Olaf K. - Technical Product Owner PIM (Freelancer)

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Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Feb 2021 - Present

4 years 11 months

Hamburg, Germany

Technical Product Owner PIM (Freelancer)

Beiersdorf Shared Services GmbH

Operational and strategic development of Product Information Management (PIM) and Product Content Syndication in an international corporate environment
Analysis and documentation of internal and external processes and data flows
Project management: Coordination of project activities and day-to-day operations in cooperation with the Business Product Owner, internal and external stakeholders, and service providers in an agile environment
Independent planning, design, coordination, and implementation of product data delivery to international partners (data transformations and system integrations within the Productsup platform)
English (international team, service providers, partners, and stakeholders)
Expansion of automated product data transmission; connecting international partners, online shops, and syndication platforms

Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

7 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Business Analyst/Product Owner (Freelancer)

Fielmann AG

Further development of an omnichannel solution (web, app, and in-store) for contact lenses
Close collaboration with the internal agile development team
Backlog management (Atlassian Jira), creation of user stories, refinements
Database research and analysis (MongoDB)
Integration of a new online store for contact lenses (product data supply and order processing)

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Sabbatical (world trip)

Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

10 months

Hamburg, Germany

Product Owner PIM/IT Project Manager (Freelancer)

moebel.de Einrichten und Wohnen GmbH

Implementation of a Product Information Management system (PIM)
Agile software development project for the relaunch of a vertical product search engine (microservice architecture)
Setup and maintenance of the backlog (Atlassian Jira)
Technical leadership of the internal development team and management of external developers (nearshoring)
English (international development team)
On-time delivery of the PIM software for the website relaunch

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

2 years 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

IT Project Manager Shop Platform (Freelancer)

Libri GmbH

Relaunch of a white-label platform for online shops
Agile software development project for the relaunch and further development of a white-label platform for online shops (shop system and CMS)
Rollout planning and coordination with internal departments
Definition and refinement of user stories
Backlog management and ticket management
Management of external service providers and coordination of the internal team
On-schedule relaunch/rollout for over 1000 online shops

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

1 year

Round-the-World Trip and Book Project

Author of the travel report/photo book "Europe Can Wait" (as Olaf Broder)
Self-published (founded own publishing house)

Apr 2011 - Dec 2014

3 years 9 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Project Manager/IT Product Manager ERP/Shop Platform

Libri GmbH

Relaunched a white-label platform for online shops
Project management: concept development, IT business analysis, release planning, quality assurance, documentation, training, and rollout
Served as liaison between sales, departments, internal IT, and external service providers
Further developed the white-label platform for online bookstores
Provided technical leadership to development and support team members
Migrated a B2C platform for 1,000 white-label shops
Integrated a new payment service provider into the white-label platform
Further developed and maintained the bibliography, catalog, and ERP software (client-server application); used by 1,400 bookstores, with an online catalog of over 5 million items

Jan 2004 - Mar 2011

7 years 3 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Project Manager/Team Lead/IT Business Analyst ERP

ETHALON GmbH

Project management and IT business analysis
Provided technical and disciplinary leadership to a software development team
Responsible for vocational training
Custom ERP development: designed and implemented core system, CRM, and purchasing modules on a JEE-based service-oriented architecture
Implemented and introduced applications for automated personnel scheduling
Established requirements management: defined internal processes and standards based on the IBM Rational Unified Process
Worked externally as an IT Business Analyst in an international insurance group: managed English-language requirements for a central enterprise document management solution
Implemented and operated internal core processes (project control, time tracking, billing)

Aug 2000 - Dec 2003

3 years 5 months

Hamburg, Germany

System Analyst

Ludwig Görtz GmbH

Organization and systems engineering
Maintained hardware and software infrastructure
Network administration, helpdesk, and user support
Software development using IBM Lotus Notes/Domino
Supervised apprentices
Designed and implemented a company-wide intranet based on IBM Lotus Notes/Domino