A company is looking for a Junior Procurement Freelancer to support its procurement team remotely. The freelancer will play a key role in assisting with procurement-related tasks, including project management, price analysis, and basic assistance for tenders. This position is ideal for someone with a keen interest in procurement processes and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Key responsibilities: - Assist in managing procurement-related projects. - Conduct price analysis and provide insights to support decision-making. - Provide basic assistance in preparing and managing tenders. - Collaborate with the procurement team to ensure smooth operations.

- A company is seeking an experienced interim procurement professional to support its Amsterdam office due to a departing colleague. - The role will end once a permanent successor is found, with the possibility of extension depending on the recruitment process. - The professional will act as the sole representative of a group-wide procurement organization in the Amsterdam office, working closely with a team of nine spread across Europe. - The role involves managing end-to-end procurement processes for both existing and new suppliers, focusing on Marketing and Professional Services categories. - The professional will ensure adherence to procurement standards, negotiate prices, and compare offers in collaboration with business owners. - The onboarding will primarily be remote, with occasional in-person days in Amsterdam.

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An EPC consultant is seeking an experienced Construction Manager (Mechanical) for the execution of a biogas plant. The goal of the project is the construction supervision and ensuring mechanical works are carried out in accordance with project requirements. In this role, you take responsibility for construction supervision and coordinate the mechanical works on site. You work closely with other project stakeholders to ensure compliance with schedules, quality standards and safety regulations. - Supervision of mechanical construction works at the biogas plant - Ensuring adherence to schedules and quality standards - Coordination of subcontractors and suppliers - Conducting regular site inspections and reporting - Assisting in resolving technical challenges on site - Compliance with safety regulations and environmental standards

A traditional, medium-sized branded goods company in northern Germany is seeking a freelance consultant and FM expert for 6 to 9 months to reorganize business activities in Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facility Management (FM). - Typical tasks in this role:** - Analysis of existing FM and CREM structures, processes, and service contracts as part of the corporate reorganization. - Development of a forward-looking strategy for corporate real estate and facility management to support the new business objectives. - Optimization of space management (space efficiency, workplace concepts, repurposing) in line with "Future of Work" strategies. - Realignment of operational facility management: ensuring operational readiness of equipment and buildings, managing maintenance activities. - Consolidation and tendering of FM services; negotiation and management of service level agreements (SLAs). - Leading the internal FM team and managing external service providers. - Budget planning, control, and reporting to senior management. - Relevant technologies, tools or methods:** - CAFM / IWMS: Planon, ARCHIBUS, Spacewell, SAP RE-FX, PMWeb. - ERP systems: SAP S/4HANA, Oracle. - Project management: MS Project, Asana. - Office suite: MS Office / Google Workspace. - Methods: Benchmarking, SLA management, Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC). - Typical KPIs or success metrics:** - Reduction of operational FM costs per m² by >10% through process optimization and consolidation. - Increase in Planned Maintenance Percentage (PMP) to >80% to reduce reactive failures. - Improvement of SLA compliance by external service providers to >95%. - Reduction of asset downtime for critical infrastructure by >20%. - Successful achievement of defined reorganization milestones within time and budget. - Key challenges, risks or specifics:** - High resistance to change within the existing organization (change management). - Lack of transparency due to fragmented data and missing digital processes. - Complexity in renegotiating or terminating long-standing service provider contracts. - Ensuring operational continuity during restructuring. - Balancing cost reduction pressures with maintaining service quality and employee satisfaction. - Concrete deliverables:** - Milestone 1: Completion of the as-is analysis and presentation of results. - Deliverable 1: Detailed assessment report with SWOT analysis and benchmarking. - Milestone 2: Approval of the new FM/CREM strategy and target operating model. - Deliverable 2: Strategy paper, process map, and implementation roadmap. - Milestone 3: Successful completion of service provider tender(s). - Deliverable 3: Signed new service contracts and handover plan. - Final Deliverable: Handover documentation to subsequent line management.

