Jens-Uwe Weidner

Senior Projekt Manager

Jens-Uwe Weidner
Cologne, Germany

Experience

Jul 2023 - Nov 2023
5 months
Cologne, Germany

Interim Manager Customer Success

paymenttools

Responsible for leading the Customer Success department of Paymenttools, including the Teams “Customer Care” and “Rollout Management”. External face of the company to existing and new customers, building strong relationships, driving customer engagement and promoting long-term loyalty

May 2022 - Jun 2023
1 year 2 months
Cologne, Germany

Project Delivery Manager

paymenttools

Enabling and supporting the timely and customer-oriented software development in an international, agile project environment in the area of payment services

Oct 2019 - Present
5 years 7 months
Cologne, Germany

Managing Partner

juwe121 Consulting

Consulting with a focus on project and delivery management. Process optimization with a strong view to increase the effectiveness of the organization and customer interaction.

Latest topics: Project Management, Transformation Management, Shopfloor, Scrum Master

Mar 2014 - Sep 2019
5 years 7 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Managing Partner

process&people - Consulting Partner

Responsible for the acquisition and successful execution of projects in a variety of industries (aviation, consumer goods, Service Industry, IT, Production, …). Together with our clients, we supported and optimized their business in the areas of process optimization (with Lean Management methodology), organizational development, strategy and project management.

Acting as the international representative for p&p in Switzerland I support the international development of the company.

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014
2 years
New York, United States

Chief of Staff to VP Americas / Senior Manager Strategy, Business Processes, & IT

Lufthansa

  • Multi-Project Monitoring & Reporting, defining & driving strategic initiatives, organizing and conducting international Senior Management Workshops
  • Responsible for the business process optimization team in North & Latin America. Together we managed the successful execution over 50 different project with significant KPI improvements. We trained more than 200 employees with the basics of the Lean Management methodology. And we developed tailor-made IT solutions that provided optimized workflows
Jul 2009 - Dec 2011
2 years 6 months
Caracas, Venezuela

Director Airport Services Venezuela & Caribean

Lufthansa

Working as the Airport / Station Manager in Caracas I fulfilled my personal dream to work in South America one day. Together with a wonderful team of over 25 employees, in a highly complicated military controlled environment where the authority’s focus is on finding drugs, we managed to optimize all airport processes. We increased the punctuality of the LH flights from 0% at the beginning to a stable operation with over sustainable >90% on-time departures within a few months.

Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
2 years 6 months
Germany

Head of Ground Operation

Lufthansa

As the Head of the ground operation department of Lufthansa in Stuttgart I was responsible for over 80 daily flights and a team of 35 employees. I learned to “lead and steer” my team and our suppliers. It was a very important learning experience for my future work life especially how to work successfully & respectfully together with the German workers council and staff associations.

Oct 2002 - Jan 2006
3 years 4 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Manager International IT & Reservation Systems

Lufthansa

Coming from university I was looking for a job in the IT departments to understand the difficulties airlines had (and have) to develop new software. Within a short time, I had the possibility to learn and understand how the Aviation-IT systems work. I also was responsible for the Account Management of the Chinese & Asian Pacific RES systems. On international projects with other airlines, we worked on changing and renewing the airline IT worldwide. On long journey that until today has not been finished…

Summary

- Highly organized and empathetic manager // Experienced project manager and rollout expert throughout different industries // Process optimization and Customer success specialist // known as a "People & Project Manager". - Strong analytical skills, intercultural Leadership & Data driven decision-making – my basis to develop the best “strategy” for successful execution & implementation of projects - Technology & Digitalization “Evangelist” – usage of many different technologies and software over the last 30 years always “growing with” and “into” new technologies - Open minded & collaboration oriented – this allowed me to successfully work together with people on projects in 10+ countries over the past 20 years - Marathon runner // Team player & Motivator in private and business context - Cross-cultural & Multinational in mind and heart // raised in Germany & Spain; also lived in USA, Venezuela, Hungary & Switzerland // worked and traveled across the globe Top skills: IT Integration, Project Management, Customer Service Management Publication: Success factors of Change Management in different cultural environments

Languages

German
Native
French
Advanced
English
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2011 - Jun 2014

Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin

Master of Arts · European Administrative Management · Berlin, Germany

Oct 1999 - Jun 2002

Berufsakademie Stuttgart

BA, Business Administration · Stuttgart, Germany

Oct 1999 - Jun 2001

IHK Frankfurt

Luftverkehrskaufmann, Aviation/Airway Management and Operations · Frankfurt, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Cross Cultural Trainings South America / US

Executive Education Leadership Course

Lean SixSigma Black Belt Certification Course

SCRUM Master

Volunteer FIFA Confedcup 2005