Work Experience

01/2018 - Present
Munich, Germany

11/2021 - 02/2022
Munich, Germany

03/2016 - 12/2017
Munich, Germany

Product Manager @ ION Group

• Responsible for the strategic planning and development of TriplePoint (a multi-asset cloud-based solution for commodity management, business intelligence, and analytics) specifically focused on the manufacturing sector.

• Product lead on a large-scale project for the North American (USA) division of a Fortune 500 American manufacturer and responsible for product deliverables, driving prioritisation, and customer success over multiple release cycles (2021, 2022).

• Product lead on a critical project for the European (Switzerland & Ukraine) and North American (USA) divisions of a Swiss trading firm. Developed and prioritised critical operational use cases, managed the development of strategic go-to market (GTM) solutions from concept to production through multiple release cycles, and led a team of 7 experts to successfully launch the solutions for said client on time (2020).

• Reporting lead on a large scale project for the European (Netherlands & UK) division of a global Asian manufacturer. Led a team of 5 cross-functional and geographically dispersed members to develop 29 data views. Data views were productised into an MVP for ION's first ever canonical data model reporting technology (2019).

• Collaborated with 3 Scrum development teams of 5 to 6 members each, prioritised the product backlog, and oversaw the development of 25% of new features within very tight timelines (2018).

Senior Project Analyst @ Microsoft Germany

• Selected by the MBA Academic Director at the Munich Business School and senior managers at Microsoft Germany as part of a team of 7 students from 5 different countries to conduct market research and recommend positioning strategies for Microsoft Industry Solutions.

• Project focus: Automotive, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Public Sector, and Retail industries within Germany and the wider European market.

Junior Product Manager @ ION Group

• Responsible for field enablement, customer onboarding, and product adoption of TriplePoint.

• Key markets: Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Education

2021 - 2023

Munich, Germany

2022 - 2022
Cape Town, South Africa

2012 - 2015
Bremen, Germany

2010 - 2012
Leysin, Switzerland

Munich Business School

MBA, General Management

• Thesis: Organizational Changes and Sustainable Innovation: Exploring required internal changes of for-profit companies to support sustainable innovation.

Stellenbosch Business School

Executive MBA International Exchange for Global Business Innovation

• Collaborated with executive MBA peers from leading business schools on understanding and solving business challenges from a global perspective.

Jacobs University Bremen

BSc, Industrial Engineering (International Logistics Management and Engineering)

• Thesis: The Impact of Supply Chain Collaboration on the Supply Chain Performance in Commodity Trading: The Case of the Tea Industry.

Leysin American School

American High School Diploma.

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