Tobias B. - Project Manager and Scrum Master

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

8 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Project Manager Business Development

Anafi Art de Vivre

manages the early-stage phase including the completion of company setup and market entry activities
develops the business plan for market entry in the field of furniture production and design
represents the company at trade fairs in Dubai and establishes initial customer relationships
leads the process automation for support requests with the help of AI tools

Apr 2024 - Dec 2024

9 months

Mülheim, Germany

Scrum Master

Aldi Süd

used agile methods to accompany the agile transformation in the team for inflation trend monitoring
facilitated Sprint meetings and decisions to impediments that arise
improved the squad’s agile maturity and velocity to achieve more efficient processes
separated work between internal and external developers to maintain compliance standards

Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

9 months

Essen, Germany

Transformation Project Manager & Scrum Master

Lowell Group

led the modernization of the Lowell website and of the online self-service portal for digital debt repayment
coordinated the work between the internal development team and external service providers in a Kanban project setting
created presentations for the Group Executive Committee
tracked the project status of different value streams and reported towards the Head of the Transformation Team

Apr 2021 - Jun 2023

2 years 3 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Agile Project Manager & Scrum Master

Akkodis GmbH

led the Sprint Retrospective with visual tools to improve cooperation
established agile working and delivery standards based on Scrum
helped the Product Owner to conduct efficient Sprint Plannings, to find techniques for Product Backlog management and to define clear Product Goals
taught agile methods to junior managers and team members
carried out the relevant project phases for pentesting projects based on Prince2
executed user tests for vendor management systems with Jira
created documentations about the IT architecture of software systems
optimized business processes for bugs, change requests and project management

Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

2 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Project Manager

Proximity GmbH

acted as the interface between developers, clients and account management
supported the client with the migration into a new CMS
created and updated the project plan for three different brands
optimized business processes by applying BPMN 2.0

May 2020 - Nov 2020

7 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Web Development Training - Full Stack

SuperCode GmbH & Co. KG

acquired the relevant knowledge about front-end software development and web technologies
applied JavaScript frameworks, libraries and CMS
learnt the basic knowledge in design and UX/UI

Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

9 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

On-site

Project Manager

ASIIN e. V.

executed on-site visits for audit procedures at universities in Germany, Kazakhstan and Mongolia
held a speech in Spanish at an international educational conference in Quito, Ecuador
wrote the report about the accreditation procedures
cooperated with the decision-making bodies

Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

7 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Project Manager

publicplan GmbH

acted as an interface between development team, clients and managing director in terms of strategic and operative questions
created epics, user stories and tasks for the sprint in Jira
provided regular reports on project status to key stakeholders
prepared a project plan to schedule milestones, workstreams, priorities and task interdependencies
managed the relationship and communication with all stakeholders

May 2017 - Jul 2018

1 year 3 months

Duisburg, Germany

Speaker

Spanish University Duisburg-Essen

prepared speeches and presentations for the president
organized and followed up on meetings conceptually
allocated budgets and resources with SAP
was the contact person for different university departments
developed a business project idea using the methods of design thinking and value proposition canvas

Nov 2014 - Aug 2016

1 year 10 months

Kleve, Germany

Scientific Employee

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

organized and coordinated several activities for the master program
gave lectures and seminars in the subject of corporate finance
improved the social media presence of the master program
worked on public relations projects

Jun 2014 - Apr 2017

2 years 11 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Self-employed Consultant

Dr. Shah Corporation

sold beauty and surgical instruments to wholesalers and retailers
planned and organized visits of trade fairs
presented products on industrial trade fairs
negotiated with key accounts continuously

Dec 2013 - May 2014

6 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Consultant Auditing

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG

audited other operating income and expenses, other provisions and interests of cash pooling accounts
executed balance sheet based analytics to explain significant deviations among different regional units

Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

10 months

Mülheim, Germany

Controller

Thyssen'sche Handelsgesellschaft mbH

executed economic analyses in Excel
prepared an international M&A project
created presentations for the managing director
developed performance indicators for affiliated companies

May 2011 - Nov 2011

7 months

Beijing, China

Intern Logistics & Aftersales Controlling

Volkswagen Group China

created the monthly Aftersales Report for the region China
consolidated the Aftersales data from the joint ventures and from Volkswagen Group Import Company
cooperated with JV controlling and senior manager
secured consistent reporting standards with consistent definitions for turnover, profit contribution and margin

Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

4 months

São Paulo, Brazil

German and English Teacher

Language School Intensivo

taught German and English in the language school Intensivo in São Paulo

May 2009 - Jul 2009

3 months

São Paulo, Brazil

Social Activities Leader

Project Alavanca

led a children's group in the social project Alavanca in a favela in São Paulo

Summary

I have professional experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Project Manager in agile and traditional project environments. I also worked as a customer consultant on a startup project and gained initial sales experience. My projects focused on software products like online portals, dashboards, and websites. Managing external service providers was part of my role, as was reporting project progress to management. I am used to working with international remote teams. My time abroad taught me how to work with people from different cultures. My practical experience is supported by certifications in Scrum, Prince2, and software architecture. Through a recently completed training, I also gained basic knowledge in using AI tools.