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* University project in cooperation with Fashion and Luxury house: * Formulated entry price strategy for the brand’s affordable luxury segment incl. * product development suggestions for new product line * Analyzed competitor offerings and consumer behavior for new customer targets * to expand existing customer base * Proposed go-to-market strategy based on existing and new distribution channels * in foreign markets (esp. China)

* Project experience excerpts: * Organizational transformation for textile sourcing agency aiming at increasing sales * Managed change & communication workstream incl. communication plan & resource transition plan for textile sourcing agent * Quality management gap analysis for multi-million French retailer to achieve cost savings * Performed factory visits to South China factories to understand quality processes and standards applied for fast fashoin retailer * Organized management workshops with quality department to identify areas of improvement and re-align RACI

* Identify and analyse options for financially and functionally optimizing banking group’s IT service provider * Support preparation of steering committee presentation for executive level clients * Help to establish a market research approach to find engagement possibilities with healthcare stakeholders * Conduct extensive market research in the healthcare policy area for pharmaceutical companies in France

* Support preparation of presentation material and project work * Extensive market research in Chinese Automotive Industry * Support study on future Procurement trends and changing material purchasing behaviour in Asia * Engage with key stakeholders to create and prepare project proposals

* Support a study regarding future E-Commerce trends in China's Retail and Pharma Industry * Leverage leadership skills to steer group of fellow students * Management support to senior project manager * Coordinate interfaces between workstreams * Create weekly status reports and track progress to keep project on time

* Schwarzkopf Professional Beauty & Haircare * Support the international marketing department in setting up global marketing campaigns for new products * Coordinate and manage the roll-out of the campaigns in local marketing departments * Help creative department with the development of Point of Sales material

* Competence Center: Operations Strategy * Support a global vehicle manufacturer in a cost reduction program * Define target costing methodologies and processes * Engage with key stakeholders to understand cost structure and possible measures to cost reduction * Provide documentation and presentation of findings and recommendation for the company's 2020 vision

* Project experience excerpts: * Experience in Change and Communication activities and set up of plan and media to communicate change after organizational transformation for an Automotive OEM * Coordinate and monitor different workstream interfaces for PMO to ensure smooth transition after merger of two Professional Services companies * Extensive project management support experience (incl. senior management updates, meeting cadence management, organizing cross-functional knowledge sharing sessions) * Setting up a cost reduction programme for a global Automotive OEM to find cost opportunities at the interface of manufacturing and procurement * Analyse and identify white spots in Procurement functions for a global light solutions manufacturer and recommendation of a Procurement Excellence Programme * Analyse process efficiency and benchmark to best-in-class competitors to propose cost improvements to a Professional Services company * Support a Whitepaper to understand the future trends and challenges for textile sourcing agents in Asia and beyond

Accounting, Controlling and Taxation - Fundamentals of Economics - Introduction to Finance - Private Equity and Venture Capital - Real Estate - Corporate governance and sustainability - Operations Management - Management and Organisational Behaviour - Marketing and brand management - Fundamentals of Business Chinese - Collegium Logicum -... Activities and Societies: James Consulting GmbH, Studenten Helfen

Throughout the seven years I attended the school, I was elected school speaker twice and in my final graduation year I founded a student association together with friends to raise money for UNICEF and other NGOs Activities and Societies: Social Students' Club, Schoolspeaking Team ...

Introduction to Innovation management - E-commerce and digital trends in China - Communications and culture in China - Business negotiations in Asia - Chinese Elementary - Project management in China - International Trade in Theory and Practice - Logistics and Supply Chain Management in China -... Activities and Societies: China-Germany buddy programme