Projects

The projects in detail

since May 2025

Project Manager (Business Engineer), Consultant

Integration responsibility: integrated EFT payment terminals into the checkout of REWE’s German stores, attended and self-checkout tills; target scope several thousand stores
Result: pilot completed, terminals in regular operation; rollout continues step by step with each new store opening
Test and acceptance: tested card payment, refunds, cancellations and end-of-day closing at the till myself
Cashback feature: technical support (till, terminal) for introducing Visa and Mastercard cashback at REWE
Payment compliance: support in selecting the PCI certification standard to apply going forward (DSS or P2PE)

Feb 2025 – Apr 2025

Business Analyst, Consultant

Basis for decision: prepared goals and a roadmap for the platform initiative; the basis on which management assessed the next project phases
Gap analysis: compared attended and self-service tills; module overviews (master data, US tax middleware) as decision support
Moderated workshops with service providers, assessed implementation proposals for risks and dependencies

Sep 2020 – Jan 2025

Project Manager (agile), Consultant

Result: SOA migration rolled out to all 13 European country subsidiaries (around 4,100 stores / around 11,000 tills); 10 countries accepted at handover, 3 in final acceptance
Role: deputy project lead (team of around 15), product owner of a subteam (around 5), responsible for the rollout in all country subsidiaries
Architecture: replaced monolithic POS servers with individually deployable and testable services
Design: moderated design workshops, owned requirements and the gap analysis

Feb 2022 – Mar 2023

Project Manager · part-time engagement

Project management: modernising the access infrastructure of the fibre network (PON); planning, delivery and milestone tracking
Result: pushed for measurements before a costly rollout; they showed a benefit only in rare cases, and the existing load distribution stayed in place
Budget and risk management: planned and tracked the budget, identified and assessed risks

Oct 2018 – Jun 2020

Project Manager, Consultant

Result: new POS system selected and contracted; owned the requirements and functional specifications through to completion, developed the acceptance strategy for the introduction
Selection: analysed business processes, moderated stakeholder workshops, market research through to the shortlist
Decision and contract: prepared decision papers for the management board, supported price and contract negotiations
Compliance: GoBD process documentation of the legacy system accepted by the tax authority

Jun 2018 – Aug 2019

Business Analyst, Solution Architect

Result: foundation for the subsequent POS system selection; SAP CAR/OPP anchored as a requirement for the POS vendor
Strategy design: drafting a business and technical omni-channel loyalty concept usable across channels (till, app, web)
Gap assessment: captured deviations between the current architecture and the omni-channel target state
Decision paper: presented to the management board

Jan 2017 – Jul 2018

Project Manager

Requirements analysis: business processes, use cases and requirements for the electronic exchange of orders, advance shipping notices and invoices
Tendering: requirements specification, tender documents and decision matrix; preparing and running bidder meetings
Negotiation: supporting price and contract negotiations, including analysis of the offers
Review: reviewed the functional specification, supported the pilot setup

Nov 2014 – Dec 2016

Technical Project Manager

Rollout: integrated PAYBACK earn-and-redeem across the entire store network in Germany
Extension: later introduced serialised coupons that can be redeemed only once
Multi-vendor: agreed the technical solution for POS system, inventory management, data warehouse and payment terminal with the software vendors
Quality assurance: QA concept and test case catalogue

May 2014 – May 2016

Business Analyst, Solution Architect · part-time engagement

Business concept: analysing, aligning and defining business processes for building a customer loyalty programme
Solution design: use cases and technical requirements; drafting the technical solution
Implementation: integrated the couponing engine, steered the software vendors

Oct 2010 – Dec 2011

Business Analyst

Scope: new POS software (GK Software), promotions and coupons, in-store inventory management (SAP)
Process analysis: documented business processes and functional requirements in logistics and retail
Business cases: preparing and aligning decision papers for project and budget approval
Solution design: aligning, evaluating and designing technical IT solutions, including interface changes (GK Software, SAP ERP)

Apr 2008 – Jun 2010

Business Analyst, Solution Designer

Requirements analysis: capturing and documenting business processes and functional requirements; assessing current and target processes, dependencies and risks
Design: creating migration and business concepts, configuration guidelines and interface specifications
Coordination: workshops with business, testers, the software vendor and partner systems; steering internal and external suppliers