MicroStrategy Experts in Munich

• Migration of existing data jobs from Cognos Data Manager to Tibco/IBI Datamigrator
• Migration data jobs parametrisation for dynamic runs
• Optimisation and cutting-back
• Regression tests
• Knowledge transfer and documentation

Large Insurance Company – Consultant Wiesbaden: Consulting support for the introduction of an integrated planning and performance management framework (operational, financial, customer) to enhance customer-centric transparency, decision-making quality, and steering capabilities across all lines of business within an insurance organization:

• Analysis of existing processes, reports, KPIs, and KPI calculation methodologies
• Design and introduction of new, standardized customer KPIs (gross/net), as well as key steering metrics with consistent linkage across all lines of business
• Recalculation, validation, and plausibility checks of KPIs based on existing and newly integrated data sources
• Conceptual support for the development of an integrated reporting and performance management setup
• Execution of customer insights analyses to identify patterns and anomalies within customer data clusters

Large retail company – Consultant in Karlsruhe: Advisory services for the setup and step-by-step implementation of an internationally deployable RELEX solution in the supply chain management environment:

• Advising overall and sub-project management on methodology, project setup and steering (e.g. agile approach, Jira configuration, RELEX phases, Jira Structure PPM)
• Strategic-operational consulting for the introduction of RELEX including best practices
• Support in defining overarching goals and requirements (2-year target picture)
• Guidance in scoping a relevant supply chain network segment for the project
• Development of a roadmap for iterative, incremental RELEX setup and rollout
• Assessment of project dependencies (interfaces, configurations, etc.)
• Advice on prioritized implementation of business requirements and data interfaces
• Support in test planning (data validation, system testing, UAT)
• Consulting on internationalization, change management, training, and knowledge transfer
• Stakeholder advisory and alignment activities between the client, implementation partner, and RELEX

Insurance company – Management Consultant in Munich: Analysis, consulting and support for the optimization of a large-scale business and IT transformation. Focus on strategically important programs and modernization projects in the area of Managed Services Operations and processes:

• Review of project plans and deliverables; analysis of programs and projects (e.g. cloud approach, process standardization, system integration, roadmaps)
• Identification of technical, functional and personnel risks and challenges; development of content-related measures and alternative solutions
• Proposal of quality improvements for program and modernization efforts
• Sparring partner and professional, technical, structural and organizational consulting for project and program management

Large retail group – Management Consultant & Stream Lead in Cologne: Consulting, process, project and product management for the introduction and implementation of a large strategic program in the field of advanced analytics, assortment and space management:

• Setup, test and rollout of a new space planning, automation and optimization product based on the existing cluster-based merchandising approach
• Definition and setup of new processes and transformation and change management measures for the new store-specific merchandising approach
• Collaboration with Advanced Analytics and IT (internal and external) for software implementations, automations, extensions and interfaces
• MVP approach and piloting in phases with gradual rollout (pilot with 80 stores, region with 500 stores, national level with 4000 stores)

Large retail company – Agile Coach & Change Agent in Cologne: Agile coach, OKR master and facilitator for the introduction of the OKR approach in a large strategic digitization program for retail stores:

• Coaching of the core team with topic managers and team leads
• Introduction to the OKR topic and setup of the OKR cycle
• Establishment of the OKR approach in teams and on a cross-team level

Delivery and logistics company – Management Consultant in United Kingdom: Consulting and coaching in the restructuring of the Data Analytics department:

• Analysis of current challenges
• Definition of overarching goals
• Development of a proposal for a new team structure
• Identification of required competencies, skills and responsibilities
• Advisory and alignment on communication and change management strategy

• Analysis of existing customer reports based on MS Excel and deriving improvement or automation measures
• Quality assurance role for the existing reporting
• Further development of existing reports from MS Excel to the BI system (MicroStrategy ONE). Created a suitable concept followed by implementation within a project
• Creation of a technical support manual for the automated reports
• Development and documentation of Nintex workflows to automate reporting
• Development and documentation of PowerShell scripts to integrate data sources into the MicroStrategy ONE BI system
• Connecting external data sources to SharePoint for automated regular updates of existing procurement master data

• Designing and implementing an interactive evaluation system for top executives to rate core competencies such as goal orientation, team culture, and strategic alignment.
• Integrating control mechanisms to enforce feedback limits and store evaluations in a central system to ensure data integrity.
• Optimizing data processing for personnel development by automating the merging of various information sources for form letters.
• Implementing technical data preparation and analysis for the annual compensation comparison in the financial sector.
• Developing automated processes for data preparation in Excel using Power Query, ensuring data integrity and anonymization according to data protection requirements.
• Automating personnel cost analysis by developing a solution to process data from the Paisy system into an SAP-compatible Excel file.
• Creating test cases, user documentation, and test plans for all developed systems.
• Technologies: Power Query, MS Office 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Paisy, SAP, VBA.

• Gathering requirements from business units and stakeholders
• Organizing and running workshops
• Creating and supporting user stories (from refinement to rollout) and mapping
• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies
• Identifying and analyzing optimization potentials like the REWE Pick&Go app
• Moderation and communication with service providers
• Requirements engineering in connection with external systems
• DWH/BI solution: loyalty reporting with MicroStrategy
• ITIL (framework for IT service delivery)
• Quality assurance (quality gates) based on ISTQB

• Successfully migrated over 150 BI dashboards (Jira, Microstrategy, AWS QuickSight) as project lead of 4 developers, ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining data integrity.