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Jan Marc Effler-Project management in Project HORIZON

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Potsdam, Germany

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Dec 2024 - Nov 2025

Project management in Project HORIZON

Mercedes-Benz AG

Position summary
Project management in Project HORIZON at Mercedes-Benz AG
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Project Management
  • Consulting on project control
  • Designing and implementing project control with Atlassian Confluence and Jira
  • Designing and implementing the cutover plan and managing the cutover process with Atlassian Confluence and Jira
  • Leading the work package for transitioning systems and data to the buyers
  • Ensuring operational readiness and handover to the buyers
  • Reporting to overall project management using Smartsheet
Apr 2023 - Nov 2024

Time off (home construction)

Position summary
Industries
Construction
Business areas
Operations
Jan 2018 - Mar 2023

Project management, requirements management, and test management in Project MyTIME

Mercedes-Benz AG

Position summary
Project management, requirements management, and test management in Project MyTIME at Mercedes-Benz AG
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Procurement
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Consulting on project strategy and control
  • Advising on tendering and supplier selection (service description, requirements specification, requirement catalog)
  • Advising on contract design and service level agreement (SLA)
  • Coordinating risk assessment of the cloud service (Data@Cloud process)
  • Leading the work package for test management
  • Developing the test strategy and test concept (approved by KPMG)
  • Implementing test management with Atlassian Jira/SmartBear Zephyr
  • Designing and implementing requirements management with Atlassian Confluence and Jira
  • Developing the migration strategy and migration concept (approved by KPMG)
  • Modeling the service process in BPMN with Microsoft Visio
Mar 2016 - Oct 2017

Project management, test management, and requirements management in Project PORTIN

Bayer AG

Position summary
Project management, test management, and requirements management in Project PORTIN at Bayer AG
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business areas
Product Development
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Project management consulting and support
  • Leading the work package for test management
  • Designing the test management
  • Implementing test management in Atlassian Jira/SmartBear Zephyr
  • Developing test cases and test plans in Atlassian Jira/SmartBear Zephyr
  • Documenting test executions and results in Atlassian Jira/SmartBear Zephyr
  • Advising on requirements management design
  • Operational requirements management
  • Organizing, preparing, moderating, taking minutes, and following up on English and German calls, meetings, and workshops
  • Designing, organizing, and conducting English and German software training sessions
  • Process modeling in BPMN with Microsoft Visio
  • Application development and user administration in Microsoft SharePoint
Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

Project support and test management for the Microsoft SharePoint/Outlook-based email and document management system

YourTime Solutions GmbH

Position summary
Project support and test management for the Microsoft SharePoint/Outlook-based email and document management system at YourTime Solutions GmbH
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Marketing
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Building a test management system with Microsoft Test Manager and Microsoft Team Web Access
  • Creating test cases with Microsoft Test Manager
  • Optimizing processes between test management and product development with Microsoft Team Web Access
  • Conducting software tests
  • Creating product documentation (German/English)
  • Redesigning the website with WordPress
  • Designing the newsletter with MailChimp
Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

Personal training, coaching and support for Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac

Personal iTrainer

Position summary
Personal training, coaching and support for Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac at Personal iTrainer
Industries
Education
Information Technology
Business areas
Business Intelligence
Customer Service
Information Technology
  • Offering and conducting software training and support
  • Developing a modular training concept for software training
  • Conducting market analysis of products and competitors
  • Designing and implementing the website with WordPress
Nov 2008 - Aug 2012

Design, development and distribution of The Note iPhone app for multimedia notes and task management

The Note

Position summary
Design, development and distribution of The Note iPhone app for multimedia notes and task management at The Note
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Marketing
Product Development
  • Market analysis
  • Designing and developing the marketing mix (product, price, distribution and communication)
  • Designing and developing the German and English versions of the app in Objective-C with Apple Xcode
  • Designing and developing the German and English websites
  • Creating the German and English product documentation
  • Distributing the app through the App Store and carrying out marketing activities
  • Continuous improvement
Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

Project-free time (Africa trip)

Position summary
Industries
Tourism
Jan 2004 - Jun 2007

Project management support in multi-project management for new CAx processes, methods and tools in car and engine development

DaimlerChrysler AG

Position summary
Project management support in multi-project management for new CAx processes, methods and tools in car and engine development at DaimlerChrysler AG
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Product Development
Project Management
  • Supporting project management
  • Organizing and preparing content for regular communications, and follow-ups up to center management level (E2)
  • Setting agendas, inviting speakers, creating presentations, taking minutes, and documenting and tracking decisions and actions
  • Continuously improving communication processes between project management and stakeholders
  • Designing and implementing information offerings for stakeholders (intranet, newsletter)
  • Planning the CATIA V4/V5 system migration
  • Organizing a full-day CATIA V5 information event for about 200 suppliers

Industry experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Information Technology, Education, Construction, Pharmaceutical, and Tourism.

Automotive
Information Technology
Education
Construction
Pharmaceutical
Tourism
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Project Management, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Procurement, and Marketing.

Project Management
Product Development
Quality Assurance
Information Technology
Procurement
Marketing
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Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary

Education

Diploma in Business Administration, focus on Business Informatics · Business Informatics

Certifications & licenses

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Experience

Total positions 9
Experience in Automotive 9.5 y
Avg length 2 y 3 m
Longest experience 5 y 2 m

Expertise

Recent roles Project management in Project HORIZON, Project management, requirements management, and test management in Project MyTIME, Project management, test management, and requirements management in Project PORTIN
Main industries Automotive, Information Technology, Education
Main business areas Project Management, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 1

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Jan Marc is based in Potsdam, Germany.

Jan Marc speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

Jan Marc has at least 21 years of experience. During this time, Jan Marc has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 3 months. Note that Jan Marc may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Jan Marc would be well-suited for roles such as: Project management in Project HORIZON, Project management, requirements management, and test management in Project MyTIME, Project management, test management, and requirements management in Project PORTIN.

Jan Marc's most recent position is Project management in Project HORIZON at Mercedes-Benz AG.

In recent years, Jan Marc has worked for Mercedes-Benz AG and Time off (home construction).

Jan Marc is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Information Technology, and Education. Jan Marc also has some experience in Construction, Pharmaceutical, and Tourism.

Jan Marc is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Quality Assurance. Jan Marc also has some experience in Information Technology, Procurement, and Marketing.

Jan Marc has recently worked in industries like Automotive and Construction.

Jan Marc has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Procurement, and Quality Assurance.

Jan Marc holds a Master in Business Informatics.

Jan Marc has 1 certificate: PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate In Project Management.

The availability of Jan Marc needs to be confirmed.

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