Simone K.

Consultant

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Present
3 years
Munich, Germany

Consultant

EPSM (European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants)

Jan 2022 - Present
4 years
Germany

Epic Owner – Payment expert in an IT transformation project in the telecom industry

Telecommunications company

  • Epic Owner for payments (alternative payment methods, bank transfer, interface to payment service providers) and other finance and payments requirements (instant payments, bank transfer posting, SEPA, managing payment returns)
  • Creating business requirements, user stories, defining acceptance criteria for new IT features
  • Interface between developers and business units, responsible for test case descriptions and acceptance
  • Project language: English
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
1 year
Munich, Germany

IT applications analysis for GDPR compliance

EPSM (European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants)

  • Managing and moderating physical and virtual EPSM meetings for members and guests in the payments industry
  • Organizing working group sessions on regulatory topics (DORA, PCI, AML, PSD3 / PSR)
  • Advising and representing EPSM on social channels, web and at external events and trade shows
  • Project language: English
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Contract management, closing new SLAs
  • Analyzing existing framework agreements
  • Creating new SLAs and monitoring elements with service partners
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Subproject lead and PMO

Concardis GmbH

  • Chargeback handling (Thomas Cook insolvency)
  • Risk assessment
  • Chargeback processing
  • Managing external partners
  • Stakeholder communication and documentation
  • Agile project management (Kanban)
  • Project language: English
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Implementing an IT requirements management system (JIRA) and IT demand management process
  • Managing the procurement process
  • Process analysis and optimization
  • Project execution
  • Rolling out a company-wide requirements management process
  • Training key users
Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
4 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Launching a customer portal for digital client service
  • Gathering requirements, creating specifications
  • Creating a business plan
  • Managing the procurement process and contract negotiations
  • Overseeing implementation
  • Holding steering committee meetings
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Subproject lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Running a data center tender
  • Gathering requirements
  • Managing selection and bidding process
  • Managing commercial contract negotiations
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Conducting IT process analysis
  • Analyzing and evaluating existing processes
  • Optimizing process interfaces
  • Visualizing IT processes in ARIS
Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
3 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project team member

Concardis GmbH

  • Supporting SAP CRM
  • Analyzing and performing mass data uploads in SAP CRM
  • Conducting acceptance and integration tests in SAP CRM
  • User support
Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Running a company-wide tender for acquiring processing
  • Managing the bidding process across Europe
  • Supporting contract negotiations
  • Creating service descriptions
Jan 2006 - Dec 2006
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

Subproject lead, PMO

Concardis GmbH

  • Managing due diligence and acquisition process for a Dutch acquirer
  • Overseeing the due diligence process
  • Coordinating bid submissions
  • Supporting the entire purchase phase
Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
3 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Subproject lead, PMO

Concardis GmbH

  • Overseeing the setup of a subsidiary for international acquiring
  • Conducting country analyses (Slovenia, Netherlands, Poland)
  • Supporting implementation process analysis
  • Assisting in setting up the subsidiary in Slovenia
Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Concardis GmbH

  • Analyzing and optimizing the company value chain
  • Reviewing the existing value chain
  • Implementing process optimizations with service partners
Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead

Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG

  • Launching multifunctional devices (MFD)
  • Creating a business plan
  • Managing the nationwide rollout of MFDs (copy, print, fax, scan) into core business
  • Training sales teams at all regional locations
  • Creating and executing the marketing plan (incentives)
Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
1 year
Frankfurt, Germany

Subproject lead

Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG

  • Introducing a CRM system
  • Analyzing and selecting a CRM system for technical service
  • Managing the CRM system rollout
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
1 year
Madrid, Spain

Project lead

Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG

  • Assessing customer potential in the Spanish hotel sector for ICC
  • Managing market analysis (Spanish hotel sector) for customer potential
  • Conducting interviews
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
1 year
Madrid, Spain

Subproject lead

Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG

  • Launching the Integral Communication Center (ICC)
  • Managing ICC rollout in the Spanish indirect sales channel
  • Overseeing training of indirect sales
Frankfurt, Germany

Project lead Risk Assessment

Concardis GmbH

  • Creating implementation recommendations

Summary

  • Project management lead

  • Project management

  • Requirements management

  • Delivery manager support

  • Product manager / PMO

  • Process and contract management

  • IT services

  • IT systems

  • Software rollout projects

  • Process optimization

  • Business workflow management

  • Digitalization projects (e.g. requirements management)

  • Agile and classical project management

  • Planning and leading IT projects (software rollout)

  • Running steering committee meetings, executive boards, stakeholder meetings

  • Implementing and evaluating complex procurement

  • Aligning group-wide framework agreements, SLAs

  • Analyzing IT applications for GDPR compliance

  • Monitoring service partners

  • Creating and controlling business plans, project budgets

  • PM support / PMO, maintaining project plans

  • Financial services sector (acquirers)

  • Telecommunications

  • Banking

  • B2B

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

GGS

Master of Business Administration · Business Administration · Heilbronn, Germany

FH Dortmund

Diplom Betriebswirtin · Business Administration · Dortmund, Germany

Sparkasse Krefeld

Bank clerk · Krefeld, Germany

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (Advanced Level)

IREB

PSM I (Professional Scrum Master)

Scrum.org

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