Anja Żalik
Project management in relocation and space planning (energy sector)
Experience
Aug 2024 - Present
1 yearGräfelfing, Germany
Project manager in relocation and space planning (energy sector)
FHC+P GmbH
- Took over project management in real estate and facility management focusing on relocation processes and space planning
- Coordinated and aligned with subproject leaders, department heads, construction project management and internal and external team members
- Monitored and ensured project progress and timely delivery of goals
- Developed and maintained project plans, presentations, reports, checklists and other relevant documents
- Organized and held regular reviews, including standing meetings with department heads and team members
- Applied modern process management methods to optimize workflows
Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
11 monthsMarkt Schwaben, Germany
Senior Lean Expert
HENNING eXperts
- Derived validated and targeted measures to optimize processes (analysis, evaluation, improvement)
- Supported the central team in defining actions using structured problem solving
- Held workshops to capture issues, analyze causes and outline possible solutions
- Assessed measures by effectiveness
- Regular reporting to stakeholders and management board
- Optimized rail operations across the network
- Documented processes to reduce handover losses and optimize the end-to-end flow
- Led teams and workshops to restructure processes
- Developed actions to reach target ranges and tracked them in regular meetings
- Reported measures, results and achieved goals
- Secured approvals from stakeholders through regular meetings with the management board
- Provided PMO and process support in strategic projects
Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
7 monthsBerlin, Germany
Trainer
mpm-Beratung
- Lean management
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 1 monthNußloch, Germany
Senior Consultant & Trainer
OPEX Deutschland GmbH
- KATA
- Lean management
- Operational excellence
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
8 monthsHamburg, Germany
Project manager scale-up & transfer
Labtec GmbH
- Led interdisciplinary pharmaceutical projects for scale-up and transfer from development to commercial contract manufacturing
- Planned and controlled key milestones, resources and budgets closely with clients
- Organized and coordinated product technology transfers, process development and scale-up activities considering technical and regulatory requirements
- Prepared and maintained regulatory documents
- Supported new project acquisition and proposal preparation
- Assisted in planning, preparation and management of clinical trials
- Created stability plans and reports, reviewed and evaluated analytical data
- Managed clients in the American and Asian regions
Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
1 year 8 monthsHamburg, Germany
Lecturer in process optimization and process management
alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH
- Continuous process improvement with Kaizen
- CIP/Kaizen philosophy
- Customer requirements and satisfaction
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in work processes
- Lean production, just-in-time, Kanban
- Six Sigma
- Process model in ISO 9001
- Process efficiency analysis, stable and capable process
- Data presentation and analysis methods (Q7, M7, standard tools)
- Risk analysis and FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis)
- Basics of process management
- Operational process management
- AI in the workplace
- Strategic process management
- Process-oriented organization and leadership
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 yearHamburg, Germany
AOS Expert
AIRBUS
- Structured the Airbus Operating System for specific production areas
- Ensured knowledge transfer to the local on-site team
- Coached departments for sustainability and continuous improvement
- Assessed areas for standard implementation and coached on further development
- Supported change agents in their personal growth
Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
1 year 3 monthsHamburg, Germany
Lean management officer
Lufthansa Technik AG
- Led, managed and commissioned projects to redesign processes in overhaul of new engine types
- Supported and advised staff and managers in implementing new processes
- Analyzed disruption factors and derived appropriate measures
- Organized, moderated and conducted workshops for process capture and design
May 2017 - Present
8 years 3 monthsKehl, Germany
Independent project manager, coach and lecturer
AgilundProduktiv
- KATA coaching, operational excellence, lean management
- Process management, process optimization
- Self-management
- Interim project management
- Successfully guided companies in drug manufacturing, aviation and retail to become self-learning organizations
