Program & Project Management
A client operating multiple sites in Germany, employing 600 individuals, aims to streamline and enhance their HR processes by implementing an integrated suite. LKPU provides support in selecting, evaluating, and negotiating the implementation and service contract, ensuring optimal outcomes for the client.
Program & Project Management
Following a corporate transaction, a manufacturing company with locations across Belgium, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, and USA is undergoing a Human Resource Management System (HRMS) implementation. This initiative aims to streamline HR processes and support the company’s transition under new ownership.
Program & Project Management
LKPU has provided valuable support to a chemicals group with an annual turnover of 60 billion in defining global targets and strategies, as well as managing the full request for proposal (RFP) process. This comprehensive support included workshop facilitation, scenario preparation and evaluation, senior management decision support, RFP procedures, proposal comparison, contract and SLA design, and negotiation.
Program & Project Management
In response to strategic and commercial challenges with OEMs, our team collaborated with a global service leader’s German operations to reimagine their service and product portfolio. Through a highly confidential and comprehensive analysis, we provided concrete recommendations for a 30 million euro change roadmap. This analysis involved close cooperation with the executive committee (EX-COM).
Program & Project Management
LKPU provides support to the leading German mutual bank IT provider in integrating a benefits portal with the SAP HCM payroll environment. As part of this project, LKPU takes charge of project management, including service provider management.
Program & Project Management
LKPU takes charge of program management for the implementation of IFRS 9 at a German Landesbank. In addition to internal project staff, we oversee approximately 40 consultants from the Big Four, ensuring their selection and integration for software related to impairment.
Program & Project Management
A German DAX30 company initiates an agile transformation in the omni-channel and global IT domain. LKPU assumes responsibility for strategic conception, planning, and management of the transformation. With one LKPU partner and five agile senior coaches, we prepare and guide the critical phases of the transformation, ensuring success at both operational and management levels.
Program & Project Management
A service company with 10,000 employees relies on SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as the primary system for employee information. To ensure seamless data integration, LKPU is entrusted with the implementation of an interface that centrally supplies peripheral systems in approximately 20 countries with relevant employee data.
Pre/De/Merger
LKPU has provided crucial support in implementing and migrating payroll for four APAC legal entities within a petrochemicals company. The project, completed within a three-month timeframe, involved a data carve out and subsequent cleaning to meet the hard rupture of service M&A deadline.
Pre/De/Merger
To establish a strong presence in the German and European markets, a global universal bank pursued a strategy of rapid acquisitions. LKPU, played a crucial role in achieving this goal by facilitating the acquisition process, focusing on IT and process decisions, operational integration, and reconciliation agreements. We provided support through driving key initiatives and filling critical positions. The acquisitions were successfully integrated within a short time frame.
Pre/De/Merger
Following the buy-out of the German retail business of a Nordic universal bank by the retail arm of a leading global universal bank, a comprehensive post-merger integration was conducted. This integration involved the seamless integration of clients, products, processes, and IT systems.
Pre/De/Merger
Following the acquisition of the retail business in DACH and Benelux regions by the retail arm of a leading global universal bank, a comprehensive post-merger integration was conducted. This integration involved the seamless integration of clients, processes, and IT systems.
Pre/De/Merger
Following the takeover of a long-established German private bank and its subsidiary by a German universal bank, a comprehensive pre and post-merger integration is carried out. This integration involves the complete integration of clients, processes, and IT systems.
Pre/De/Merger
Following the takeover of a large German savings bank by a German universal bank, a comprehensive pre and post-merger integration is carried out to fully integrate the assets of the acquired bank.
Pre/De/Merger
As part of the takeover of the DACH and Benelux business of an international sales financier, the organization of national companies is being restructured. The project involves the separation and reintegration of IT systems and processes, migration of clients and assets, and the implementation of transitional service agreements (TSAs).
Pre/De/Merger
At one of the largest asset managers worldwide, an ongoing European merger encounters challenges. LKPU assumes the management of the merger and successfully completes it six weeks ahead of schedule.
Pre/De/Merger
In the merger between the largest custodian bank worldwide and a German custodian bank, LKPU takes charge of project management, technical support, post merger integration negotiations, and test management reporting. Our expertise ensures a smooth transition and successful integration.
Organizational Excellence
Two large billion-dollar corporations have identified an increased perception of payroll errors due to the complexity of their payroll processes, multiple stakeholders, and the involvement of various systems. LKPU has been entrusted with the task of reducing the error rate to less than 1%, thereby enhancing the accuracy and reputation of the payroll function.
Organizational Excellence
To ensure competitiveness and efficiency, the management of a specialist bank faced the challenge of reducing costs in an ongoing financial pressure environment. LKPU provided support by introducing a model that integrated assembly and disassembly organization. Capacity was controlled based on criticality, ensuring that dismantling decisions were risk-based and not premature.
Vendor Management
In the payroll industry, LKPU tuned around a market leader’s migration of ca. 1,200 business clients within 11 months. Continuous load balancing among the involved providers, their enablement and performance control led to a successful migration with negligible churn.
Vendor Management
For selected group companies with operations spanning the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, LKPU selected and managed HR management, employee data system of record, payroll, time and attendance, and benefits softwares, implementation / integration service, and recurring services providers. With high M&A activity, group companies strive for effiiciency are in need of global harmoninzation of IT and processes.
Vendor Management
A PVH purchasing and logistics group, comprising approximately 1,500 member companies, aimed to open up e-commerce opportunities through a marketplace platform. The implementation of this project required the coordination of complex contracts between dealers, payment providers, and the purchasing and logistics group. LKPU took on the responsibility of creating the project, overseeing legal advice, and ensuring factual presentation and economic quality assurance.