Matthias Rücker
Senior Consultant Organizational Development / Change and Transformation Management / Agility
Experience
Senior Consultant Organizational Development / Change and Transformation Management / Agility
sternkopf-consulting GmbH
- Support for change and transformation programs
- Developing implementation strategies for organizational development measures
- Implementing organizational and staff/leadership development up to the board level
- Conducting training in Agile Leadership, Supportive Leadership and Agile Transformation Coaching
- Development and operation of the STELLLA® Academy (Life-Long Learning)
- Designing and implementing lean-agile portfolio management
- Initiator, design and implementation of the "Agile Transformation Coach" program for the Dortmund Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- C-level consulting and stakeholder management
- Hands-on interim management
Change Program Manager / Agile Product Owner & Coach
Scheidt und Bachmann GmbH
- Introducing agile working methods in the Fuel Retail Solutions area (500 employees)
- Setting up a customer-centric organizational structure to increase customer and employee satisfaction
- Main contact for Shell Deutschland GmbH in defining, designing and rolling out a cloud-based POS and merchandise management system for 2,000 gas stations
- Coordination with Shell management and internal key account management to develop and implement new solutions
- Implementing a company-wide lean-agile portfolio management process
- Defining and optimizing collaboration processes between customer and portfolio management departments
- Facilitating strategy workshops at executive and employee levels
- Daily coaching of team members, product owners and project stakeholders
- Ensuring high quality standards for efficient delivery of customer-specific solutions in short iteration cycles
Real Estate Agent
Immobilienbüro Feldt GmbH
- Establishing and co-developing a new branch in Düsseldorf
- Planning and managing operational activities in property management
- Conducting market and purchase price analyses
- Property viewings and customer service for foreclosure auctions
- Developing, planning and executing marketing activities
- Scheduling and preparing documents for court auctions
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Real Estate (8.5 years), Professional Services (3.5 years), Energy (3.5 years), and Retail (3.5 years).
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Experienced in Project Management (16 years), Marketing (8.5 years), Operations (8.5 years), Strategy (7 years), Human Resources (3.5 years), and Product Development (3.5 years).
Summary
Matthias Rücker is a highly motivated interim manager who has proven he can deliver top results in a highly volatile and demanding environment, results that both clients and internal management have always appreciated.
As an interim manager for complex transformation and organizational change challenges, he supports clients and managing directors as a sparring partner, working with them to develop the necessary actions and strategies. He knows how to drive, facilitate, and implement change processes and large strategic initiatives with great empathy, methodological skill, and assertiveness.
He has experience designing and implementing complex programs in IT and business environments and is able to segment a company's portfolio based on value-added aspects.
Facilitating strategy workshops at the board, executive, and employee levels comes naturally to him, as does aligning leadership along the change management roadmap. Regularly reviewing the set transformation goals and making necessary adjustments is part of his role to ensure benefits and strategic alignment.
Matthias's special strength lies in valuing what has come before, tackling the new pragmatically, and communicating his actions transparently. In his view, you can't force a company into a blueprint to effectively achieve planned changes.
In everything he does, he remains authentic and solution-oriented, leading by example to develop potential with people from diverse backgrounds.
For him, rolling up his sleeves and starting to work on pragmatic, tailored solutions with the relevant stakeholders is more important than getting stuck in problems. Bringing people along, even in difficult situations, and moving forward positively as a team is his daily drive. Appreciation, authenticity, and empathy are the basis of his actions. He is always open to change and ready to face whatever comes, convinced that he can overcome the challenges.
Skills
Interim And Program Management
Hands-on Experience And Understanding Of Manufacturing And Technology Sectors
Change And Transformation Management
Organizational Development
Communication Strategy & Management
Stakeholder Management
Portfolio Management
Digitalization
C-level Consulting
Safe® Release Train Engineer
Ms Office (Very Good Skills)
Jira & Confluence
Handling Industry-specific Databases (Cloud-based)
Languages
Education
Plymouth University
Master of Science, Business and Management · Business and Management · Plymouth, United Kingdom
Universidad Huelva
Economics · Huelva, Spain
Fontys International Business School
International Business and Management Studies · Venlo, Netherlands
Certifications & licenses
SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE® 5.1)
Agile Master-Class Leading SAFe (SAFe® SA 5.1)
Lean Agile Portfolio Management
sternkopf-consulting
Certified Product Owner, PSPO I
scrum.org
Certified Scrum Master, PSM I
scrum.org
Driver's license class B1E
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