Maria Kopp
People Consultant
Experience
People Consultant
Self-employed
- Supporting companies in building organisational excellence and resilience through strong People functions, strategy integration and business partnering to the management
- Mapping of the people processes and strategy in the HRIS Personio for an AI consulting company
Head of People and Culture
Selfapy GmbH
- Drove organisational development to a lean and efficient digital medical product company, retaining high engagement scores, building a class-A leadership team with strong internal communications, and driving OKR coherence and accountability
- Managed full cycle people process management, including ISO 27001 and ISO 13485 certification, with 5 direct reports
Head of People and Culture
OptioPay GmbH
- Led organizational transformation through pivoting business focuses with a strong People strategy and implementation of RKS and OKR
- Oversaw performance and leadership development, full cycle HR management, with 4 direct reports
Head of Human Resources
orderbird AG
- Implemented OKR and RASCI frameworks to support strong scaling (+100% headcount in 12 months) and internationalisation in France and Austria
- Utilized agile methods, people analytics, and employee UX to build employer brand on a low budget and implement entire HR infrastructure including QMS
- Provided people business partnering with 6 direct reports
HR Manager
Mobile Event Guide GmbH
- Counseled team leaders and management, providing solutions for employee relation issues
- Set up and ran all HR processes, managed 1 direct report
Consultant
Energy Industry
- Evaluated the performance of the talent management process in an international energy company and presented results to the board
Consultant
Kienbaum Management Consultants
- Developed leadership development programs and served as an assessment center auditor
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (9 years), Healthcare (4.5 years), Banking and Finance (4.5 years), and Professional Services (1.5 years).
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Experienced in Human Resources (14.5 years), Quality Assurance (4.5 years), and Strategy (0.5 years).
Skills
Core Topics And Achievements
- Market Leader In Mobile Pos For Gastronomy: Used First Mover Advantage To Establish Market Leadership By Expansion With Sales Activities Nationally, In Fr And Aut, And Scaling Customer Support; Grew From 65 To 150 Hc In 1.5 Years, Streamlined Recruiting And Onboarding Processes, And Fostered An Engaging And Welcoming Culture; A Major Success Factor Was Supporting Leaders With Increasing Complexity And Enabling Them To Become Effective Leaders.
- Strong Partner To C-level, Executives And Team Leaders: Core Competencies In Consulting Leaders From Restructuring Of Teams, Performance Management And Bonus Systems, Team Culture, Hiring Strategies, Critical Conversations To Learning And Skill Management, Establishing People Standards In The Organisation To Achieve Resilience And High Engagement.
- Impactful Company Goal Setting And Governance Structures: Implementation And Continuous Improvement Of Several Okr Cycles (Quarterly And Weekly Planning, Company And Team Perspectives) Accompanied By Smart Kpis, From Sheets To Confluence And Jira Management, With A Strong Focus On Accountability, Discipline, And Continuous Improvement In Planning And Focusing.
- Successful Turnaround Towards Profitability: Led A Two-year Restructuring Of An Organisation Through Implementation Of A New Leadership Team, Reducing Headcount From 100+ To 30, Achieving Successful Certification For Medical Industry Standards While Keeping Performance Results Stable And Employee Engagement High.
Core Topics And Achievements
- Personio Heavy User Since 2015 In Four Organisations With In-depth Expertise In Implementation And Customization Of Hr Management Software.
- Creation Of Authorization Concepts, Approvals, And Workflows.
- Management Of Master Data, Analytics, Recruiting, Onboarding, Payroll, Time Tracking, And Time Off.
- Implementation And Management Of Target Agreements And Feedback Processes.
- Integration Between Lms (Elearnio) And Personio For Automated Training And Certifications.
- Documentation Of System Integration And Migration In Accordance With Compliance Requirements.
- People Metrics That Matter: Any Initiative Or Projects Backed Up With Relevant Data.
- Ensuring Valid And Clean Data Collection And Sound Analytics From Enps, Company Health Checks, Recruiting Indicators, Attrition, Compensation, And Any Industry Specific Metrics.
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Education
University of Hamburg
Diploma in Psychology · Psychology · Hamburg, Germany · very good
Certifications & licenses
RELIEF Individual Accreditation - Stress Prevention
Scheelen Institute
Management 3.0 Foundation Two-Day Workshop
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