The ProMi Squad (Process Mining) project aims to transparently map the end-to-end order process in the portals area. Relevant data sources from ordering to activation are consolidated for this purpose. The holistic view of the end-to-end process enables the identification of process deviations and optimization potentials. Key milestones of the project are the integration of the required data sources, the development of self-service reports, and the implementation of automated alerts for deviations in the process flow. The challenge lies in the technical and functional integration of heterogeneous systems and data streams to ensure consistent monitoring and control of the order process. ⸻ Service description - Analysis and documentation of requirements in the omnichannel area using requirements management tools and structured elicitation methods - Functional and technical analysis of existing data sources and ETL processes using database tools - Recording and evaluation of existing interfaces between source and target systems based on technical documentation - Consulting on the technical integration of defined data sources into the Celonis environment, taking into account the tools used (Celonis EMS, Data Pool, and Data Push API) - Creation of technical queries and representations for process visualization based on the provided platform functions (Celonis PQL, Studio) - Use of system functions for visualization and analysis of existing business processes (via the Celonis Process Explorer) - Functional consulting on technical interfaces, data provisioning, and system prerequisites

Typical tasks: - Analyzing existing insurance processes and identifying digitalization potentials - Gathering and documenting business requirements together with the business units - Creating solution concepts for digital transformation (including process modeling and cost-benefit analyses) - Acting as liaison between business and IT: translating requirements into technical concepts and supporting implementation - Supporting project management in planning and deploying new digital solutions (agile methods such as Scrum/Kanban) Relevant tools & technologies: BPMN modeling tools (e.g. Visio, Signavio), requirements management (Jira, Confluence), knowledge of common insurance IT systems, MS Office KPIs & metrics: adherence to project milestones and budgets, reduction of process lead times, increase in customer satisfaction/user adoption, reduction of manual efforts through automation Challenges: coordinating multiple stakeholders in the insurance environment (business units, IT, regulatory), integrating new digital solutions into existing legacy systems, dealing with regulatory requirements and data protection, change management and user adoption Deliverables: comprehensive requirements documents and process models, developed business concepts and user stories for IT implementation, defined implementation roadmap, training materials for updated processes Lessons learned: early involvement of all stakeholders facilitates the implementation of digitalization projects; iterative, agile approaches enable flexible adjustments; in-depth industry knowledge (products, regulation) is crucial for designing viable digital solutions

A company is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to adopt the product perspective within a squad and advise the Squad Owner (Product Owner) to maximize value creation while continuously incorporating customer and market insights. The Business Analyst will keep track of market requirements, coordinate with customers and partners, maintain the squad backlog, and ensure the professional quality of deliverables. The position requires independent, cross-functional analysis and alignment of business requirements directly with business units, squad owners, technical teams, and product management. - Advising the Squad Owner on the squad’s (partial) products and services, including technical components. - Supporting business aspects from ideation and concept through market launch and maintenance according to the life-cycle process. - Aligning and validating ideas and requirements, as well as assisting in the creation of user stories and maintenance of the squad backlog. - Shaping a customer-centric squad vision, coordinated roadmap, and release plan in line with corporate objectives. - Conducting innovation work and product-specific market observation to ensure competitiveness. - Ensuring stable operations according to agreed service level agreements and regulatory requirements. - Creating requirements specifications, documents, and service descriptions as part of product definition. - Closely coordinating on architecture and refactoring topics with architecture roles. - Ensuring functional and non-functional quality of deliverables by creating and executing test cases.

A company is looking for an experienced project manager with a civil engineering background for the power plant or energy industry. The aim of the project is to lead the planning, coordination and implementation of construction projects in the energy and power plant sector. The role requires close collaboration with interdisciplinary teams to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. It is explicitly stated that construction supervisors are not being sought. Main responsibilities: - Management and oversight of construction projects in the power plant or energy industry - Coordination between various disciplines and external partners - Ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards - Development and monitoring of project schedules and budgets - Identification and resolution of technical challenges - Reporting to stakeholders and management

For a public client project, a civil engineer (m/f/d) is sought to represent the client. The project includes the development and rehabilitation of roads, sidewalks, street lighting, and bus stops. - Typical responsibilities in this role:** - Taking over the non-delegable client duties according to the AHO series, including defining objectives, budget responsibility, and making fundamental decisions. - Steering and coordinating external engineering firms, expert assessors, and contracting construction companies. - Ensuring compliance with procurement law (VOB/VgV), building law, and relevant technical standards (e.g., DIN, ZTV). - Carrying out cost and schedule control as well as risk management across all project phases (according to HOAI). - Quality assurance on site, organizing construction meetings, and conducting inspections. - Reviewing claims for additional compensation and invoices. - Regular reporting to the department management and political committees; ensuring transparency and traceable documentation. - Relevant technologies, tools, or methods:** - CAD/BIM software: Autodesk Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD. - Tendering, contracting, invoicing (AVA): RIB iTWO, ORCA AVA. - Project management & control: MS Project, Projektron BCS, Asana. - Construction management & documentation: PlanRadar, Capmo. - In-depth knowledge of VOB/B, VOB/C, and HOAI. - Typical KPIs or success metrics:** - Budget compliance: deviation from the approved budget < 10%. - Schedule adherence: meeting milestones (design completion, construction start, completion) with < 5% delay. - Quality: low defect rate at acceptance (< 5% of trades with significant defects). - Citizen satisfaction: minimal number of justified citizen complaints during the construction phase. - Legal security: number of successfully defended additional claims or legal disputes. - Special challenges, risks, or specifics:** - Dealing with unforeseen ground conditions and contaminated sites. - Complex and lengthy approval processes involving various public interest bodies. - Strict budget constraints and political pressure in case of cost overruns. - Managing residents' interests and public communication. - Challenges due to skilled labor shortages and supply chain bottlenecks in the construction industry. - Concrete deliverables:** - Completed and approved design and execution planning. - Successfully conducted tendering procedure with signed construction contracts. - Documented construction inspections according to VOB. - Final project documentation and audited final invoices. - Final report for senior management and political committees.

