Developed and bought to market a patented beauty bra that prevents cleavage wrinkles and relieves back pain (scientifically proven by „Hohenstein Institut für Textilinnovation“)
* Received invitation to take part at “Die Höhle der Löwen” (German version of Dragons' Den) to pitch business idea to venture capitalists
* Assessed global market and its drivers - derived top-line potential and market needs
* Created Marketing material for stakeholders and potential business partners
* Managed external communication including set up of website
* Designed legal structure and organizational set-up
Employee Engagement Increase at Accenture - Austria, Switzerland and Germany
Supported internal campaigns to increase employee engagement and raise emotional commitment of 8,000 colleagues as well as external campaigns to strengthen and improve employer branding
* Initiated and published an Employee Business Blog that within a few months became the most read blog across all 3 countries with most followers in the category below leadership team
* Participated in campaign “Be Yourself - Make a Difference” to inspire current and future colleagues to follow their passion and dreams
* Published articles on my experience as working mum to encourage women in leadership roles, among others, in “Edition F” and “Business Ladies”
Conflict Management for German NGO - Northeast India
Worked in rural India to provide trainings on institutional strengthening and capacity building to entrepreneurs, management and boards of the donor’s beneficiaries
* Conducted several constitutive conflict resolution and team building workshops with donor and beneficiaries and reestablished friendly and constructive relationship after 3 months
* Designed and implemented concept on Behavioural Change to optimise 25 vocational centres to become independent and financially self-sustainable from donor
* Spoke as guest lecturer at schools on leadership topics like motivation, interpersonal relationships, communication skills, self-awareness, team spirit to groups of up to 300 students
HR Department set-up for several SME’s in East Africa - Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda
Developed and implemented HR department structures in collaboration with shareholders, boards and management, and handed over to local staff for several for-profit companies
• Designed and implemented HR policies and manuals, employer handbook, employee guidelines, job profiles and reporting lines
• Implemented full talent management cycles (performance management, compensation & benefits, skill management, succession planning)
• Set up knowledge management systems (design, development, delivery and evaluation of trainings, training needs analysis, curriculum design, knowledge academy and leadership coaching)
• Facilitated talent strategy in the areas of hiring, on-boarding, staffing, succession planning, counseling, training, performance, employee engagement and KPI monitoring
• Designed recommendations on governance including FTE sizing, budget and role charters
• Trained and handed over new tools to local directors and HR team
Leadership training facilitation for microfinance company - Tanzania
Moderator & trainer for several workshops and training sessions
• Conducted training sessions for over 30 senior client advisors
• Developed, facilitated and conducted leadership trainings on management topics
• Moderated team-building workshops on optimal inter-cultural and character-based team composition for C-Level
Developed and implemented a toolkit to support in-country innovation to increase access to nutritious food for low income households in Kenya and Tanzania
• Prepared a detailed stakeholder map, validated landscape analysis, identified potential partners, consulted with key stakeholders including Ministries and Prime Minister’s Office of Tanzania
• Led the client team with 10+ project members
Cost efficiency program implementation for HR department of insurance company - Tanzania
Evaluated cost structure of HR department and defined strategic options for cost reduction
• Designed and implemented project plan to realize 20% cost savings within one year
• Identified organizational efficiency potentials of 20 FTE and restructured HR organization
• Calculated business cases to assess and prioritize strategic options and evaluated impact on client
• Defined new reporting lines for around 50 employees
Communication strategy design for tourism company - USA
Created online communication and marketing strategy for the US travel market
• Developed market and industry trends analysis by conducting about 50 expert interviews
• Performed quantitative modelling of market size, market growth and top-line potential
IT Implementation for global car manufacturer - Japan
Implementation of dealer in-house retail management system to increase the effectives of auto dealers
• Supported with external communication for car dealers
• Developed and implemented reporting lines for about 50 customer/ sales agents
Landscape Analysis for local logistic company - Spain
Assessed competitive landscape through competitor profiling, market share analyses and benchmarking
• Developed and implemented communication and marketing strategy for family-owned business
• Analyzed as-is capabilities, governance and ways of working, leading to a reduction of costs of 50%