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Waldemar Schneider

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Last update: 06.11.2023

Agile Coach

Company: Schneider Consulting
Graduation: Master of Arts
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Full Professional) | Spanish (Limited professional)

Attachments

References_Waldemar-Schneider.pdf
SPC-SAFe_WS.pdf
SM certification Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1).jpg
Zertifikate-WSchneider-SM-Coach-PM_291023.pdf
Profil-Waldemar-Schneider-DE_061123.pdf
Profile-Waldemar-Schneider-EN_061123.pdf

Skills

Scrum, Agile Master, Scrum Master, SAFe, LeSS, Disciplined Agile, Scrum@Scale, Agile Coach, Coaching, Agile Basics, Kanban, Agile, Agile Framework, Scrum framework, Scrum Sprints, Agile Training, Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Methoden, SAP, CRM, Salesforce, Agile Training, DevOps, SDLC, Teamwork, Teamentwicklung, Scaled Agile, OKR, Moderation, Konflikt Management

Project history

10/2022 - 10/2023
Agile Coach

Create and align processes of way of working together with team members and two other Scrum Masters. Train, coach and mentor team members and stakeholders including key users to understand and apply these processes for effective & lean collaboration. Coach the PO and team members in their personal growth using a skill-matrix, retrospectives and individual sessions. Facilitate improvements in each team, and the organization by inspect & adapt, living agile values and applying lean-agile practices. Help remove blockers and impediments, directly or by advising the best path to tackle blocking issues or mitigating risks. Enhance and train our Agile Framework that includes practices from Kanban, Scrum, LeSS & other.

Support leaders and POs develop product vision and product backlog, based on active user collaboration. Facilitate decision making and conflict resolution in team, across teams and in organization. Moderate workshops with POs and leadership to help update the product backlog and to clarify the items. Agile Coach for the POs & Lead PO to visualize and align OKRs, targets and next steps.

Leading and facilitating the Agile CoP in Brose Group. This includes coaching & supporting SMs, POs, Teams and Customer Project Managers in their growth and daily work. Help to build a trustful and safe environment where challenges and ideas can be shared/ solved and feedback provided. Support the lean-agile transformation by providing input, training, connecting people and aligning strategies. Create and provide training & specific workshops, update training materials and provide feedback to help in Business Agility & feedback culture and share learnings across brose.

10/2019 - 02/2021
Agile Coach & Trainer
BC Assessment (BCA)

* Coach Scrum Team as Agile Coach, and provide role-specific coaching to SM and PO
* Introduce Agile Way of Working across the enterprise, establish the Agile CoP in BCA
* Conduct trainings about Agile Introduction, Scrum, Kanban, specific training and Scaled Agile

10/2018 - 02/2021
Practice Lead
Western Canada CGI

* Lead and train Agile practitioners and team members to increase their Lean-Agile skills and maturity
* Organize experience and knowledge exchange through global network of Agile practitioners at CGI
* Support Business Development with bid responses, innovation tour, presentations and workshops

10/2019 - 04/2020
Agile Coach & SM
BCDevExchange (Lab), Ministry of Citizen Services

* Facilitated events and enabled improvements as Scrum Master; helped teams practice agile principles,

* established consistent practices and improved team collaboration,
* Coached the PO to develop a roadmap and assisted the PO to prioritize work items based on value
* Coached and trained four teams to improve their Agile Way of Working and scaled Agile across teams
Coached leadership & stakeholders to understand Scrum and Scaled Agile, increased transparency

12/2018 - 06/2019
Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Ministry of Citizen Services, IMB & SMB

* Served IMB System Team as SM, established Scrum as new approach to help team improve, Trainer
* Coached scaled Agile practices from four to nine teams in a BC-wide program using SAFe & DA
* Agile Coach for leadership and teams to apply Agile, adapt to their roles and improve collaboration

