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Mirjam Poehls
Project Management Office
Experience
Jul 2024 - Present
1 year 7 monthsProject Management Office
Freelancer / Self-employed
- Senior consultant for Project Management Office & Governance
- Analyze and optimize existing process landscapes to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities
- Structure and further develop project processes to increase efficiency and ensure sustainable implementation
- Establish and operationalize project governance to ensure clear responsibilities and control mechanisms
- Build tracking and controlling structures to make processes measurable and manageable
- Harmonize interfaces and process flows to reduce coordination efforts and maximize efficiency
- Manage stakeholders and communications to ensure consistent, process-oriented collaboration
- Facilitate meetings/workshops
- Tools: MS Project, MS Office, MS SharePoint, MS Visio
- Skills: Analysis, Process Management, Governance, Tracking, Controlling, Stakeholder Management, Communication Control, Facilitation, Process Optimization
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
10 monthsProject Management Office & Process Management
Freelancer / Self-employed
- Senior consultant in strategic process management, Project Management Office, and governance
- Analyze, redesign, and optimize business processes with a strategic focus
- Ensure project governance to provide transparency, efficiency, and compliance with standards
- Plan and facilitate meetings and workshops for goal-oriented collaboration
- Optimize documentation management, including database structure and traceability
- Track and manage data deliveries and implement licenses & tools
- Revise structures and workflows for more efficiency and clarity
- Provide reporting and controlling for informed decision-making
- Business coaching to develop teams and organizational structures
- Tools: MS Project, MS Office, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Visio
- Skills: Process Optimization, Business Coaching, Controlling, Data Management, Governance, Project Governance
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
6 monthsProject Management Office & Process Management
Freelancer / Self-employed
- Process Management & Project Management Office
- Analyze, redesign, and optimize business processes with a strategic focus
- Harmonize traditional and agile ways of working in projects for better collaboration and more efficient processes
- Ensure project governance for transparency, efficiency, and standard compliance
- Plan and facilitate meetings and workshops for targeted collaboration
- Optimize documentation management, including database structure and traceability
- Track and manage data deliveries and implement licenses & tools
- Refine structures and workflows for more efficiency and clarity
- Schedule and coordinate timelines for structured and predictable project execution
- Capacity planning, reporting, and documentation for informed decision-making
- Optimize project communication for clear and effective coordination
- Business coaching to develop teams and organizational structures
- Tools: MS Office, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, MS Visio
- Skills: Process Management, Facilitation, Agile & Traditional Project Management, Communication, Process Optimization, Project Governance
Feb 2021 - May 2021
4 monthsProject Management Office & Process Management
Freelancer / Self-employed
- Process Management & Project Management Office
- Analyze, optimize, and document existing business processes for increased productivity and efficiency
- Develop clear structures for smooth workflows and sustainable results
- Ensure project governance for transparency, efficiency, and compliance with standards
- Facilitate and structure meetings and workshops for effective process optimization
- PMO support: scheduling, tracking, and coordination for efficient project management
- Tools: MS Office, MS Power BI, SharePoint, MS Visio
- Skills: Analysis, Structuring, Strategy, Communication, Management, Process Optimization, Agile & Traditional Project Management, Project Governance
May 2017 - Jan 2020
2 years 9 monthsProject Management Office and Business Coaching
Freelancer / Self-employed
- Project Management Office
- Develop clear structures for smooth workflows and sustainable results
- Ensure project governance for transparency, efficiency, and compliance with standards
- Facilitate and structure meetings and workshops for effective process optimization
- Schedule, track, and coordinate for efficient project management
- Organize internal project processes for clear responsibilities and smooth operations
- Communication management for transparent and goal-oriented coordination
- Organize meetings for productive collaboration
- Business coaching for team members to develop and strengthen team structures
- Tools: MS Project, MS Office, SharePoint
- Skills: Business Coaching, Communication Management, Process Organization, Project Control, Project Governance
Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
1 year 5 monthsProject Management Office (PMO) & Business Coaching
Freelancer / Self-Employed
- Project Management Office
- Project planning, organization, and scheduling – for a structured and efficient implementation
- Documentation and presentation – for a transparent and professional preparation of information
- General project management support – for smooth project control
- General assistance tasks – for operational support and coordination of processes
- Process analysis and optimization – for continuous improvement and increased efficiency
- Preparing and moderating workshops and meetings – for goal-oriented collaboration
- Project environment coaching – to foster team competencies
- Products: MS Project, MS Office
- Skills: project organization, scheduling coordination, business process analysis, workshops, moderation, coaching, documentation
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
10 monthsProject Management Office (PMO) & Organization
Freelancer / Self-Employed
- Project Management Office
- General administrative project tasks to support project management and ensure smooth operations
- Organizing and conducting onboarding processes for external staff to quickly integrate into ongoing projects
- Preparing and coordinating project meetings for efficient coordination and decision-making
- Creating documents, status reports, and decision templates for transparent project communication and management
- Supporting internal project communication to promote clear and structured collaboration
- Tracking and controlling to monitor progress, budgets, and resource utilization
- Products: MS Office, Microsoft SharePoint
- Skills: status reporting, coordination, documentation, communication, organization, scheduling, tracking, controlling
Dec 2012 - Sep 2014
1 year 10 monthsProject Management Office (PMO) & Controlling
Freelancer / Self-Employed
- Project Management Office
- Communication with internal and external partners
- Risk management and variance analysis for early identification of budget and schedule risks
- Creating reports and dashboards for data-driven decision-making
- Optimizing planning and controlling processes for greater efficiency
- Coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve project goals
- Products: MS Project, Pivot tables, Lotus Notes, MS Office
- Skills: controlling, monitoring, planning, reporting, communication, optimization
Jul 2010 - Nov 2012
2 years 5 monthsProject Management Office (PMO) & Controlling
Freelancer / Self-Employed
- Project Management Office
- Controlling, documentation, and presentation
- Supporting the PM with management and tracking
- Project communication
- Monitoring project planning, time, and budget
- Products: Microsoft SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Excel
- Skills: status reporting, controlling, coordination, communication
Oct 2007 - Jan 2009
1 year 4 monthsAssistant
Freelancer / Self-Employed
- Executive assistance to management
- CEO travel planning
- Travel expense accounting and financial forecasting
- Artist management
- General assistance tasks (organization, document handling, contracts)
- Skills: planning, controlling, organization
Skills
- Project Management Office
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Communication
- Project Governance
- Business Coaching
- Facilitation
- Workshop
- Reporting
- Project Controlling
- Resource Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Agile Methods
- Project Coordination
Languages
English
AdvancedGerman
IntermediateEducation
Nov 2013 - May 2015
Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt
Business Administrator · Business Administration Studies · Darmstadt, Germany
Aug 1994 - Jul 1996
Schule für Touristik
Certified Travel Agent IHK · Training as a Travel Agent · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Business Strategist
University of Viginia
Business Coach
Albert Ellis Institute, Würzburg
Management & Marketing in Tourism
Tourism Institute, Cologne
Certified Travel Agent IHK
School for Tourism, Frankfurt
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