- Successfully managed scale-up projects for drugs in the US market
- Successfully supported large companies in lean transformation
Aug 2015 - Apr 2017
1 year 9 monthsHamburg, Germany
Manager operational excellence
Bode Chemie GmbH
- Integrated lean strategy and knowledge into departments and divisions
- Trained, coached and mentored managers and leaders in lean transformation
- Provided individual advice, support and coaching to achieve specific goals
- Coached leaders and staff on leadership behavior, potential development and process improvements
- Learn-Do-Teach philosophy: analyzed and applied experiences to improve processes
- Continual improvement of lean structures, tools and skills
- Internal auditor per ISO 9001
- Led lean management projects in production, filling, administration, logistics and lab
- Presented results to management and executives
- Guided teams through change processes
- Cut drug release times by 80%
- Reduced downtime on filling lines by 20%
- Optimized various workflows in admin and production
Oct 2006 - Jul 2015
8 years 10 monthsHamburg, Germany
Assistant to the production manager
Bode Chemie GmbH
- Managed and coordinated in-house activities for continuous improvement (CIP)
- Monitored standards and derived measures
- Conducted workshops
- Prepared training materials and instructions and delivered training
- Reported CIP project results internally and externally
- Monitored compliance with quality requirements
- Prepared quality reports and tracked corrective actions
- Supported procurement and commissioning of production equipment
- Conducted qualifications and helped with process validations
- Developed standards and defined KPIs
- Responsible for room qualifications under GMP
- Assisted the production manager with daily tasks and projects
- Internal auditor per ISO 9001
- Introduced CIP projects
- Trained staff in CIP
- Expanded CIP activities in labs and admin areas
- Cut changeover times by 30%
- Optimized various workflows in admin and production
Jul 2002 - Sep 2006
4 years 3 monthsHamburg, Germany
Parental leave
Bode Chemie GmbH
Jan 1996 - Jun 2002
6 years 6 monthsHamburg, Germany
Product manager
Bode Chemie GmbH
- Product management for drugs, care products and dispensers
- Led and coordinated projects for skin and hand disinfectants
- Created brochures for customers and patients
- Worked with agencies
- Sales and budget planning
- Stakeholder management
- Delivered training and development for customers and staff
Summary
- Experienced engineer and project manager with 20 years in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry in drug development. Several years in aviation industry.
- Over six years experience in product management of drugs in the European market.
- Lecturer in lean and process management
- Senior consultant, advisor, trainer and coach in KATA, lean management and operational excellence
- Several years in agile and traditional project management of drugs, their quality assurance and process auditing
- Extensive knowledge of KAIZEN, lean, CIP, SCRUM, agile methods and digital training
- Long experience in training and supporting specialists
- Several years as operational excellence manager and in GMP (drug manufacturing)
- Solid expertise: executive coaching | lean methods implementation, lean-BBS (behaviour based safety) and process optimization | workshop facilitation
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong communication skills and result-driven work style
- analytical | strong communicator | motivating | structured | high performing |
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
Elementary Education
Aug 1991 - Dec 1995
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Diplom-Ingenieur, physical chemistry, thermal process engineering, reaction engineering · Chemical engineering · Hamburg, Germany
Aug 1988 - Jul 1990
Vocational school
State-certified chemical-technical assistant
Heisenberg High School
Abitur
Certifications & licenses
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
International Scrum Institute
Agile project management with Scrum Master certification
educX GmbH
Lean Tools
Lean Online Academy
Maintenance Human Factors Initial
Bostonair Technical Training Initial
Thinking into Results
Proctor Gallagher Institute (USA)
Neurogym training program
Neurogym (USA)
Training and coaching
Proctor-Gallagher Institute (USA)
Lean Administration
Management Circle
Advanced training in lean management and CDL tasks
Hartmann AG
Change management
Alwart + Team
Effective communication with NLP
VHS Lüneburg
NLP Practitioner
The International NLP Trainer Association
Leadership as coach
Proveco GmbH
Presenting, persuading, inspiring
Haufe Akademie
Leading and moderating meetings
Proveco GmbH
5S in production
Hartmann AG
Introduction to the Hartmann Production System (HPS)
Hartmann AG
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