Benjamin Schoelzel

Scaling individual transformation | xBCG | Freelance management consultant

Benjamin Schoelzel
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2020 - Dec 2023
3 years
Berlin, Germany

Co-Founder

Samaṇa

Samaṇa is an online curriculum for emotional, psychological, and spiritual growth to begin a life well-lived.

We were funded by the Gründerwerkstatt Adlershof, European Social Fund and the Berlin Senate Administration.

Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 3 months
Berlin, Germany

Head Of Operations

Joblift

Line & project management of direct and indirect reports regarding operations, analytics, and strategic initiatives.

Generation of +€15,000-20,000 monthly profits (+75-100% relative to relevant baseline) by optimizing revenue & contribution margin drivers.

Monthly operating costs reduction of -€30,000-40,000 (-25-35% relative to relevant baseline) by streamlining costs without quality loss including optimization of existing tool setup & processes.

Jun 2019 - Present
5 years 10 months
Berlin, Germany

Freelance Management Consultant

Freelance

Lovingly described by former clients as a one man army.

Functional expertise:

  • PMO & Trafo
  • Operational efficiency, processes & digitalization
  • Learning & Development

Industry expertise:

  • Startups
  • Real estate
  • Financial services and insurance
  • Industrial Goods
  • Professional services
May 2019 - Aug 2019
4 months
Berlin, Germany

Summer Head Teacher

iXperience

Development and conduct of course with up to 30 students; guidance of two teaching assistants.

Oct 2018 - May 2019
8 months
Hamburg, Germany

Project Leader

The Team Enablers GmbH

Industries served: industrial goods, logistics

Functional expertise: operational efficiency and process optimization, CRM, PMO, strategy implementation

Development & hosting of workshops and trainings

Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
1 year 11 months
Berlin, Germany

Associate

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Industries served:

  • Financial services & insurance
  • Telcos
  • NGOs
  • Real estate

Functional expertise:

  • PMO
  • Trafo & turnaround
  • Digitalization
  • Business unit & corporate strategy
May 2016 - May 2016
1 month

Lecturer

Self-employed

Lecturer of Future MBA Students on Consulting and Entry-Level Strategies into Consulting.

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
3 months
Vienna, Austria

Visiting Associate

The Boston Consulting Group

  • Setup and management of a transformation program for the CFO/CRO of a German bank
  • Membership in BCG's Fast Forward program for excellent interns
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
3 months
Leverkusen, Germany

Intern - Bayer Business Consulting

Bayer Business Services

Implementing governance structures to anchor strategic sourcing strategies in the Procurement organization.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
3 years

English Language Teacher

Self-employed

English language teacher for corporate clients (group teaching to Sinopec Senior Management, one-on-one to the Vice President of a SEO as well as a project manager of weibo.cn)

Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
4 months

Intern - Advisory - Infrastructure

PwC

Support of tender preparations for financial / strategic advisory projects.

  • Enterprise valuation of an airport
  • Assessment of strategic options
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
2 months

Intern - Advisory: Knowledge Management

PwC

Content management activities in German and English for the global PwC knowledge sharing platform.

Summary

Entrepreneur Consultant

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Spanish
Advanced
Chinese
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

Tsinghua University

- GPA: A (93/100; top 5% of graduating class); thesis on complexity, climate change and United Nations - Wang Xuelian Award (2nd best student in degree) - Full Scholarship, Chinese Scholarship Council · Chinese Politics, Foreign Policy, andInternational Relations · 93/100

Oct 2018 - Jun 2018

Miguel Angel Asturias

Non-Degree · Spanish

Oct 2016 - Jun 2016

National Cheng Kung University

Non-degree · Mandarin

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