A company is looking for a specialist site manager for electrical engineering as well as a specialist site manager for control engineering (Siemens T3000) for a demanding project. The aim of the project is the technical monitoring and control of the control system interfaces of the existing plant during the integration of the new plant, as well as ensuring quality and contract compliance during the construction and commissioning phase. The role requires intensive coordination and monitoring of interfaces with construction planning due to the size of the project. The site manager will work closely with control engineers, planners, experts and contractors to ensure the successful implementation of the project. Key responsibilities: - Technical monitoring of the control system interfaces of the existing plant during the integration of the new plant - Technical management of control engineers, planners, experts and contractors - Preparation of technical and project phase–dependent documentation - Participation in project meetings and negotiations - Technical management of quality assurance and quality control during the construction and commissioning phase - Consulting on control system commissioning - Technical coordination with design engineers on quality monitoring tasks - Monitoring contract compliance and conducting quality inspections - Participation in safety meetings and implementation of measures to address identified deficiencies

We are seeking an experienced consultant for a process and project initiative in the area of Asset P&L (Profit and Loss) at a leading international financial services provider. - Typical areas of responsibility in this role:** - Analysis and documentation of existing end-to-end P&L processes for various asset classes (e.g., equities, fixed income, derivatives). - Identification of weaknesses, risks, and inefficiencies in data collection, processing, and reporting. - Design and conceptualization of optimized target processes for P&L calculation and attribution. - Development of functional specifications and business requirements for adapting or implementing IT systems (e.g., P&L engines, data warehouses). - Project management for the implementation of new processes and tools, including milestone planning, stakeholder management, and test coordination. - Development of control mechanisms to ensure data quality and consistency. - Creation of training materials and delivery of workshops for business units (trading, controlling, risk). - Relevant technologies, tools or methods:** - Advanced analytics: MS Excel (Pivot, Power Query, VBA), SQL. - Business intelligence: Tableau, Power BI, Qlik. - Project management: Jira, Confluence, MS Project. - ERP/finance systems: SAP FI/CO, Oracle Financials, or industry-specific asset management platforms. - Methods: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN 2.0), agile project management (Scrum/Kanban). - Typical KPIs or success metrics:** - Reduction of P&L generation time (cycle time): target >25% efficiency gain. - Decrease in manual corrective postings: target >50% reduction through process automation. - Data quality index: increase of the "first-time-right" rate in data acquisition to >99%. - Efficiency ratio (cost-to-income): demonstrable positive impact on lowering the ratio. - User adoption rate: acceptance of new processes/tools by the business >80% after 3 months. - Key challenges, risks or specifics:** - Heterogeneous system landscapes and inconsistent data sources (data silos). - High complexity of financial products and valuation models. - Resistance to process changes in business units (change management). - Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., IFRS 9, BCBS 239). - Time- and budget-critical implementation during ongoing operations. - Concrete deliverables (“Deliverables”):** - Milestone 1: Completed as-is analysis and process documentation. - Deliverable 1: Detailed analysis report including assessment of weaknesses. - Milestone 2: Finalized target concept and Business Requirements Document. - Deliverable 2: Implementation roadmap and project plan. - Milestone 3: Successful User Acceptance Test (UAT) of the new process/tool. - Deliverable 3: Acceptance protocols, training materials, and project closure report.

