Resume
Experience
2024
People Systems
System/Product Owner Workday
Together with a team of Workday experts in an agile product team, we develop a product that benefits our Trustees, delivers a real return on investment for the organization, and fills us all with pride.
2023
People Workday Team
Senior Workday HRIM Analyst (HCM)
As a member of a global Workday team, my primary responsibility was to support the Workday rollout for the largest Revvity subsidiary, EuroImmun, for the Workday HCM (Human Capital Management) and Recruiting modules. The project was halted due to low acceptance by the subsidiary. The scope did not meet the needs, and there was minimal control and ownership over the final product. Eventually, it turned out that the local project team and I had insufficient control over the product's scope, quality, and thus the project's success.
2022
People Unit
Workday Analyst (HCM)
I started at Trusted Shops two weeks before our Workday Go Live with HCM, Absence, Time Tracking, Core Compensation, and Recruiting in 6 countries. Since day one, I have been on a mission to solve the most critical issues that we had with our Launch implementation while setting in motion the required change and transformation.
Summary of activities:
- Workday HCM Pro, Talent Pro & Security Pro Certification
- Support Process Setup, Troubleshooting Issues & Incidents; correction of almost every Business Process and Security Group implemented
- Implementation of International Absence Management
- Re-implementation of International Time Tracking
- Definition & Documentation of Governance Model for Security & Org Management Changes
- EIB Quality Assurance & Library
- Framework setup for stabilization and HCM process re-design project
- Driving Change Management and Transformation Awareness within our People Unit
2021
Presales DACH - Large Enterprise
Senior Solution Consultant (HCM)
At Workday, I learned the foundations of the Workday HCM solution and passed my HCM certification. As part of the DACH Large Enterprise Presales Team, I contributed to successful deals for accounts such as HeidelbergCement, Melitta, EWE, and Bofrost.
Summary of activities:
- Presales HCM Certification
- Qualified requirements and Workday Presales investment
- Worked with prospects to understand requirements and map solutions in Workday HCM modules
- Planned, prepared, and executed end-to-end demonstrations and presentations of value and solutions
- Configured reports, dashboards, and business processes to meet the stated needs of the prospects
- Improved the EMEA sales tenant by adding best practice configurations and implementing new features
2020
Customer Success Services
Customer Success Manager
I joined PeopleDoc to start my journey as a Customer Success Manager, driven by exceptional customer satisfaction and NPS results. I soon had to realize that my impact on customer satisfaction was very limited which led to my decision to stop my investment in this engagement.
2019 – 2020
Entrepreneurship in DACH
Senior Strategic Account Executive
I joined SmartRecruiters in DACH on a blank slate with no pipeline and little local brand awareness. In my first year, I met 100% of my target by generating 15 new logos in the SMB and enterprise segments, including brands such as MisterSpex, BayWa, Gruner, Sedus, bene, medneo, McMakler and McDonald’s.
Given that the local team was in start-up mode and had not scaled up yet, I managed several additional marketing, pre-sales, and account management activities while maintaining a strong focus on my sales business.
Summary of activities:
- 3 Mio. EUR lead and pipeline generation through my network, events, fairs, and professional networks
- Lead qualification and nurturing of low-probability opportunities
- Building strong relationships and rapport early on in the process through a sales consulting approach
- Delivering target-group-specific value messages to prospects on the ROI and best use of the platform
- Managing high-level demos, deep-dive sessions, and complex RfXs
- Maintaining a strong focus on the closure process including legal and commercial negotiations
- Professional services handover and ongoing account management
2018 – 2019
Solution Engineering / Pre-Sales
Senior Solution Consultant
At Planview, I developed a much better understanding of how organizations manage their Strategic Planning, how they operate their strategic portfolios, and connect strategy and delivery. I gained knowledge about different types of work (e.g. Stage-Gate, Agile, Waterfall, etc.) and started my Lean and Agile Delivery journey focusing on Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe. It was with a heavy heart that I decided to leave Planview, as I saw a unique opportunity in building the start-up organization at SmartRecruiters together with two of my friends.
2014 – 2018
Solution Engineering / Pre-Sales
Senior Solution Consultant
At Talentsoft, I started establishing their market presence in the DACH region. Since then we managed to grow the team from 2 to 30 people and revenue by 50% - each year. DB Schenker, Flixbus, Kronospan, Galeria Kaufhof, and Schmolz + Bickenbach are just a few key brands I helped attract by providing a mix of proper needs qualification, process mapping, solution demonstration, consulting, and product management.
