HR and IT Management & Consultancy
Elevate supports organizations to reach their HR and Technology transformation goals and elevate their performance. Specializing at the intersection between HR organizational, operational and technology needs.
Elevate is an independent consultancy - next to operating within a network of specialists. This to provide you with specific knowledge and experience.
Where we support your transformation
Four connected disciplines covering the full journey — from choosing the right technology and partners to keep solutions and operations running well after go-live.
A lean, tailored way of working
The specific approach will be tailored and lean to reduce waste and burden on your organization, while active ownership, alignment and adoption remain crucial for lasting impact.
Concrete over abstract
Concrete results over abstract consultancy and high-level products, to support understanding, alignment and adoption.
Pragmatic & proven
Application of best practices, co-creation and reference products to save time, reduce costs and maintain a pragmatic approach.
One team
Working with you shoulder-to-shoulder, so teams feel heard and supported during your transformation while regular work continues.
Holistic view
A holistic approach connecting the dots and engaging with all relevant functions, to reduce the risk of transformation falling back.
Accountability & humor
Accountability, commitment, transparency and humor are key to creating joint success.
Track Record
We help organizations scale seamlessly by aligning their people, processes, and technology. Below are key case studies demonstrating our capabilities in enterprise HR system implementations, vendor management, corporate culture strategy, and operational governance.
HR Platform Governance & Strategy
Partnered closely with HR leadership to drive operational excellence, deliver a system implementation, and ensure maximum long-term value from their investments.
- Strategic Advisory: Embedded within Management Team (MT) meetings as a trusted advisor to guide multi-year platform enhancements, design scalable service structures, and optimize internal team roles.
- System Optimization: Led the governance, continuity framework, and optimization strategies for SAP SuccessFactors to ensure business resilience and high user adoption.
- End-to-End Implementation: Owned the successful rollout and data migration strategy for a brand-new, comprehensive digital document management system (Huris).
- Operational Excellence: Functioned as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to safeguard day-to-day critical HR operations while implementing robust internal knowledge transfer programs to build lasting team capabilities.
Comprehensive HR Operating Model & Full-Suite SAP SuccessFactors Transformation
Directed a holistic transformation that synchronized a new HR Operating Model with a full-suite digital migration. This multi-phase engagement covered everything from commercial vendor procurement and cross-functional corporate governance to full technical implementation and post-go-live transition support.
- Commercial Procurement & Vendor Management: Led the end-to-end commercial lifecycle, successfully driving the RFI, RFP, and contract negotiations for SAP SuccessFactors licensing as well as external implementation and support partners.
- Full-Suite Module Deployment: Provided expert leadership across a wide array of core modules, including Position Management, Recruitment & Marketing, Onboarding, Employee Central, Service Management, Performance & Goals, and Compensation.
- Complex Data Integration & Payroll: Spearheaded complex data migration and technical integrations connecting core HR systems directly into ADP iHCM payroll amongst other infrastructure.
- Robust Program Governance & Execution: Architected a rigorous program governance structure, managed a diverse team of workstream leads and functional key-users, and facilitated stakeholder alignment meetings throughout the project lifecycle.
- Cross-Functional Risk & Compliance Alignment: Brokered critical strategic alignments across complex corporate divisions—including Legal, Risk, Business Management, ICT, Security, and Data Privacy—to guarantee absolute regulatory compliance.
- HyperCare & Operational Transition: Engineered a meticulous HyperCare support protocol to protect business continuity, ensuring a flawless transition from deployment into steady-state operations.
Corporate Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Orchestrated the end-to-end strategic transformation of a company's Employee Value Proposition (EVP), driving the organizational journey from initial baseline cultural analysis to the rollout of a modernized HR and corporate culture offering.
- Diagnostic Baseline Analysis: Analyzed and defined the existing corporate culture and baseline EVP data to build a clear strategic foundation.
- Strategic Consulting Procurement: Spearheaded the process to successfully select, contract, and onboard a specialized niche HR consulting practice to partner on the initiative.
- Future-State Strategy & Roadmap: Co-developed the future-state corporate EVP narrative, established the foundational organizational framework, and built the long-term implementation roadmap.
- Corporate Offering Design: Coordinated and contributed to structurally define, design, and package the company's new employee and corporate (benefits) offerings.
- Multi-Level Stakeholder Management: Designed a comprehensive change management and stakeholder engagement strategy to secure active buy-in across all organizational levels.
- Company-Wide Implementation: Commanded the final delivery planning and successfully executed the company-wide launch of the modernized HR and culture offerings.
- Holistic People & Tech Strategy: Proven ability to simultaneously redesign an organization's HR operating model, deploy the software required to support it, and modernize the underlying employee culture.
- End-to-End Procurement Excellence: Experienced in managing the entire vendor lifecycle—from technical software partners to specialized culture and management consulting practices.
- Strategic Change & Stakeholder Buy-In: Skilled at managing complex, cross-functional alignments with Legal, InfoSec, and executive leadership while maintaining high employee trust and engagement during major transitions.
Niels Küthe — Founder & Managing Consultant
Throughout my career, I have driven value within IT, HR, and shared services functions, operating in key line management, project, and program management roles. This diverse background gives me a deep understanding of corporate complexity, allowing me to see the big picture and identify exactly where strategic changes can elevate a business's efficiency, technology, and day-to-day operations.
Since 2023, I have focused heavily at this intersection—leading complex HRIT / SAP SuccessFactors implementations, optimizing HR operating models, and seamlessly blending cutting-edge technology with end-to-end service delivery. I look beyond the baseline to elevate standard processes into highly efficient, future-proof frameworks.
As a dedicated leader and entrepreneur, I thrive on building strong relationships, establishing clear accountability, and executing with precision. My passion and energy allow me to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve exceptional results, even in highly challenging and fast-paced environments.
I am a collaborative partner who excels at diagnosing and solving problems across all structural levels of an enterprise. I don't just advise; I commit and deliver.
- Leadership & Management: Program, Line, and Interim Management
- Operational Design: Process & Operations Management and Design
- Stakeholder Engagement: Executive Stakeholder Management
- Organizational Strategy: Corporate (Re)design, Roles & Responsibilities, Staffing
- Enterprise Technology: SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Service Cloud, ServiceNow ITSM
- Analytical & Critical: Data-driven and thorough in diagnosing underlying business challenges.
- Pragmatic Doer: A practical thinker focused on actionable solutions over theoretical ideas.
- People-Centric: Believing that sustainable organizational success always starts with the human factor.
- Hands-on Leadership: Actively engaged and working alongside teams to guide execution.
- Agile & Efficient: Highly organized, swift to adapt, and strictly results-oriented.
- Positive & Grounded: Bringing an optimistic outlook and a healthy sense of humor to every project.