Marcus Erkenstam

Currently managing Sigma Enterprise Applications AB Sweden, delivering management services and SAP projects to multinational clients. Part of the stock listed Sigma Group with 1300 employees.

Boardmember of Sigma IT & Management AB that holds a strategic and operational responsibility for 700 people.

I am a goal-oriented professional with solid management experience including company build up and successful expansion of a Nordic entity plus multiple European IT roll outs in the baggage acting as program & project manager (SAP).

As a person I have strong visionary characteristics and also possess structured organized skills with the ability to manage people as well as multiple projects and sales/marketing processes.

I highly value the fact that it is important to always contribute to both personal development and market growth regardless it being for our clients, personnel or myself.

I have a strong work ethic and my surroundings consider me to be curious, flexible and a good team player.

Languages: native Swedish, fluent English, minor German.

Marcus Erkenstam’s Specialties:

Business development:
Company and corporate management, Leadership, Human Resources, marketing and sales, RFI and RFQ responses to drive opportunity development.

IT Management:
SAP, SAP PLM, Strategic IT advisory, Program Management, Project Management, Marketing & Sales

IT related technical knowledge (SAP):
11 years of consultant work within SAP PLM (DMS, CAD integration, ECM, cFolders, cProjects, BOMs, PM) , SAP BASIS, Workflow, Change Management and IXOS Archiving.

Marcus Erkenstam’s Experience

Managing Director

Sigma Enterprise Applications AB, Göteborg Sweden

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Responsible for strategic direction.
• Responsible for daily operational duties including project delivery, personnel and client satisfaction on SAP projects.
• Deliver pilots, RFI and RFQ management to drive opportunity development in SAP (ERP/PLM)
• Delivered the Sigma Group 2009-2012 strategic "As-is analysis" and turned it into strategic and operational actionplans for 1400 people.
Senior Manager SAP Business Development

Sapient Nordics

(Public Company; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Manage and grow Sapient´s SAP business tier for the Nordics.
• Establishing the Swedish office as part of Sapient Coorporation, global Nasdaq listed IT company.
• Expanding the client base through sales and marketing activities
• Managing SAP projects and act as solution architect toward Swedish clients.
• Setting up European B2B partnership and reselling IS developed solutions.
• Responsible for offshore mode, delivering several client solutions from our India operations.
Product Manager SAP PLM

SCA Packaging HQ, Brussels Belgium

(Public Company; Packaging and Containers industry)

September 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 9 months)

Head of European development of IS tools in the area of Product Development using SAP platforms
• Responsible for translation of business requirements into cost efficient SAP PLM solutions.
• Responsible for budget-, scope and quality framework of the following European roll.
• Resulted in a 3 year rollout plan cross production plants.
Project Manager SAP

SCA Packaging HQ, Brussels Belgium

(Public Company; Packaging and Containers industry)

February 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 8 months)

• Responsible for the European roll out of mySAP PLM as Project Manager and technical solution architect.
• Close cooperation with SAP HQ, Germany on the development of the SAP PLM cFolders collaboration platform where I was their client representative in the specification team for release 1.0.
• As ramp-up client I presented the successful roll out at the global SAP Saphhire events in Orlando, USA and Stockholm, Sweden.
• Implementation included Document Management, AutoCAD integration, Classification, Workflow, cFolders, integration to PM, MM, SD.
• The position included full responsibility over budgets as well as resources.
SAP Application Consultant PLM

Frontec Enterprise Applications

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — February 2001 (2 years 2 months)

Projects delivered:
• 99–01 Volvo Aero Corporation AB. Implementation of SAP PLM. Responsible for the technical solution. Configured solutions for Document Management, Change Management, Classification, Engineering BOM. Platform SAP 4.6b
• 00 Helens Plumbing AB. Storage project using IXOS Archiving Solution.
• 00 NFB Transport Systems. Integration of logistic system with SAP R/3 Document Management System. Responsible for technical solution.
Application Analyst

Caran Systems AB

(Information Services industry)

January 1998 — January 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Based on client needs to better understand the product development tools I conducted studies and wrote the following reports:

• ”To succeed with PLM”. A survey based on international experiences and success factors. Customer: Volvo AB
• ”How to implement a PLM system”.

Took a strategic direction into the IT world by attending SAP ERP courses with focus on product development. In line with the strategic direction of Caran Systems client focus on product development solution portfolios.
Management Consultant

Semcon Industrial Management

(Management Consulting industry)

January 1994 — December 1998 (5 years )

Client projects:
• 98 Volvo Truck Cooperation. Responsible for global project planning
• 94-96 Volvo Car Corporation. Coordination of new engine projects for new car models.

Marcus Erkenstam’s Education

SAP Netweaver basics at SAP Education

SAP Netweaver 2006 — 2006
SAP Portals 7.0 Academy SAP Education

SAP Portals 7.0 Academy 2006 — 2006
SAP CRM 5.0 Academy at SAP Education

SAP CRM Academy 2005 — 2005
SAP Education

Plant Maintenance February 2005 — February 2005
Dale Carnegie

Leadership , Management and Leadership , 2002 — 2003
Marcus Evans

Project Manager , Project Management , 2001 — 2001
IXOS

IXOS Archive certified consultant June 2000 — June 2000
SAP Education

SAP R/3 Workflow April 2000 — April 2000
SAP Education

mySAP PLM February 1999 — February 1999
Pfeiffer University, NC USA

pre-MBA , Marketing, Finance, Accounting , January 1997 — December 1997
Semcon

CAD Catia course 1997 — 1997
Chalmers University of Technology

Mechanical Engineering , August 1991 — May 1994

Additional Information

Marcus Erkenstam’s Interests:

Background as Golf professional

Marcus Erkenstam’s Groups:

SAP People Forum
SAP Community
International SAP Projects (12,000+)
SAP Freelancers(membership only for direct contact to sapguroo@gmail.com)
SAP contractors, Nordics
Swedish Speaking SAP Consultants
SCA Connection
PLM Group
Square One IT & ERP Consultants Group (SAP, Oracle / Peoplesoft, Testing, Databases & Development)
SAP BENELUX
SAP Scandinavia