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MasterschoolCareer Consultant | Masterschool

Jan. 2025Berlin, GermanyEmpowering individuals to achieve life-changing career transformations in the tech industry. - Provide personalized career consulting, helping students identify and pursue the right career paths in tech. - Guide students through the enrollment and career change process, making high-quality tech training programs accessible - Empowering individuals to take the first step toward thriving new careers and mutual support in their career change process. - Manage the enrollment pipeline, inspire action, and ensure a seamless onboarding experience. - Track and optimize key metrics to improve conversion rates and streamline processes. - Collaborate across teams to deliver an outstanding student experience and support their journey to new opportunities and jobs in a changing world. Education is prosperity and should be available to everyone

MSIT - Master School Institute of TechnologyCareer Consultant | MSIT

Jan. 2025

TecAllianceBusiness Project Manager (interim)

Feb. 2024 - Apr. 2024Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain- Establish, execute, and lead business and transformational project needs by fully owning the life-cycle and communicating the vision, risk management, process roadmap, monitoring deliverables, and identifying and planning for innovative and scalable solutions in a logical long-term view. - Collaborate cross-functionally focusing on the achievement of OKRs, ROI, and structure resources, while ensuring high profitability and covering’ customers’ needs to maximize the business values - Define and track project goals ensuring engagement, adherence to business needs, budget, timelines, compliance and quality standards, and customer expectations and needs. - Conduct strategic analysis including competitive landscape, project performance, user adoption, and the quality of features support decision-making, continuous improvement, and standardization.

EyeseeyourpotentialCoach and Mentor for Personal Growth & Mindset Change

May. 2023Berlin, GermanyEmpowering Change for Success Guiding ambitious individuals through personal change - from feeling stuck to leaving life’s autopilot and finding clarity and confidence. "There is not just career consulting or life coaching - empowerment in one area sparks transformation in every area of life." My goal is for everybody to become and feel 🧬 less fake, but more real 🧿 more self-empowered 🧠 able to think outside of the box Instead of a one-size-fits-all standard program, my work is a personalized introspective approach individually designed for each client. I work with a unique blend of methods and tools, from systemic coaching and consulting techniques to positive psychology and mindfulness, human design, bg5, and gene keys, and combine them with my personal coaching and leadership skills, which I learned and proved in the first 18 years of my professional career. 🔗⬇️ Find more information here: www.eyeseeyourpotential.com

Sabbatical and Educational LeavePersonal Goal Pursuit

Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023Dedicated time for health, personal growth and family - focussing on my profession as a systemic mentor and business coach. - prioritizing my own personal growth and professional development with multiple trainings and coaching formats (Systemic Consultant and Business Coach, Career Mentor, Positive Psychology, Mindfulness Expert, SCRUM, Change Management, Digital Trends, AI...) - Project Manager and Consultant for a Transformation Project in a non-profit organization. 2024 - Digital Transformation Strategies Change Manager 2024 - Expert in Positive Psychology and Mindfulness | IEPP. Spain 2023 - Professional Product Owner and Scrum Master | Scrum.org II Skill Drops GmbH. Germany 2023 - Systemic Business Coach with focus on strategy and career coaching | VFTC Berlin. Germany 2022 - Systemic Consultant | Königswieser & Network Wien. Austria since 2021 - contribution to several nonprofit charitable projects (social associations, volunteering)

Mercedes-Benz AGTeam Lead Senior Project & Change Manager

Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2020Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland● Led a team of 10+ engineers responsible for the technical development and program management of complex innovative automotive exterior lighting systems and processes for entire compact car platform. ● Drove end-to-end program management and transformational projects from inception through implementation, including schedules, cost management and proper distribution of 7-8 figure R&D budget. ● Responsible for team’s series development and technical project management with multiple stakeholders for full product lifecycle from first design, feasibility study, timelines, quality checks and series ramp ups. ● Led complex strategic partnerships and negotiations with vendors in cooperation with procurement and marketing ensuring contract conditions were met with utmost efficiency according to company profitability goals/KPIs. ● Regularly monitored and presented a thorough analysis and reports on achieved milestones based on agreed PM-standards (top management reporting, escalations, risk management, promoting best practices). ✔ 10%+ optimization of project cost forecasting accuracy by developing a standardized budget process, and KPI definition for R&D (partner collaboration with McKinsey). ✔ 15% increase of savings and profit margins by acting as 1st-TIER supplier manager and negotiating part price/developing costs with vendors in cooperation with procurement. ✔ 5 millions savings in project and FTE costs by implementing strategic third-party cooperations.

Mercedes-Benz AGProject Manager for R&D (Exterior Lighting)

Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2017Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland● Accountable for series development and project management for multiple new features managing full product-lifecycle from first design scratch, feasibility studies, testing, series ramp up and post launch. ● Led the development process based on the standard PM milestone plan (MDS) as well as platform and modular strategy goals focused on quality and cost and implementation of best practices. ● Led complex strategic partnerships and negotiations with TIER1 and TIER2 in cooperation with procurement and marketing ensuring contract conditions and profitability goals/KPIs were met. ● Researched and implemented future market and industry trends, customer needs, benchmark results (for autonomous driving, driver assistance, connected car functions, mobility concepts etc). ● Developed market strategies and external communications in cooperation with sales and marketing.

Mercedes-Benz AGR&D Project Manager and Referent for Mercedes-Benz Exterior

Feb. 2012 - Dec. 2014Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland● Headed complex cross-functional projects to develop future oriented exterior ambient lighting innovations, including benchmarking, market research, stakeholder and supplier management. ● Led the full investigation and examination of all legal, market and technical requirements, early-stage feasibility studies for technical concepts and potential series release, cost and price analysis, top management reporting. ● Led organizational strategic and agile projects including discussions of future car portfolios, high-class drive events and annual town-hall meetings, efficient reorganization of the 200+ people company division.

Mercedes-Benz AGR&D Development Engineer and Product Owner

Sep. 2009 - Feb. 2012Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland● Technical responsibility for exterior style and safety parts (e.g. bumpers) with focus on product life cycle from first design, series quality/maturity, testing, launch, supplier management, or cost negotiations.

Mercedes-Benz AGDual Study Talents Program of Mercedes-Benz AG (Bachelor of Engineering)

Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2009Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, DeutschlandBachelor of Business Engineering (B. Eng.) talents program of Mercedes-Benz AG dual study at DHBW university