05/2016 - 09/2018
Practice Lead
CGI Practice Agile Delivery Germany

* Conducted workshops, created roadmap and goals, determined material and relevant content for

attending international workshops and provided leadership driving the internal Agile community
6: German Global Bank, Create a new Agile Framework, Agile Coach, Aug 2017 * - Sept 2018

* Consulted in project set-up to change organizational structure for effective collaboration
* As part of the Agile transition, set-up Scrum as the delivery approach for the global team
* Created communication and training concept with international rollout activities globally, trainer virtually
Input and alignment of content for Agile process Framework with SMEs worldwide, conducted pilots

04/2017 - 06/2017
Practice Lead
Daimler AG

* Developed the Scrum Team to establish an effective work environment following Scrum framework
* Led Scrum Sprints and moderated events such as Retrospective and coordinated activities
Addressed blockers and provided support to create improvements resulting in a highly effective team

10/2016 - 03/2017
Business Processes Evaluation, Business Analyst
Waldemar Schneider

Analysed the state of organisation units and department levels to determine and document the current
* business processes, made recommendations and proposed business requirements
Conducted and documented customer interviews and workshops to determine current business
* processes of various departments with related tasks, and challenges and interdependencies
* Managed stakeholders by organizing and facilitating project meetings and communications
Prepared recommendations for changing the business processes for future target processes
9: Manufacturing, International IT Program, PMO for Program Manager, Sept 2015 * - August 2016
* Coordinated stakeholders in UK, FR, GER and external partners, and prepared workshops
Deputy Program Manager in all project management activities

01/2016 - 07/2016
Project Manager
New Data Center

* Conducted project planning, stakeholder management, procurement, cost/ budget, and risk tracking,

* and collected and summarized requirements for building a new data center in GER
Authored relevant documents with respect to deliverables and milestones using existing IT tools

09/2015 - 07/2016
Project Manager
Project Reporting and Risk Assessment, CGI

* Communicated with stakeholders to create a new workflow, developed templates for project reporting
* Presented the new workflow to colleagues and collected feedback to improve the process

12: Manufacturing Industry, Customized Client Solution, PMO, Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
* Defined the "To Be" situation with roles concept, process description and use cases
* Collected customer requirements aligned with processes of the customer business units, PM Support

13: Bundle Academy, Career Approach for CGI Members, PMO, Sept 2015 * - Dec 2015
Developed an Academy - aligning career level and career model within CGI
* Communicated with members in other countries to align their ideas and finalize the concept

14: Automotive, Optimization of Business Processes in Order Processing, Project Manager, 2014 *
* Established effective processes, organization, termination, and coordination of workshops
* Derivation and documentation of solution approaches for optimization of processes
Customer service and coordination with clients worldwide working with SAP (SD/ MM)

15: Energy Industry, Development of New Sales Processes, Project Manager, 2013 *
* Analysed existing processes and structured the development of new processes for Marketing
Conducted interviews and documented desires for new processes of different business units

01/2012 - 12/2013
Project Manager
Advancement of IT System, Partner of SAP SE

* Optimization of CRM System Siebel with new demands from the sales team, conducted workshops
* Developed recommendations based on comments from sales regarding the existing IT system

01/2012 - 12/2013
Partner of SAP SE/ Salesforce/ Oracle, Sales Manager Germany

* Business Development, customer meetings and presentations, managed task lists and reports
* Coordinated with sales, marketing and the Agile Dev Team the new topics and requests from clients
* Documented interviews, deduction of requirements, developed business cases and presentations

Certifications

Solution Focused Coach
Solutions Academy
2023
SPC SAFe
Scaled Agile
2021
Scrum Master
scrum.org
2016

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
Remote - if wished flexible in Germany, Europe and other countries. OK for me to work between 2-5 days a week.

Other

Able to help SMs, POs or Teams in their start with Agile Way of Working, or using Scrum and other Frameworks, Practices and Methods to improve their agile maturity and their way of working and culture. Passionate about helping people, teams and organizations in their transformation journey.
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