A company is seeking an experienced engineering expert for sterile filling to support a challenging project in pharmaceutical production. The goal of the project is to optimize the efficiency and quality of filling processes and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements. In this role, the expert will work closely with the internal team to develop technical solutions, analyze existing processes and implement improvements. Main Tasks: - Analysis and optimization of processes in sterile filling - Ensuring compliance with GMP and other regulatory requirements - Development and implementation of technical solutions for process improvement - Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams - Documentation and reporting of progress and results

A company is seeking support for a project aimed at transparently mapping the overall ordering process in the Portals area. The goal is to combine relevant data sources from order to activation to enable a holistic view of the end-to-end process. This should facilitate the identification of process deviations and optimization potentials. Key project milestones include connecting the required data sources, building self-service reports, and implementing automated alerts for deviations in the process flow. The challenge lies in the technical and professional integration of heterogeneous systems and data flows to ensure consistent monitoring and control of the ordering process. - Analysis and documentation of requirements in the Omnichannel area using requirements management tools and structured collection methods - Professional and technical analysis of existing data sources and ETL processes using database tools - Recording and evaluation of existing interfaces between source and target systems based on technical documentation - Consulting on technical integration of defined data sources into the Celonis environment considering the tools used (Celonis EMS, Data Pool and Data Push API) - Creation of technical queries and representations for process visualization based on provided platform functions (Celonis PQL, Studio) - Use of system-side functions for visualization and analysis of existing business processes (via Celonis Process Explorer) - Professional consulting on technical interfaces, data provision and systemic requirements

- IT project manager activities - Interface / bridging function between business domain and technology, hence the required compelling subject matter expertise.

A company is looking for an Interim Head of Hr Country Services for Germany and Austria to cover a 13-month fixed-term contract while the current incumbent is on sabbatical leave. The role involves driving excellence in Hr service delivery, managing labour relations, overseeing local policies and compliance, and leading a team of Hr representatives and Health & Safety Officers. The position is based in Germany with flexible (hybrid) work arrangements and may require up to 15% domestic and international travel.- Drive labour relations strategy and manage relations with Works Council.- Set and deliver local reward strategy, including salary negotiations and benefits management.- Act as a mediator in employee-manager conflicts and recommend corrective actions.- Lead the HR Country Committee and advise leadership on employment matters.- Manage labour law issues, government audits, and represent the company in court if needed.- Ensure compliance with local regulations, privacy laws, and Group Policies.- Supervise HR Representatives and OHS Officers.-Support HR Business Partners in driving employee engagement actions.

A company is looking for an expert in handling ECLASS for product classification. The goal of the project is to create a company-wide classification system for unambiguous description of products and services, similar to ECLASS. The expert will work closely with the specialist departments to capture company-specific requirements and terms. In addition, a central database structure for the classification system will be created, documented, and a training concept for company-wide application and integration will be developed. - Creation of a company-wide classification system for unambiguous description of products and services. - Coordination with specialist departments to capture company-specific requirements and terms. - Development of a central database structure for the classification system. - Documentation and creation of training concepts for company-wide application and integration.

- Construction management for the installation of electrical systems in the context of a grid connection project - Ensuring compliance with budget, schedule and quality objectives as well as all relevant legal regulations - Reviewing technical documents such as construction plans, material lists and performance records - Coordination and communication with subcontractors, suppliers and project stakeholders - Interface management and ensuring a smooth project process

A company is looking for an expert with comprehensive technical expertise in cadastral surveying in North Rhine-Westphalia. The aim of the project is to optimize the business processes of the cadastral authorities and to incorporate scientific findings from the fields of geodesy and artificial intelligence to develop innovative solutions. The role requires a combination of practical experience, scientific work, and the ability to analyze and improve complex processes. Key responsibilities: - Analysis and optimization of the business processes of the cadastral authorities in NRW - Application of scientific findings in geodesy and artificial intelligence - Development and implementation of innovative solutions - Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams - Preparation of reports and presentations for stakeholders

An organization is seeking an experienced construction supervisor or site manager in the fiber optics environment to professionally accompany and oversee the construction services of a general contractor in FTTH broadband deployment. The goal is to ensure that the construction services comply with the requirements of the execution planning and that the FTTH broadband network is fully rolled out. The construction sites are located near Würzburg and Saarbrücken. The role includes monitoring compliance with schedules, occupational safety requirements, and quality of construction services, as well as coordinating and documenting construction activities. The site manager will independently create a construction diary and a complete documentation, track subcontracted services, and verify the accuracy of planning and construction documents. - Professional accompaniment and oversight of a general contractor's construction services in FTTH broadband expansion. - Ensuring adherence to schedules, occupational safety requirements, and the quality of construction services. - Recording and reviewing the planning and construction documents of third-party companies. - Independently creating a construction diary and complete documentation. - Tracking deadlines, controlling, and documenting ordered services and deliveries. - Construction supervision and safety control of the construction site according to the HSE concept.