Salesforce Marketing Cloud Experts in Germany

In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.

Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.

• Designed program realignment and project portfolio management

• Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects

• Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities

• Established governance and regular meetings

• Worked out operating model for flagship projects

• Assessed AI and automation ideas

• Clarified roles and responsibilities

• Implemented change measures

• Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops

• Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model

• Increased transparency and decision-making ability

• Strengthened commitment in steering

• Sharpened the operating model structurally

• Integrated three top-5 institutes

• Involved over 80% of stakeholders

• Governance

• Portfolio steering (PPM)

• Change management

• Artificial intelligence

• Workflow automation

• AI use case assessment

• Confluence

• Jira

• Stakeholder management

• Translated complex operational requirements into scalable Salesforce configurations, automation flows and governance policies, ensuring clean and maintainable implementations
• Designed and optimised Flows to eliminate manual steps in key business processes, improving both performance and process compliance
• Managed user roles, permission sets and security settings for a multi-team Salesforce org; ensured data quality and system stability through structured governance practices
• Supported Marketing Cloud integrations and campaign automation workflows, collaborating with business teams on data-driven audience segmentation
• Coordinated release management and deployment activities with development teams, contributing to structured change control processes

Planning and delivery of cross-target group CRM and loyalty campaigns for the REWE Bonus Program across digital and offline channels. Coordination of cross-functional stakeholders and analysis of campaign performance to specifically improve customer engagement, new customer acquisition, and customer retention.

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

• Bootcamp Coach: "Digital Sales with AI" for neuefische GmbH
• Creation of curriculum and content for career changers seeking to start a career in digital sales
• Teaching of methods and tactics for an exhaustive tech stack:
• AI Agents Zapier and make.com
• AI Tools Midjourney, heygen, Text-Text LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini etc.)
• Sales Software Stack: Fireflies, HubSpot, WIX, Talkwalker

• Developed positioning strategies, external narratives, and communication concepts for technology ventures; created customer journey analyses and management-ready presentations for decision-makers
• Secured approval for an autonomous mobility pilot in Berlin through structured stakeholder coordination (public sector, mobility, real estate)
• Generated EUR 30k+ in revenue across 4 mandates; prepared investor-ready materials and supported fundraising processes

• Developed data-driven performance strategies and managed cross-functional agency teams.
• Led KPI forecasting, budgeting, and implemented scalable creative solutions.
• Linked creative insights with analytics to increase marketing efficiency.
• Developed inspiring campaigns based on brand strategy and data-driven insights.
• Performed budget planning, forecasting, and full KPI accountability.
• Led and executed an agency pitch for performance marketing.

• Strategic rebuild and initial integration of the B2B CRM as the basis for a scalable and sustainably automated lead management process
• Building and optimizing CRM processes and CRM campaign management לאורך the entire customer lifecycle
• Developing, planning, and implementing lead generation strategies for trade fairs, roadshows, partner sites, and other relevant B2B touchpoints
• Designing and modeling differentiated customer journeys and workflows for different target groups, touchpoints, and phases of the customer lifecycle
• Designing first-touch and branding flows to systematically move new contacts into automated CRM journeys
• Building lead nurturing processes for automated qualification, activation, and further development of leads until they are ready for sales
• Designing and implementing marketing automations to reduce manual processes and scale the delivery of relevant content
• Developing and optimizing automated lifecycle campaigns based on user behavior, interactions, interests, and lead status
• Campaign management for email marketing and B2B communication, including editorial newsletters, trigger and automation emails, as well as ad hoc campaigns
• Responsibility for newsletter sign-ups as well as optimization of the underlying processes and consent journeys
• Consent management and optimization of opt-in processes as the basis for compliant and scalable CRM communication
• Planning and implementation of ad hoc campaigns including A/B testing as well as continuous optimization of content, sending logic, and conversion
• Analysis and evaluation of CRM performance and derivation of specific measures to increase engagement, lead quality, and conversion
• CRM strategy consulting and workflow modeling with a focus on automation, scalability, and a consistent customer experience
• Technical setup and structuring of data instances as well as coordination and support of data migrations
• Optimization of data and system processes as the basis for automated and target-group-specific CRM communication
• Internal and external stakeholder management as well as coordination of interfaces and external agencies
• Technical project management from strategic concept development through implementation to analysis and continuous optimization

Consulting on and implementation of technical processes in CRM and email marketing, international project management

• Built middleware service integrating EDI providers and marketplace partners with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to receive sales orders and communicate shipments, invoices, inventory, and price catalogues
• Utilized a mixture of REST APIs and event-driven data processing pipelines

• Process management, project management
• Business process modeling market-to-order, order-to-cash
• Replacement of an existing CRM system
• Salesforce energy & utilities cloud, Aurea CRM, SAP-Signavio, iGrafx

• Support for implementing the Pimcore CMS, support assistance, and partner management for the existing application landscape.
• Know-how transfer to the existing application landscape.
• Advising stakeholders on the new implementation.
• Support in data modeling for Pimcore.
• Designing and overseeing data migrations from Salesforce to Pimcore using ESB.
• Creating user stories.
• 3rd level support for business-critical processes.
• Technologies: Salesforce Marketing, Sales, and Service Cloud; Talend ESB; Pimcore; Shopware; ERP system Move; DB2; MySQL; MS Office; MS Visio; Jira; Confluence.

• Expansion of the competence portfolio to include AI-driven marketing & chatbot integration
• Design and development of several intelligent chatbots (Steno, UChat, ManyChat, GHL) for MeditationSoul.org and Physio Point for automated promotion of workshops, retreats, and online courses
• Experience with social media automation tools and AI content tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gamma, HeyGen)
• Creation of automations with n8n for marketing and CRM processes (lead nurturing, event promotion, funnel flows)
• Combining creative brand communication and AI-supported automation to increase efficiency and personalization in digital marketing campaigns

• End-to-end implementations of Marketing Cloud Next (Growth/Advanced), from discovery workshop to go-live — Data 360 (Data Cloud) setup, data streams and mapping, identity resolution rules (match & reconciliation), consent management, Sales Cloud integration.
• Campaign orchestration across the MCN flow types — segment-, event-(forms & engagement), schedule- and record-triggered flows (Salesforce & Data Cloud) plus API-based on-demand sends; segmentation and activation with Data Graphs, Calculated Insights, and Einstein personalization.
• Multilingual email template systems with dynamic, personalized content; deliverability (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) and GDPR-compliant double opt-in journeys.
• Operational support for Marketing Cloud Next orgs in ongoing consulting projects — campaign operations, data quality, performance analysis, and release readiness: campaigns deliver on schedule, credit costs stay predictable.
• At the same time, Account Engagement (Pardot) client projects — audits, implementations, lead scoring & grading; AE-MCN migration assessments; Agentforce grounding and guardrails.