Julia Decker
Management Consultant for Digital Transformation and Process Management
Experience
Management Consultant for Digital Transformation and Process Management
Agile-minded
- Overseeing 5 digital workstreams and supporting them in the selection and implementation of 15 digital, cross-functional initiatives
- Conducting regular status meetings: tracking initiatives’ progress and budget consumption as well as removing blockers
- Creating and communicating program guidelines and best practices
- Designing and facilitating workshops and trainings
- Reporting program’s achievements and impact to the change board
- Defining and prioritizing process improvement initiatives as workstream lead for business process improvement at a multinational utility company in Germany
- Driving the use of technologies such as process mining, machine learning and process automation to improve processes in IT, HR, Finance and Supply Chain
- Establishing project teams and ensuring availability of key resources
- Fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams to drive innovation and align objectives
- Working with data engineers and data scientists to improve a dynamic pricing algorithm for an online platform in Austria
- Driving the improvement and personalization of the buy box and introducing a new shipping product
Senior Data Product Manager
Zalando
- Defined the strategy and product roadmap for the customer fulfillment domain
- Managed and aligned priorities of various stakeholder groups
- Responsible for sprint planning and reviews: created and prioritized the product backlog together with engineering teams
- Brought products live and organized the onboarding of users
- Identified and analyzed process inefficiencies and suggested approaches to improve and automate processes
- Chaired steering committees to update senior management on product progress, strategy and next steps
Delivered data products include:
- Order Fulfillment Process Analytics Product: integrated various data sources and dashboards to visualize and analyze the end-to-end order fulfillment process for over 20 million orders
- Partner Performance Analytics Product: dashboard to measure performance of over 6000 stores in 11 countries, monitoring cancellations, returns and delivery on promise with live monitoring and automated alerts
- Returns and Refurbishment Process Analytics Product: dashboard to visualize and analyze the complete returns and refurbishment process in over 25 warehouses across Europe, monitoring warehouse performance, reducing cycle times and errors
Process Mining – Business Analyst
KWS
- Conducted business analysis for Procurement and Accounts Payable
- Performed process visualization and analysis using Power BI and PAFnow
- Created dashboards for AP on-time payment analysis
- Automated vendor master data creation with Power Automate
- Performed data validation and coordinated project activities with external consultants
Process Mining Master Thesis
Viessmann
- Analyzed the Purchase to Pay (P2P) process performance in over 100 locations
- Created dashboards with Power BI and PAFnow
- Identified opportunities for working capital reduction
- Performed data-driven root cause analysis and validation
- Presented main findings and recommendations to management
Project Manager
Various furniture manufacturers (Arrital Kitchens UK, Smallbone of Devizes, Creative Woodwork)
- Planned projects from execution to delivery: defined milestones and timelines for production and fitting teams
- Tracked project progress ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets
- Managed a team of technical drafters
- Conducted regular site inspections to ensure quality standards
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing (6.5 years), Retail (5 years), Utilities (3.5 years), and Agriculture (0.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Project Management (10 years), Quality Assurance (6.5 years), Information Technology (3.5 years), Operations (3.5 years), Business Intelligence (2 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).
Summary
Senior Manager with extensive international experience managing data driven projects and leading teams in agile environments. Customer focused and results oriented.
Skills
Program Management
Project Management
Product Management
Scrum Master
Presentation & Communication
Workshop Design & Facilitation
Data Analysis
Data Science
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Celonis
Powerbi
Signavio
Pafnow
Jupyter Notebook
Sql
Python
Pandas
Scikit-learn
Tensorflow
Languages
Education
HWR
MBA, focus on Information Systems and Data Analytics · Business Administration · Berlin, Germany
University of Buenos Aires
Bachelor in Audiovisual Design · Audiovisual Design · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Certifications & licenses
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Data Engineer
Celonis
Joining Data In Sql
Datacamp
Doing Business In Asia
Hong Kong Baptist University
Doing Business In The Us
San Diego University
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