Summary of activities:
- Market and competitive analysis
- Definition and execution of GTM strategy for German market entry
- Optimization of processes, services, and products for market entry
- Acquisition and Enablement of strategic partners
- Execution of presentations for prospects and customers
- Strategic opportunity assessment
- Building successful WIN/opportunity nurturing plans
- Defining and implementing internal sales processes and toolboxes
2013 – 2014
Solution Engineering / Pre-Sales
Senior Solution Consultant
- Execution of presentations for prospects and customers
- Processing of RfXs and creation of proof of concepts
- Setup of a pre-sales documentation and support structure for sales and sales partner; building and transfer of best practice knowledge
- Sales and partner enablement and key account management support
- Worked on and helped securing international key deals such as FutureStep, AOK, BMW and ThyssenKrupp across Europe and the Middle East
2012 – 2013
Product Management
Product Manager Talent Management
- Requirements management and preparation of requirement specifications and functional and technical specification detail for various modules as well as an interface and system integration, e.g. for Lumesse Open Platform, ETWeb Recruiting and Talent Conferences.
- Integration between the ETWeb Talent Management and TalentLink Recruiting products
- Definition of product strategy and roadmap
- Market analysis and analysis of talent management processes
- Training of sales and professional services on new system modules
2009 – 2012
Professional Services
Principal / Managing Consultant
- Implementation of the Lumesse talent management solutions at various clients such as e.on, ThyssenKrupp, Altana, and Capgemini
- Project management of national and international projects
- Implementation of an integrated project management approach and complete project realization from kickoff meeting until the after go live review
- Technical consulting for integrations into the IT environments of our clients
- Best practice consultancy
- Responsible for project revenue and project success of the CEE team
2008 – 2009
Professional Services
Implementation Consultant
- Implementation of the talent acquisition solution i-GRasp at various clients such as EWE, Carl Zeiss, HOERBIGER and Umicore
- Project management for national projects
- Interface between client facing part of the organisation and application development department
- Technical documentation of client requirements and specifications
2005 – 2008
Apprenticeship
IT Management Assistant / Informatikkaufmann
- Supported planning, customizing, testing and rolling out processes for the SAP based talent management solutions for the internal Henkel HR business.
- Supported the implementation of the talent acquisition solution i@apply (Jobpartners) for the Henkel HR Apprenticeship department.
- Worked as interface between Henkel IT and HR BU and external service providers throughout the integration of various ESS, MSS and HR solutions into the based employee portal.
- Optimized the electronic processes and project documentation.
Education
2011 – Today
Business and EconomicsFernuniversität Hagen
2008
Industrie und Handelskammer (IHK)IT Management Assistant / Informatikkaufmann
2005 – 2008
Business and EconomicsMax-Weber-Berufskolleg Düsseldorf
1994 – 2004
A-LevelGeschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Velbert
Languages
German
English
Workday
HCM
Reporting
Business Process Configuration
Security
EIB & Integrations
Absence
Time Tracking
Recruiting
Talent & Performance
Learning
Help
Interpersonal Skills
Cross-functional Communication
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Effective Time and Priority Management
Team Player in Cultural Diverse Environments
Strong Work Ethic
Sales Skills
Objection Handling & Prevention
Qualification Questioning
Active Listening & Communication
Building Buyer-Seller Agreements & Rapport
Gaining Commitment
Closing Techniques
Post-Sale Relationship Management
Industry Knowledge
HR Business Processes (Recruiting, Talent, Learning)
Value Based Selling
Project Management
Product Management
Lean & Agile (Scrum, Scrum, SAFe)
Tools & Technologies
Integration Technologies (Web Services, Flatfile, iPaaS)
Web Technologies (HTML, CSS, XML)
HR Cloud Solutions
Microsoft Office
Salesforce.com
Certifications

Workday Pro - Security
Dec 2022 – Present Workday
Workday Pro - Talent & Performance
Oct 2022 – Present Workday
Workday Pro - HCM Core
Apr 2022 – Present Workday
Professional Scrum Master - PSM I
Jan 2019 – Present Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner - PSPO I
Jan 2019 – Present Scrum.org