Agile Team Coach

• Improved team delivery capability and performance by establishing agile methods and introducing an agile mindset
• Established and further developed the agile development process, promoted innovation and optimized processes
• Ensured the team's forecastability through appropriate tools and methods
• Identified impediments, created transparency within the team and supported their removal
• Organized and facilitated workshops and events
• Selected, aligned, monitored, analyzed and reported on agreed OKRs and KPIs
• Established a healthy team culture, embedded agile values, and promoted team development, knowledge sharing and self-organization
• Introduced an open and constructive feedback culture
• Built communication bridges between the team, departments and external roles
• Supported scaling and coordination of product development, provided methodological support to product owners and the team
• Maintained and communicated product strategies, backlogs and roadmaps

• Advised and coached companies and departments on agile transformation, including methods, concepts, tools and roll-out
• Coached, advised and trained teams on adhering to scrum rules, principles and processes as well as agile principles, transparency and keeping artifacts up to date
• Supported more than three teams, removed impediments, facilitated events and provided methodological expertise
• Coached and advised product owners on product backlog management and team communication
• Collaborated with other scrum masters to improve scrum effectiveness and productivity
• Developed, optimized and implemented sales concepts in close collaboration with management
• Managed and developed existing customer relationships and acquired new national and international clients
• Prepared proposals, orders and pricing calculations and led contract negotiations with management
• Designed the structure of the future sales area and key account organization, introduced sales tools, and developed and planned strategies
• Established the Center of Competence Automotive for market diversification and created formats to accelerate customer acquisition

• Full responsibility for the series and spare parts market
• Built the business and handled business development
• Opened new markets and expanded the product portfolio
• Led large-scale projects and production relocations, considering all relevant quality aspects
• Designed and built the key account organization, developed, planned and controlled strategies, and professionalized the company by creating collaboration models and pricing policies
• Defined, aligned, organized, structured and optimized the sales and project management area
• Coordinated, led and optimized offers, processes and calculations across the group
• Conducted market studies as well as contract negotiation and review
• Supported certifications VDA 6.1:2016 and DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
• Conducted cost benchmarks and selected as well as optimized trade shows, presentations, flyers and customer catalogs

Due to my father's death and organizing his estate

• Strategy planning and control, business setup, business development and project sales, as well as sales and project controlling
• Leading projects for the development and integration of components and systems
• Member of the Energy working group with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to collaborate on developing, applying, and certifying steels for offshore use
• Supporting management with strategy, structural adjustments, and process implementations
• Introducing and coordinating cross-site sales tools, processes, and actions
• Monitoring and analyzing the market and competition, and negotiating framework and project contracts

• Led calculation departments at the technical offices in Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, and served as interim leader for development projects (CAx)
• Annual departmental planning, business analysis and project organization
• Contributed to the company's ISO 9001 certification
• Business development, project sales, new client acquisition and existing client sales, and setting up technical offices in Stuttgart and Frankfurt
• Project management and controlling (CAx), as well as monitoring quality, deadlines and costs
• Concept analysis and evaluation, carrying out calculations and presenting to clients considering all cost aspects