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• Designed, built, and launched an internal event planning web application used by over 100 department leads for a large event, despite having no dedicated testing phase.

• Ensured smooth, failure-free operation during first production use, leading to the tool being adopted for future events.

• Automated catering calculations and related workflows, significantly reducing email communication and manual computation effort for meal planning.

• Managed deployment and hosting on a Linux server using Coolify, including application setup and runtime operations.

• Hired and guided a communication designer on UX while independently owning all technical decisions and implementation.

• Interim leadership responsibility for realigning the entire leadership organization – away from classic target setting and solution specification toward a teal-oriented organization with clear responsibility for each individual employee.
• Stabilization of production processes and reduction of the backlog in all customer projects.
• Building up the necessary material inventory (agreed with end customers by contract) – eliminated backlogs and special runs, achieved 2 weeks of material inventory.
• From the start of the assignment, also took over overall technical responsibility for Research & Development (R&D).
• In addition to the CSO/COO role, took over responsibility for controlling and finance in the last 9 months.

• End-to-end responsibility for the successful implementation and continuous optimization of Mediatool for strategic media planning (offline & online).
• Development and management of efficient onboarding, configuration, and support processes for international stakeholder teams.
• Leadership of API integrations to connect external systems (e.g., for result tracking and performance measurement).
• Advising departments on tool usage and development, including workshop design, training, and knowledge transfer.
• Establishment and maintenance of comprehensive PMO tracking for all tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
• Prioritization and documentation of requirements, change requests, and bugs in Jira, with transparent communication via Confluence.
• Systematic evaluation of user feedback to derive data-driven optimization measures.
• Responsibility for the monthly Mediatool communication newsletter, including content creation for users and leadership.

• Built operational analytics dashboard suite for a multi-unit F&B group from granular Lightspeed POS data — KPI reporting, product-mix analysis, demand forecasting and expansion site-selection
• Automated weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting and P&L variance analysis, plus a demand-forecasting tool that converts POS data into hourly kitchen prep schedules
• Developed a customer-review intelligence system across six sites — automated data collection, AI classification into operational themes with bilingual reply drafting and an interactive dashboard, cutting weekly review analysis from 2.5 hours to minutes

Embedded in the global MarTech organisation, I led strategic initiatives to shift towards a data-driven product operating model, strengthening decision-making, planning, and accountability across global marketing and product teams.

• Introduced and owned a structured OKR and quarterly planning cadence, coaching Product Managers and Leaders to move from output-driven delivery to outcome-focused prioritisation
• Designed and implemented a global analytics solution serving stakeholders across Marketing, Product, and Regulatory functions, reducing time-to-insight by 70%
• Established user behaviour analytics for internal tools, shifting product decisions from anecdotal input to evidence-based trade-offs

• Bridging the vacancy of operations manager ATT area

• Process optimization

• Reduction of lead times

• Reorganization of the ATT area

• Increase in OTIF from 73% to 92%

• Greater flexibility in employee deployment through internal equipment training

• Integration of a new cooperation partner

• Implementation of an MDE system

• Led and executed complex change and transformation projects, focusing on HR transformation and cultural change in public sector organisations (e.g., BAMF, bpb, DAkkS).
• Designed and facilitated change workshops and leadership development programs to drive adoption and successful implementation of change initiatives.
• Collaborated with executives and stakeholders to analyse requirements, define objectives, and develop tailored transformation roadmaps, including communication strategies and performance monitoring.
• Supported business development by identifying and developing new opportunities in digital transformation initiatives.

Strategic management of daily operations to ensure smooth processes in high-level customer service.

• Implementation and monitoring of performance KPIs to increase operational efficiency.
• Advising clients on optimizing their service workflows and customer journey.

