hentschel.consulting

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Take SAP® transformations safely live and AI agents into production with us – in a boutique that grows with every engagement.

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Why Hentschel Consulting

What to expect

The engagements of a large consultancy, the closeness of a boutique: you work on some of Europe's largest SAP programs – and learn directly from the person who leads them.

  • Responsibility from day one

    No pyramid, no waiting line: you take on your own workstreams early – with a direct line to the client's program leadership and management.

  • Learn from the founder

    Every engagement is senior-led. You work directly with Rainer Hentschel – in the steering committee, at the dress rehearsal and on the go-live weekend. Feedback comes continuously, not once a year.

  • SAP and AI in one profile

    You combine experience from large SAP programs with AI agents in day-to-day project work and in our own AI product hentschel.ai – a combination that is rare in the market.

  • Flexible where possible

    Analysis and planning are often remote; workshops, dress rehearsals and go-live happen on site. We shape workload and model – employment or freelance – together with you.

Open positions

From associate to manager

We hire at every level: from associates straight after their degree to managers with program experience, plus specialists in Agentic AI. Your level reflects your experience, and we agree workload and start date with you.

Area 01 · Transformation & Go-Live

(Senior) Consultant / Manager – SAP Transformation & Project Management

You lead SAP S/4HANA® transformations safely to their goal – in project management and in the sub-projects that decide the go-live: cutover, migration, testing and business readiness.

  • Experience: 2+ years of SAP experience
  • Workload: 80–100 %
  • Location: Switzerland & Germany
  • Start: Immediately or by agreement
View position : (Senior) Consultant / Manager – SAP Transformation & Project Management

What you will do

  • Lead SAP projects and sub-projects: planning, control, budget, risks and dependencies across all workstreams
  • Own the disciplines that decide the go-live: cutover, migration, testing and business readiness
  • Prepare steering committees, drive go/no-go decisions and keep fallback scenarios under control
  • Coordinate system integrator, IT and business units – from kick-off through dress rehearsals and go-live to hypercare
  • As a manager: lead teams, take overall responsibility for projects or programs and bring critical initiatives back on track
  • Use AI agents in planning, testing, migration and status reporting, and evolve our methods

What you bring

  • (Senior) consultant: two to six years of experience in SAP projects, including at least one go-live in project management, the PMO or a sub-project such as cutover, migration or testing
  • Manager: around six or more years of SAP experience, project management across several go-lives and experience leading teams
  • Solid knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP Activate and common migration approaches (greenfield, brownfield, selective); a certification in project management (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA) or SAP S/4HANA is a plus
  • Calm under pressure, even at 3 a.m. on a go-live weekend, and clear communication from key users to the steering committee
  • Business-fluent German and English, willingness to travel within Switzerland and Germany
  • A plus: experience in the energy sector or retail, and curiosity about AI agents in project work

Where you can grow

You grow from senior consultant to manager and on to program leadership of large SAP transformations – with a profile that combines project management and AI-supported delivery.

Apply now

Send your CV to info@hentschel-consulting.ch – no cover letter needed.

Area 02 · AI in Project Delivery

Associate / Consultant – Tech & AI

You bring AI agents into large SAP programs: tests, specifications and data reconciliations in hours instead of weeks – and get to know transformations from the inside, from the steering committee to go-live.

  • Experience: 0–4 years of experience
  • Workload: 80–100 %
  • Location: Switzerland & Germany
  • Start: Immediately or by agreement
View position : Associate / Consultant – Tech & AI

What you will do

  • Introduce AI agents into running SAP projects: for test cases, specifications, migration validation and documentation
  • Set up quality gates and approvals so that AI results flow into project work verified and traceable
  • Develop analyses, concepts and decision papers for program leadership and management – structured and fact-based
  • Support project management and sub-projects such as cutover, migration and testing – from planning through the dress rehearsal to the go-live weekend
  • Make the impact measurable: lead times, test coverage and defect rates before and after
  • As a consultant: own workstreams, run workshops with business units and coach associates

What you bring

  • Associate: an excellent master's or bachelor's degree in business informatics, computer science, industrial engineering, economics or a STEM subject, plus first practical experience from internships or working student jobs
  • Consultant: additionally two to four years of experience in consulting, SAP projects or software delivery
  • You work with AI tools as a matter of course and have already built your own automations or agents
  • Strong analytical skills, pragmatic delivery and a convincing presence with business units and management
  • Business-fluent German and English, willingness to travel within Switzerland and Germany
  • A plus: Python, SQL or ABAP skills and first experience with SAP or test automation

Where you can grow

From associate to consultant to delivery lead who runs project teams with AI agents – with a profile that is rare in the market: SAP transformation and AI in one person.

