized projects on various levels of management - such as consultant, project manager, and Steering Committee member - gave me the knowledge to manage a variety of problems accruing with the levels of the projects.Working many years as a team/project leader with responsibility for a large group of consultants and realizing projects with an international team gave me the basis of my managerial experience. I have achieved my success by thinking that each project is to be treated as a challenge and unique task worth of total dedication. Last year I decided to join Lodestone. This year I decided to take part in the Berlin Marathon. Both decisions have been taken for the same reasons:
- I like big challenges
- I like to work collectively
- I like to put great effort into work that brings enormous satisfaction
Ashwini, Indian, Senior Consultant
I have been a SAP FICO consultant with Lodestone Singapore for 1.5 years. Prior to my SAP career, I worked as an Accountant (Finance and MIS) for a period of 3 years. Later, I worked as a Software Engineer in Oracle for 3.5 year and was involved in the development and implementation of ERP suite for small and medium scale enterprises.With more than 5 years of SAP consulting experience to date, I have been responsible for managing FI/Co process and changes including roll outs in 15 Asia Pacific Countries. My current project is with DHL Express Worldwide (Asia-Pacific Rollout) based in Singapore. This has been and still is a very challenging assignment; having to gain trust and confidence among diverse users with the Hong Kong, India, Japan and China Go-live. The pressure to achieve optimum quality results within time constraint has greatly enriched my learning experiences and earned me three appreciation and excellent performance awards from the client.
I want to move forward with my career and work in a large and challenging consultancy – and Lodestone felt like the right choice. Of the consulting companies I have worked in, Lodestone is the most structured in its approach and uses the best people. Learning opportunities, people, and career progression have always been key in my career choice and I am glad that I have found all that in Lodestone.
Marcin, Polish, Managing Consultant
For the last 9 years I have been in SAP Consulting projects in different sectors. I joined IMG in 1999 as a junior consultant and left as a consulting manager. During that time I had the possibility to build my financial, controlling as well as project management skills. Prior to that, I was a financial analyst at Tesco Headquarters for Eastern & Central Europe.During my previous project I was an expert consultant in the area of controlling. We were implementing SAP solutions (ECC) for one of the biggest producers in the chemical industry. This month this company will be quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Market and I hope that the success of that project swill be reflected in the stock price.
Currently, I have just joined the SHAPE project for Sandoz, where I am responsible for the Finance Area (Team Lead Finance) in the Polish Roll-out.
My greatest achievements so far include: delivering value on projects, building relations with my clients, ability to say “no” if necessary and last but not least “having fun” in complex and demanding consulting world.
I like being part of Lodestone, I would like to take part in the growth of a young, international, healthy and professional consulting firm. In future, I would like to work together with people who share similar values.