Project Portfolio Management Experts in Munich

• Project management for a simplification project to reduce effort for an IT transformation project
• Stakeholder management and preparation of decision documents for top management
• Scoping and PI planning across multiple delivery streams
• Planning requirements for the transformation project
• Creation of partner and customer journeys for the structured end-to-end capture of requirements
• Design of suitable tracking methods for project progress
• Coordination with IT service providers and transformation project committees

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

• Installation, maintenance and regular upgrade of the DB systems with 19x
• Use of OPatch and RU 19.27 on RHEL 8x, SLES 15.x and Windows
• DBA for DACH and European customers in production and last test environments (e.g. Konrad Adenauer) as well as others in CDB
• Processes via Confluence
• Support in operations for customers SR via Metalink

• Developed organization, task descriptions, processes and systems of the controlling system to improve activities.
• Harmonized ERP software within the group across IT procurement, plan data, controlling and reporting.
• Designed the basis for an agile and modern IT control system.
• Set up budget plans and supported master data and planning.
• Monitored and validated projects in the PM tool Sciforma, covering OPEX and CAPEX in line with legal requirements and group rules.
• Performed PMO assistance activities including meeting minutes, presentations and reports.
• Tools: SAP FI/CO, SAP MM, SAP PPM, PM-Tool Sciforma, MS Office 365.

• Developed and operationalized a digitalization strategy to ensure a seamless value chain across all business areas in coordination with executive management
• Implemented a process management standard and led the process organization
• Program management: directed the design, implementation and coordination of the rollout across all value-adding business units
• Reported on the program to stakeholders and executive management
• Supplier management: selected, contracted and managed suppliers within the digitalization program
• Redesigned the process organization, defined new process standards and developed training programs

• Create a product and service portfolio delivering a 360 degree approach to digital corporate sustainability covering KPI management, CSRD reporting and sustainable strategy
• Create vision and business case
• Onboard and align business partners, negotiate contracts
• Set up partner network as self-organized agile team
• Co-develop product and service portfolio
• Coordinate sales and marketing, go-to-market strategy and roadmap

• 21 projects ≥ 6 months at large and medium-sized companies
• 13 projects as project or subproject manager
• 6 international projects with English as project language

Support adoption of SRE. Enablement, Capability and Capacity building. "Help us do it ourselves". Lean Improvement Kata. Install measurements. Organisational change (manage the system!) -> behavioral change. Initiate SRE CoP. etc Objective: SRE needles move.

• Interim COO / CPO at a healthcare startup with digital therapy products for urology patients
• Interim Head of Talent Acquisition DACH at a fintech scale-up with treasury management software
• Development of new career models at a large insurance group
• Product & UX/UI design and website development for a real estate startup

• Consulting, coaching and support of the new IT manager as part of the internationalization
• Development of the IT and digitalization strategy
• Design of the consolidated target application architecture (Microsoft Dynamics, dc Commerce, Magic XPI)

• Interim programme lead for Dynamics 365
• Strategic roadmap definition
• Governance reset
• Hypercare leadership

• Supported a PSF company in preparing annual and consolidated financial statements