Marian Köhler

Project Manager & Transformation Expert

I lead strategic projects that transform
organizational complexity into clarity
and measurable impact.

About

Marian Köhler

Looking back at my career, three themes have been constant: Technology, Finance, and Transformation. They shaped how I started in industry, how I moved into consulting, and how I approach the work I do today.

I began in finance and operations at Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, where I led my first large-scale program - an S/4HANA migration across two sites - and learned that most bottlenecks in a business aren't numbers problems, they're system and process problems. That experience pulled me toward the intersection of finance, IT and the people who have to make both work in practice.

Today, as a Senior Business Consultant at BearingPoint in the Telco, Media and Technology practice, I lead transformation programs where those three threads come together. My work spans process redesign and change management, program and project leadership across initiatives, and building automation and AI solutions that reduce manual effort so teams can focus on decisions that matter. I'm also part of the core team of BearingPoint's AI Networks initiative, shaping our AI solution portfolio and bringing it to clients. In parallel, I'm exploring how agentic AI and prompt-driven development change the way business solutions get built and deployed.

What I care about across all of this isn't technology in isolation. It's aligning stakeholders, designing transformations that stick, and helping organizations adopt change with confidence.

Experience

02/2023 - Present

BearingPointDüsseldorf

  • Led process and system transformation workstreams within a multi-year FI S/4HANA migration for 2.000 users across Germany; delivered on time
  • Designed and rolled out a change management program including an AI-based support bot and automated ticket reporting, reducing support effort by 0.7 to 1 FTE
  • Held full delivery ownership as Engagement Manager for a two-consultant team; coordinated cross-functional workstreams across business, IT, and operations
  • Modeled, documented, and optimized client IT landscapes through Enterprise Architecture Management, enabling transparency and informed decision-making
  • Contributed to the development of six BearingPoint IP assets as an Innovation Agent
  • Core team member of BearingPoint's AI Networks initiative; co-developing the AI solution portfolio and leading go-to-market activities to position offerings with clients
  • Regular internal knowledge transfer sessions for ~100 colleagues across topics such as Automation & AI
  • MS Copilot Studio
  • MS Power Apps
  • S/4HANA
  • SAP Signavio
  • SAP LeanIX
02/2019 – 02/2023

Arvato Supply Chain SolutionsGütersloh

  • Led FI S/4HANA migration across two German sites for 180 users; managed ~1.000 test cases through to Go-Live
  • Delivered internal optimization projects, including automated invoice posting and strategic realignment of the Financial Services department
  • Inhouse consulting lead for two RPA use cases, from scoping to implementation
  • Led end-to-end onboarding of new clients in Healthcare and Tech, covering system configuration and functional setup
  • Responsible for training and development of five dual-study students across rotations within the department
  • UiPath (RPA)
  • MS Power BI
  • S/4HANA
  • Jira
  • Confluence
02/2018 – 02/2019

Benteler Business ServicesPaderborn

  • Supported the migration from IBM Lotus Notes to Office 365 for ~1.000 employees
  • Designed the company's first internal Robotic Process Automation (RPA) use case, resulting in 0.5 FTE savings
  • Performed asset management optimization and provided local IT support
  • Office 365
  • UiPath (RPA)
09/2016 – 08/2017

Diebold NixdorfPaderborn

  • Responsible for budget planning, reporting, and forecasting for the Retail (Gas Stations) division
  • Provided management with data-driven analysis and strategic reports
  • Office 365
  • SAP ECC
08/2015 – 07/2016

August StorckHalle (Westfalen)

  • Built a group-wide cash flow statement within SAP
  • Implemented MultiCash software to streamline global payment transactions
  • Office 365
  • SAP ECC

Certifications

Agile Project Management

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Scrum Master & Product Owner — Training in May 2026

Oxford Academy Leadership Program

Oxford University

Project Management

PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner

Personal Development Program

Dale Carnegie Training

English C1 Proficiency

University of Paderborn

Chinese A2 Proficiency

LSI Bochum

Skills

Automation

  • MS Power Automate
  • MS Power Apps
  • n8n
  • UiPath (RPA)

AI

  • MS Copilot Studio
  • Google Antigravity
  • Claude Code
  • Python Scripting

Data & BI

  • MS Power BI
  • MySQL
  • SAP Business Objects (BO)
  • SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

SAP ERP

  • S/4HANA
  • ECC / R/3

Project Management

  • Office 365
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Miro

Process Management

  • SAP Signavio
  • Celonis
  • LeanIX

Personal

Great projects are driven by people, not just processes. Beyond certifications and roadmaps, I believe in bringing authenticity and character to every collaboration. Here's a quick glimpse at my personal default settings.

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