Cornelia Nikolaidis

Project Assistant in Business Services

Ludwigshafen, Germany
Experience
Apr 2024 - Dec 2024
9 months
Mannheim, Germany

Project Assistant in Business Services

MVV Energie AG

Supported three major projects in successfully optimizing business processes.

Project: Transformation of business processes in Business Services

  • Documented project meetings and milestones and monitored project tasks
  • Assisted in planning activities and capturing relevant data
  • Maintained an overview of all ongoing projects
  • Optimized resource usage and early identification of potential conflicts or issues
  • Developed and maintained a standardized reporting system in collaboration with project management
  • Provided regular reports on project progress, risks and performance
Oct 2020 - Feb 2024
3 years 5 months
Jena, Germany

Consultant and Project Assistant in Refractive Laser

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

Project: Refractive Workplace – development of software for planning eye laser corrections with ZEISS refractive lasers

  • Advised on application software implementation regarding usability, approach, timeline and feasibility
  • Created and monitored project plans (time and budget)
  • Supported the interdisciplinary team in defining work packages
  • Organized and documented project meetings in German and/or English
  • Prepared documentation meeting regulatory requirements for medical devices
  • Advised on organizational and technical topics between disciplines/interfaces
  • Document management in eDMS (SharePoint-based)
Aug 2015 - Dec 2019
4 years 5 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Project Assistant

DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank

Project: E2E digitization – loan process. The DZdigital360 application covers the loan process from initial business opportunity to contract creation and booking.

Merger project WGZ BANK – DZ BANK: consolidation of IT infrastructures and data migration into DZ BANK’s SAP systems.

Various individual projects to enhance user software in the lending area.

  • Project Management Office in an agile work mode
  • Initiated procurement process for external service providers (incl. setting up and managing GDPR-based contracts)
  • On-/offboarding of new employees
  • Access rights management
  • Organized and prepared/followed-up project meetings and workshops
  • Created project documents (e.g. presentations, decision papers)
  • Reviewed and tracked status reports
  • Mapped current loan processes in Visio
  • Monitored and maintained project schedule, resources and budget planning
  • Created and maintained open-item lists
  • Supported test management (organized user acceptance tests and business roll-outs)
  • Created and managed test cases, recorded defects and test results using JIRA and SILK
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
3 months
Hamburg, Germany

Project Assistant

Otto Group

Project: Definition of new target initiatives in e-commerce project and requirement management

  • Supported department heads
  • Developed new target initiatives for the fiscal year
  • Took meeting minutes, prepared presentations and organized meetings
  • Process management (mapped processes in Visio, created business use cases)
  • Designed and managed new team sites in SharePoint to organize team information exchange
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
10 months
Neckarsulm, Germany

PMO

Teradata GmbH

Project: Data Warehouse integration – connected eLWIS (SAP) to MIS (management information system) to provide strategic management reporting metrics.

  • Supported the project manager in process monitoring and compliance
  • Planned sprints using Scrum methodology
  • Implemented JIRA (administration, test execution, workflow creation, workshops)
  • Managed tasks in JIRA (monitored tasks, resource planning, report creation)
  • Onboarded new employees
  • Prepared presentations, documentation, sprint closing and service reports
  • Scheduled meetings
  • Organized internal communication across departments
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
6 months
Munich, Germany

Consultant for Technical Documentation

Bausch + Lomb | Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH

Project: Specialist and consultant for software documentation in requirement engineering for ophthalmic laser technology

  • Designed test cases, specifications and validation documents
  • Executed tests (GUI tests, system tests)
  • Organized internal communication between development and business units
  • Managed documents for audit readiness
  • Created and maintained requirement traceability matrices
Jun 2013 - Oct 2013
5 months
Berlin, Germany

PMO

Swisslab GmbH (Roche Diagnostics)

Project: Resource management and visualization of project workloads in MS Project

  • Planned resource allocation for existing and new projects
  • Represented project data in MS Project
  • Managed technical skill profiles (employee skill catalog)
  • Prepared presentation materials
Feb 2010 - Sep 2011
1 year 8 months
Berlin, Germany

Technical Assistant in Customer Support

Swisslab GmbH (Roche Diagnostics)

Sep 2008 - Jan 2011
2 years 5 months
Berlin, Germany

Quality Assurance Staff, Test Execution and User Support

NoemaLife GmbH

Jun 2007 - Jul 2008
1 year 2 months
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Quality Systems and Documentation Staff

Abbott GmbH & Co. KG

Jun 2001 - Jun 2006
5 years 1 month
Mannheim, Germany

Quality Assurance Staff for Inventory Management Systems

ADG Pharmacy Software

Summary

IT management assistant since 2013 working freelance in PMO. Results-driven, communicative and a team player. Specialized in operational and strategic support. Expert in document management systems, process management, documentation as well as efficient communication and topic coordination.

  • Over 20 years of IT experience with a strong focus on software applications
  • Mostly worked in IT software solution companies in healthcare, medical technology, banking and energy
  • Excellent experience in Project Management Office
  • Creation of technical documentation and presentations
  • Solid experience with agile IT projects
  • Knowledge in budget and resource management, project planning and maintenance
  • Many years of test management experience, mainly using JIRA and SILK to create and manage test cases, record defects and test results
  • Requirements management with IBM DOORS
  • Experience in document management and working with document management systems (SharePoint, Confluence)
  • IT service management (knowledge of optimizing/efficient IT service delivery in customer support)
Languages
German
Native
English
Intermediate
Education
Oct 1999 - Jun 2001

PHS – Private Handelsschule Dr. H. Stracke

Training as IT Management Assistant · IT Management Assistant · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Oct 1991 - Jun 1999
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Training and work as a Dental Technician · Dental Technician · Ludwigshafen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

ISTQB Foundation

ITIL V3 Foundation

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