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ID: 111448

BD Project Manager

  • General
  • Asap
  • Organizational Development, Change Management
  • K-Recruiting GmbH
Contact:

Julius Strack

+49 89 1890998-614

julius.strack@k-recruiting.com

Overview

Availability
Asap, full-time, onsite & remote
Qualification
Certified Project Manager (GPM) IPMA, Mechanical Engineering Technician with a focus on Production Planning & Process Control
Language Skills
German (native), English (business fluent)
Relevant Expertise
Organizational Development, Change Management, Reorganization, GAP Analysis, KPI Development, ERP Implementation, SAP, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Process Optimization, GMP, Medtech

Key-Facts

  • With extensive experience in organizational development and reorganization projects, excels in gap analysis, KPI system development and ERP solution implementation, ensuring structural team development and efficiency

  • Proven expertise in life sciences through projects, managing GMP-regulated environments, LOI negotiations, global supplier selection and leading international project teams to success

  • Collaborates directly with executive management, providing regular reports to steering committees, moderating workshops and establishing shopfloor management for cross-team communication and employee integration

  • Demonstrates strong project management skills, including ERP system selection, stakeholder management, and the creation of project management handbooks, ensuring seamless process optimization and implementation

Extract from previous activities

05/2024 – 03/2025

Manufacturing Company, Germany

Change Manager

  • Conducted GAP analysis of all organizational areas as a basis for reorganization proposals

  • Developed a target process to increase efficiency and manage implementation

  • Tendered and selected a new ERP system including MES and BDE

  • Defined business KPIs to manage critical process areas

  • Worked closely with management and relevant departments (HR & Finance)

  • Created a specific project management manual

  • Designed a central ERP target model incorporating business KPIs

  • Managed stakeholders for ERP system selection with departments

09/2023 – 12/2024

Automation Company, Germany

Interim Manager

  • Operatively led a transformation process following an announced site closure

  • Supported LOI negotiations and set up a social plan (layoffs)

  • Redesigned the project team and established structured scheduling and resource planning

  • Introduced uniform PM standards and shopfloor formats for cross-team communication

  • Provided weekly progress reports to the steering committee at the C-level

  • Prepared ERP structures as part of the transformation

  • Established systematic communication paths for ERP readiness

  • Used ERP resource planning to restructure critical areas

04/2023 – 09/2023

Automation Company, Germany

Project Manager

  • Conducted GAP analysis of all organizational areas as a basis for reorganization proposals

  • Developed a target process to increase efficiency and manage implementation

  • Tendered and selected a new ERP system including MES and BDE

  • Defined business KPIs to manage critical process areas

  • Introduced shopfloor management for team-based communication

  • Worked closely with management and relevant departments (HR, Finance)

  • Created a specific project management manual

  • Designed processes for smooth ERP implementation

  • Created project-accompanying KPI structures for ERP management

  • Integrated continuous improvement into the ERP rollout concept

12/2021 – 09/2023

Automation Company, Germany

Project Leader

  • Established a standardized project and process management structure

  • Conducted GAP analysis and defined the target process

  • Introduced templates, role descriptions, milestone planning

  • Moderated workshops (e.g., RACI matrix), established project communication

  • Introduced shopfloor formats for team-based control

  • Collaborated with management to achieve strategic goals

  • Defined standardized ERP handover processes

  • Developed an ERP-based process landscape for all departments

  • Supported change management during ERP system integration

09/202 1 – 06/2022

Medical Device Company, Germany

Project Manager

  • Led a company-wide automation project during the COVID-19 pandemic to scale PCR test production

  • Created specifications to define technical requirements in close coordination with departments and C-level

  • Conducted international tenders and selected and managed global suppliers (including LOI negotiations)

  • Built and led an international project team to implement complex production lines

  • Planned projects, managed budgets, and tracked deadlines considering GMP regulatory requirements

  • Developed and implemented a scalable PM standard to manage procurement and development projects

  • Responsible for qualifying and validating systems according to the V-model (risk-based approach)

  • Created and presented project-critical decision bases for upper management and steering committees

  • Defined and applied project-accompanying KPIs to manage progress and derive strategic measures

  • Introduced controlling mechanisms to monitor time, quality, and resources

  • Engaged in intensive interface communication with purchasing, production, engineering, and quality assurance

  • Connected automated production systems to ERP structures

  • Conducted risk-based validation of technical requirements in the ERP context

  • Built an ERP-controlled KPI system for process control