Apply now

Send your CV to info@hentschel-consulting.ch – no cover letter needed.

Area 03 · AI in Business Processes

Agentic AI Engineer

You build AI agents that do real work and take them from pilot to production – with evals, guardrails and cost per transaction under control.

  • Experience: 3+ years of engineering
  • Workload: 80–100 %
  • Location: Switzerland · remote & on site
  • Start: Immediately or by agreement
View position : Agentic AI Engineer

What you will do

  • Design and build AI agents for business processes – with tool calling, grounding in enterprise data and a well-designed context architecture
  • Make quality measurable: LLM evals, chat grading and test sets that feed into every release
  • Build in guardrails, human-in-the-loop and AI security from the start – along the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
  • Take pilots into production: monitoring, cost per transaction and handover to the client's operations team
  • Evolve our own AI product hentschel.ai and transfer its patterns into client engagements
  • Advise clients as a technical peer: in architecture reviews, workshops and as a sparring partner for development teams

What you bring

  • At least three years of software engineering experience, including at least one LLM-based system in production
  • Excellent TypeScript or Python skills and experience with LLM APIs, tool calling, structured outputs and RAG
  • Experience with evals and testing for AI applications: you know where to check deterministically and where statistically
  • Security and cost awareness plus experience with cloud platforms and observability
  • You enjoy working with clients; excellent English and good German (at least B2)
  • A plus: experience with SAP data and processes or with SAP BTP

Where you can grow

You grow into the technical lead for Agentic AI engagements – from architecture to scaled operation, with direct influence on our own product.

Apply now

Send your CV to info@hentschel-consulting.ch – no cover letter needed.

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We like meeting people who take big things live – in project leadership, cutover, migration, testing or AI engineering, as employees or as freelancers in our network.

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Application process

Four steps, clear feedback

No assessment marathon: you talk to the person who decides from the very start. As a rule, you will have a decision within three to four weeks.

  1. 1

    Application

    Your CV is enough

    Send us your CV, ideally with a project list or your LinkedIn profile. No cover letter needed – two sentences on your motivation are enough. You will hear back from us within a week.

  2. 2

    Getting to know each other

    45 minutes · video call

    An open conversation with Rainer Hentschel about your experience, your goals and our engagements. Bring your questions – including the uncomfortable ones.

  3. 3

    Practice case

    90 minutes · on site or video call

    No brainteasers, but a case from real project work: bringing a troubled project back on track, safeguarding a go-live or designing an AI agent including evals. We care about how you think – not whether you know the model answer.

  4. 4

    Offer

    within one week

    After the practice case you get a clear decision. If it's a yes, a concrete offer follows – with a plan for your first weeks on the engagement.

Frequently asked questions

What applicants want to know up front

At which level will I start?

That depends on your experience: as an associate straight after your degree, as a consultant with around two to four years, as a senior consultant with around four to six years and as a manager from around six years with leadership experience. We agree on your level together after the practice case.

Employment or freelance?

Associates join as employees of Hentschel Consulting GmbH. From consultant level onwards, freelancing in our network is also possible – we clarify which model suits you in the first conversation.

Do I have to meet every requirement?

No. If you bring the core and want to learn the rest, apply. Expertise can be built – attitude, curiosity and reliability are what you bring.

What do you look for in the selection?

Three things: how you structure problems, how you make decisions under pressure and how you deal with people – from key users to the board.

How do I prepare for the practice case?

Memorizing won't help. What helps is an example from your own work that you know well: a go-live, a migration or an agent in production – and what you would do differently today.

Where will I work and how much will I travel?

We are based in Beinwil am See, Switzerland. Where you work depends on the project phase: analysis and planning are often remote; workshops, dress rehearsals and go-live take place at the client's site in Switzerland, Germany and across Europe. We plan travel as early as possible.

Which languages do I need?

Our project languages are German and English. For the consulting roles we expect both at business-fluent level; in AI engineering, excellent English and good German are enough.

Do I need a Swiss work permit?

For employment in Switzerland, yes. Applications from Germany and the rest of Europe are welcome – we clarify together in the first conversation which model fits and what it requires.

What happens to my documents?

We treat your application confidentially and use your data exclusively for the application process.

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