Transformation Leadership
Leading large, multi-country programs from ambition to executable delivery — with clear decisions, cadence and accountability.
Schölzhorn Advisory
Turning complex transformations into executable business change.
Senior advisory for SAP S/4HANA, ERP and business transformation in international manufacturing environments.
20+ years in international IT and transformation: large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformations, global process organisations, and leadership roles across both business and IT.
Positioning
Where transformation meets execution.
Business Process Transformation
End-to-end process harmonisation across entities and plants, anchored in real process ownership rather than documentation.
Governance & Operating Model
Program and process governance, steering structures and target operating models that hold after go-live.
Business & IT Alignment
Translating between board-level intent, process organisations and architecture so that both sides commit to the same plan.
Signature methodology
Transformation Readiness — a five-phase framework.
A practical framework developed in global manufacturing programs. It sequences the decisions that most transformations postpone for too long.
- 01
Understand
Business ambition, process reality, system landscape and organisational readiness — assessed without assumptions.
- 02
Align
Executive alignment on scope, transformation logic and non-negotiables before design work starts.
- 03
Structure
Program setup, governance, process ownership, template strategy and a delivery model that can carry the load.
- 04
Transform
Design, build, data migration, cutover and hypercare — run as business change, not as an IT project.
- 05
Sustain
Operating model, process governance and continuous improvement so the new way of working becomes the standard.
Scale
Transformation at industrial scale.
- Legal entities in one Big Bang scope
- 46Legal entities in one Big Bang scope
- Group revenue covered
- 90%+Group revenue covered
- Process Owners, consultants and key users
- 1,000+Process Owners, consultants and key users
- Users in global template scope
- 140,000Users in global template scope
- Sites worldwide
- 120Sites worldwide
- Transformation experts led
- 400+Transformation experts led
- Program budget responsibility
- €80mProgram budget responsibility
- Years in international IT & transformation
- 20+Years in international IT & transformation
Services
Senior expertise where transformation gets complex.
All servicesSAP S/4HANA Transformation
Senior guidance across the full transformation path — from conversion strategy to stable hypercare operations.
Transformation Program Leadership
Structure and steering for programs with many vendors, entities and competing agendas.
Business Process Management
Process organisations that own outcomes — not process maps that age in a repository.
Business & IT Transformation
Bringing business ambition, process design and architecture into one executable direction.
Interim Leadership
Hands-on leadership when a program needs experienced ownership immediately.
Founder
Thomas Schölzhorn
Founder & Managing Director
Two decades of international IT and transformation work in manufacturing — combining SAP S/4HANA depth with business process management and the leadership of large, multi-country programs.
Most recently Head of Corporate BPM and Program Manager for a global S/4HANA transformation, after program and project director roles in automotive and industrial environments.
More about meLet's talk transformation.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether a transformation needs structure, speed or a different kind of leadership.