Project Portfolio Management Experts in Munich

• Project management of a simplification project to reduce effort for an IT transformation project
• Stakeholder management and preparation of decision papers for top management
• Scoping and PI planning across multiple delivery streams
• Planning requirements for the transformation project
• Creating partner and customer journeys for structured end-to-end capture of requirements
• Designing 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

• Planning, establishment, and leadership of a Program Management Office (PMO) as the central unit for the operational control of the overall program with tasks including:
• Defining and developing the optimal project management processes for the program.
• Creating and introducing a monitoring & controlling process to manage the timely delivery of deliverables.
• Creating the overall program plan with schedules, budget & cost plans, resource planning, and deliverables planning.
• Selecting and managing external service providers and monitoring contract compliance.
• Defining and executing program risk management and developing mitigating actions.
• Developing efficient reporting for the overall program to meet all stakeholder groups. Defining and creating key program KPIs using earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis.
• Providing and adjusting necessary IT tools for communication and documentation (Confluence, Jira, Teams, etc.).
• Defining and executing project change management.
• Planning and running all management meetings, including steering committee, management meetings, and board presentations.
• Preparatory alignment, planning, and organization of the group project as a basis for the execution phase.
• Selecting and staffing the program core team and the extended project team with a total of 70 participants.
• Planning the project organization, reporting and decision-making paths, and governance at the operational and strategic levels.

• 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

• 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