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working in Program Management for portfolio and roadmap in system and solutions:- developing a product group, portfolio, solution strategy- identifying addressable market for system products inclusive the key customer requirements- identifying suitable solutions based on overall solutions, system product group and technology strategies- defining necessary product families and variants and necessary differentiation- ensuring profitability and plan market availabilities- planning and setup the projects to implement the product portfolio inclusive budget and resource demand- aligning the development of local product portfolios based on VG portfolio and vice versa- balancing standardization vs complexity inside the portfolio- monitoring and trigger necessary changes in the portfolio- ensuring use of up to date and best practice processes, methods and tools- ensuring compliance with all regulations and directives of VG like Corporate Governance- mastering the heterogeneous interests of different stakeholders from Industrial, Finance and the CEO area

working in Industrial Program Management for gas and oil products:- defining the product vision, strategy and roadmap.- gathering, managing and prioritizing market and customer requirements and delivering Market Requirement Documents (MRD) and Product Requirement Documents (PRD) with prioritized features and corresponding justification.- acting as the customer`s advocate articulating the user’s and/or buyer’s needs.- working closely with engineering, quality, sales, marketing and support to ensure that business case and customer satisfaction goals are met.- having technical product knowledge or specific domain expertise.- running beta and pilot programs during the qualifying phase with almost final products and samples. In agile environments, regular reviews completed work and checks with customers to ensure that it meets the customer expectations.- being a market expert. Market expertise includes understanding the reasons customers purchase products. This includes a deep understanding of the competition, and how customers think of and buy your product. Product Managers need market research and competitive analysis skills to complete these tasks.- developing the business case for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures.- developing positioning for the product.- acting as the product’s leader within the company.

working in R&D for wall hanging products:- technical responsibility for teams of engineers in complex development projects.- defining and controlling development plans (cost, time, quality) and communicating test results and status reports to project management.- conducting technical negotiations with internal and external suppliers.- supervising students and temporary workers in the department.

working in R&D for wall hanging products:- using creativity methods to find functional solutions (brainstorming, morphological box, 6-3-5, SCAMPER, TRIZ, Bionic, Walt-Disney-Method). - specifying requirements of customers as well as legal requirements and internal quality & safety requirements. - using quality tools according to Six Sigma (QFD, PSP, FMEA, DoE) to reach quality goals and costs.- defining, performing tests to determine technical characteristics and evaluating results to verify their function.- creating and maintaining product related documents (requirement description, functional specification, test documentation, etc.).- communicating with in international teams and negotiating with internal and external suppliers.

Bachelor Thesis in R&D for floor standing products: Metrological examination of an electronically closed-loop control layering system to validate a Matlab simulation

working for R&D for floor standing products:- getting to know the tasks of an innovation engineer in the area of development (conception, quality assurance, documentation, methods, tests and communication)- participation in Vaillant product training (ecoTEC, atmoTEC, ecoVIT, icoVIT, etc.)- VBA programming for the dimensioning of a coiled tubing for a heat exchanger- competitive boiler analysis: structure, calculations, measurements, analysis, evaluation- development of a simulation alternative for a solar cell

Intern in production & quality department for oat meal and all kind of cereal flakes:- sampling and examination of samples according to quality guidelines- planning production processes of milling and packaging- operating, setting up and maintaining machines in production