Eleven projects, continuously since 2008, on checkout, payment and transaction systems

№ 01

seit 05/2025

REWE Digital · EFT payment terminal integration

Project Manager (Business Engineer), Consultant

• Integration responsibility: embedding EFT payment terminals (CCV A35) into the checkout of REWE Group’s German stores; later target scope around 40,000 tills across more than 7,000 stores
• Piloting (ongoing): launch in five stores with nine terminals (attended tills and SCO); issue triage and rollout preparation
• Cashback feature: technical support (till, terminal) for introducing Visa and Mastercard cashback at REWE, PENNY and TOOM
• Payment compliance: support in selecting the PCI certification standard to apply going forward (DSS or P2PE)

№ 02

02/2025–04/2025

ALDI International Services · checkout platform pre-project

Business Analyst, Consultant

• Decision basis: 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; input for planning subsequent project phases
• Module overviews (including master data and US tax middleware) prepared as decision support for management
• Risk and opportunity assessment of the platform options; business, technical, organisational

№ 03

09/2020–01/2025

Drugstore retail · SOA migration of an international POS system

Project Manager (agile), Consultant

• Result: SOA migration rolled out to all 13 European country organisations; rollout steering and overall responsibility; 10 countries fully accepted at project handover
• Architecture effect: replacing the monolithic POS-server legacy with individually deployable and testable services
• Role: deputy project lead (team of around 15), product owner of a dedicated subteam (around 5)
• Design workshops: preparation and moderation; developing the solutions for the client-server to SOA transition

№ 04

02/2022–03/2023

Deutsche Glasfaser · PON access modernisation

Project Manager · part-time engagement

• Project management: modernising the PON access infrastructure (fibre); planning, delivery and milestone tracking
• Methodology: combining agile principles with proven classical project management approaches
• Requirements gathering and solution design: preparing and running workshops
• Risk management: proactive identification and assessment of risks

№ 05

10/2018–07/2020

Retail, food service, mobility · POS system replacement

Project Manager, Consultant

• Result: new POS system selected and commissioned in a structured process; owned and coordinated the completion of requirements and functional specifications
• Evaluation: defined and ran the selection process; thorough market research; shortlist of potential vendors
• Contract phase: support in price and contract negotiations, including analysis of offers and contracts
• GoBD process documentation of the legacy system accepted by the tax authority

№ 06

06/2018–08/2019

Retail, food service, mobility · omni-channel customer loyalty strategy

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)
• Target/actual comparison: captured deviations between the current architecture and the omni-channel target picture
• Decision paper: presented to the management board

№ 07

01/2017–07/2018

Retail, food service, mobility · EDI provider selection

Project Manager

• Requirements analysis: business processes, use cases and requirements for the electronic exchange of orders, dispatch notifications 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: functional specification and pilot-operation setup

№ 08

11/2014–12/2016

Telekom-Shop · PAYBACK rollout

Technical Project Manager

• Rollout: integrated PAYBACK earn-and-redeem across the entire Telekom-Shop store network in Germany
• Extension: later adding serialised coupons (a PAYBACK first)
• Multi-vendor solution alignment: agreed the technical solution for till, merchandise management, DWH and payment terminal with the software vendors
• Quality assurance: QA concept and test case catalogue

№ 09

05/2014–05/2016

Retail, food service, mobility · customer loyalty solution

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
• System integration: integrated the couponing engine
• Vendor management: steered the software vendors

№ 10

10/2010–12/2011

Telekom-Shop · GK12, Bonuskauf, couponing, in-store MIM

Business Analyst

• Process capture: 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)

№ 11

04/2008–06/2010

Deutsche Telekom · billing system customising

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