• Identified and resolved a six-figure fulfillment deficit caused by legacy software misconfigurations and outdated SOPs
• Managed campaign product development and production, coordinating with multiple international stakeholders
• Revised/Created and implemented comprehensive and scalable fulfillment, inventory management, customer relations, and logistics SOPs

• Bedrock technology operations role providing the foundations on which PUMA's global product teams build PUMA.com and associated systems
• Managed a €3.5 million CAPEX portfolio including ~20 externals and 16 platform and tooling vendors
• Started up and led five functional teams for platform engineering, cloud administration, edge technology, continuous performance testing, and L2 support / incident management
• Person of last resort for mysteries, intractable bugs, compliance crises, litigation support, and black-hole issues where ownership was unclear or contested
• Sole author and driver of a multi-million-euro, multi-year RFP for Global Operations Center serving the direct-to-consumer technology estate for eCommerce, order management, and brick-and-mortar retail tech support
• Conceived, designed, developed and productionized Order Viewer, a secure internal application providing observability into PUMA.com order data at sub-second latency; independently delivered architecture, implementation, GCP deployment, SSO integration and organizational compliance.

Interim management, project leadership and technical consulting in mechanical and plant engineering for projects in mechanical engineering with a focus on automotive, e-mobility and series production

• Taking over and stabilizing critical projects in special machine construction and the automotive sector (SMEs, OEM, mechanical engineering, automotive)
• Supporting companies facing project delays, scheduling issues and operational challenges
• Leading engineering and project teams and managing complex project structures
• Optimizing processes in development, production and project execution
• Focus on on-time delivery, efficiency, quality and series readiness

Skills:

• Automotive
• Interim Management
• Mechanical Engineering Project Management
• Special Machinery Construction
• Engineering Management
• Operations Management
• Series Ramp-up
• Production Optimization
• Project Stabilization
• Turnaround Management
• Troubleshooting
• Automotive
• E-Mobility
• CAPEX Projects
• Project Management
• Process Optimization

I take on responsibility as:

• Project Manager
• Engineering Manager
• Operations Manager
• Interim Manager

Industries:

• Automotive
• Mechanical Engineering
• E-Mobility

I take on responsibility at short notice in critical mechanical and plant engineering projects and bring schedules, costs and organization back under control.

Complex projects are part of my daily routine. As a senior mechanical engineering expert, I am used to working in the dynamic automotive environment.

• Assessment of a modernization concept for IT infrastructures including client workstations
• Development of an alternative concept focusing on data sovereignty and reducing provider dependencies
• Selection of suitable alternative open-source products and solutions
• Design of a proof of concept approach for incremental evaluation of the options

• Built and led global HR operations including payroll across EU & Singapore (team of 21 across three countries), supporting a workforce of 1,800 employees
• Reduced operational costs by EUR 5M through redesigning HR IT landscape (one group-wide HRIS, Workday implementation)
• Acted as trusted HR advisor for executive team on data driven decision making
• Transformed operations from legal entity focused to scalable group procedures to reduce headcount and transfer positions to best-cost country Poland
• Standardised end-to-end lifecycle processes (employees & external workers), enabling scalable international delivery and sustainable compliant operations
• Led HR programs and projects, including M&A initiatives enabling further international growth
• Defined strategy for payroll services including provider management, integrations built to Workday to ensure sustainable high-quality and compliant delivery
• Created structures to ensure global alignment and continuous improvement of various teams and stakeholder processes and IT tool management

• Responsibility for daily HR operations across 4 studios in Germany, focusing on personnel administration and the employee lifecycle
• Drafting, reviewing, and managing all employment law documents (employment contracts, contract amendments, certificates, references)
• Preparing payroll, especially for hourly wage models, including data preparation and coordination
• Maintaining and managing timekeeping data in the system (Gfos) and ensuring data quality
• Proactively managing and tracking personnel-related deadlines (e.g., probation periods, fixed-term contracts, evaluations) in close coordination with studio managers
• Acting as the central point of contact and reminder for managers on all HR-related topics and processes
• Structuring and tracking HR processes while ensuring completeness and compliance of all documents
• Creating and maintaining HR documents, reports, and overviews in Word and Excel