Daniela Spanka

Head of Service | Driver | Networker | Team Player

Daniela Spanka
Dortmund, Germany

Experience

Jun 2022 - Present
2 years 9 months
Germany

Head of Service On Campus

IU Internationale Hochschule

Responsibility for 35 locations in terms of university administration & service.

Responsibility for the Net Promoter Score of all On Campus products.

Increased NPS by a factor of three and improved participation rate by a factor of four in 6 months.

Leading a team of 24 employees.

Development of the strategic alignment and harmonisation of operational procedures in the areas of Student Services and Examination Office according to OKR.

Liaising with the academic sector and other service units within the Group.

Hiring of team and administration managers in the area of administration at the university.

Creating a digitalisation roadmap along the student journey with the goals of customer centricity or kill complexity.

FTE planning with sales area management according to the digitalisation strategy in the university administration.

May 2021 - May 2022
1 year 1 month
Germany

Administration Manager Service On Campus Region West

IU Internationale Hochschule

Supervision of 7 locations (11 locations from 2022).

Responsibility for the Net Promoter Score of the Western Region.

Managing administrative staff in the West Region.

Developing the strategic orientation and standardising the operational procedures of the region in the areas of Student Services, Course & Lecturer Management and the Examinations Office.

Regional link to the academic sector.

Interim coordination of the examination offices in the region.

Recruiting of staff in the university administration area.

Demand-oriented planning and implementation of regional events for the target groups of students and lecturers with the aim of improving customer satisfaction and retaining freelancers.

Project lead Student Services 2.0 with the implementation of new roles to improve student satisfaction (rollout at all locations October 2021).

Project lead Regional Course Planning with the aim of more efficient planning and cross-location cooperation within the region.

Oct 2020 - Present
4 years 5 months
Germany

Self-employed consultant

Daniela Spanka HR-Beratung & Interim Management

Consulting services and Interim Management for SMEs in all industries

Projects with clients (excerpt) German school abroad in Portugal:

  • Strategic aligment of the entire HR activities together with Board and management.
  • Definition and design of job descriptions.
  • Optimization of the professional development offering and support of the training coordinator in the development of the training strategy.
  • Implementation of an employee self-service portal.
  • Launch of an applicant management system.
  • Development of a KPI dashboard for the board and management.

Hospital in Germany:

  • Providing guidance and consulting services to HR staff.
  • Development of an employer brand (partially in implementation).

Private company in Germany:

  • Consulting of HR department in all issues relevant to HR development.
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
3 months
Wuppertal, Germany

Teamleader HR and Organisational Development

Coroplast Group

Management responsibility for 4 employees.

Strategic orientation of the Coroplast Group's HR development and optimization of the CoroAcademy's range of professional development courses.

Design and monitoring of a global talent process to assess the performance and potential of all employees.

Development of a succession planning strategy to ensure the knowledge transfer within the organization.

Design and support of a global leadership development program.

Consulting of managers in personnel development relevant topics.

Expansion and development of vocational training.

Development of a retention program for students, interns, and trainees.

Budget and forecasting and ongoing monitoring of KPIs.

Oct 2016 - Jan 2020
3 years 4 months
Witten, Germany

Head of Training and HR Development

Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Karrierewerkstatt GmbH

Management responsibility for 7 employees

Strategic orientation of HR development and optimization of the training programs for Deutsche Edelstahlwerke.

Acquisition of new customers, both as follow-up and completely new orders. This resulted in a 30% increase in the number of participants in the Karrierewerkstatt within 2 years.

Demand-oriented planning and conception of training measures to offer tailor-made training. Average customer satisfaction has been significantly improved from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2019 as a result of the needs-based training - measured in school marks.

Conceptual design for a leadership development program for the German-speaking BUs of the S+B Group to create consistent leadership skills.

Introduction of knowledge transfer projects to ensure know-how within the customer companies in conformity with standards. Among other things, this enabled the initial training period for new employees in technical areas to be reduced by approx. 1/3.

The conception of structured onboarding plans, which shortened the induction period for commercial employees in the sales department by four months.

Design and implementation of workshops and also larger events as part of the sales reorganization of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke to actively integrate sales interfaces. The resultant transparency increased employee satisfaction.

Condition and contract negotiations with existing and new customers and trainers to optimize costs.

Further development of training monitoring.

Monthly reporting.

Various project management and project cooperation (customer satisfaction, international sales training)

Apr 2014 - May 2014
2 months
Portugal

Participation in the HOPE Exchange Programme

Hospitals of Europe

Nov 2012 - Sep 2016
3 years 11 months
Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

HR Manager Focus on HR Development & Recruiting

Kath. St. Lukas Gesellschaft mbH

Strategic alignment and implementation of HR development activities.

Trainer selection and condition negotiations.

Selection and supervision of vocational trainees in the administrative field.

Application for funds in the field of general medicine (GP Doctors).

Event management and congress organization.

Diverse project leads as well as cooperation in projects to optimize patient and employee satisfaction.

Jun 2011 - Present
13 years 9 months
Germany

Member of the Examination Committee for Administrative Healthcare Professionals

Chamber of Industry and Commerce Dortmund

Jun 2011 - Jun 2017
6 years 1 month
Germany

Guest lecturer at the Chair of Medical Management

University of Duisburg-Essen

May 2009 - Oct 2012
3 years 6 months
Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

HR Manager Focus HR Controlling & Schedule Administration

Kath. St. Lukas Gesellschaft mbH

Development of an HR KPI system including monthly reporting.

Development and creation of new time models including data maintenance.

Import of monthly data into the payroll system.

Preparation of the HR-side annual financial closing tasks.

Summary

I am a manager with more than 14 years of professional experience in various industries. Specialized in Service management and administration, HR development and marketing, as well as project management. Leadership experience with centralized and decentralized teams. Do it with passion

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Portuguese
Elementary

Education

Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

FOM Essen

Master of Arts · Human Resources Management · Essen, Germany

Oct 2005 - Jun 2009

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Bachelor of Science · Medical Management · Essen, Germany

Oct 2002 - Jun 2005

St.-Josefs-Hospital Dortmund, IHK Dortmund

Administrator · Healthcare Administration · Dortmund, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Accreditation Team Management System

Margerison & McCann

Agile Leadership

Agile Leadership Training

Proaktiv

Crashcourse Project Management

Digital Scout

Education Controlling

Excel for Controller

HR Controlling in Hospitals

Strategic HR Development in Hospitals