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Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark

- leadership of 19 IT-Support employees, servicing Aalborg Kommune’s 16,000+ users

Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark

Aalborg

- IT & Information Security- Human Resources, including system implementation & development (recruiting, time registration, payroll)- Financial controlling & reporting for German projects

Aalborg, Denmark

- Central financial planning, reporting and controlling work- IT & ERP system responsibility, including development of financial reporting tools- Quality assurance (e.g. establishment of business work flows)

Aalborg, Denmark

- Leadership of 26 employees in two teams (Technical Writing and Product Data Management)- Two Team Leads as direct reports- Management of the development of Product Lifecycle Management software (“Teamcenter”)- Budgeting and forecasting for cost center

Aalborg, Denmark

- Leadership of 19 employees in two teams (Process Engineers and Technical Writers) - Two team leads as direct reports- Development of an Infopath / SharePoint based order tracking system for managing tasks in technical writing and translation- Budgeting and forecasting for cost center

Aalborg, Denmark

- Managed the implementation of "Intra-Company Business" for the blade factories in Aalborg and Engesvang.- Led a project for the introduction of new warehouse and systematic use of SAP PP for a production facility.- Prepared the detailed technical specs for the PP and CO modules for use in a new plant in India.

Brande And Vejle, Denmark

- Leadership of a team of internal project and process consultants, responsible for the execution phase of customer projects. - Management of a portfolio of process-improvement projects.

Brande, Denmark

- Co-leadership of a department of 40 employees- Leadership of a group of 8 Commercial Project Order Managers in project calculation, cost controlling, forecasting & billing of wind farm projects in Americas and Asia regions- Budgeting and forecasting for cost center

Brande, Denmark

- Specified business requirements for the PS and SD modules for commercial project management processes, including financial planning, controlling, shipment, billing, and reporting- Worked closely together with internal and external SAP consultants to develop solutions for the above. - Wrote process documentation and conducted comprehensive training of >150 users of the PS & SD modules.- Close cooperation with finance department and FI/CO consultants(in parallel with official job titles held during this time period)

Brande, Denmark

- Performed transfer price calculations, cost controlling, reporting, variation order management for wind farm projects in the USA. - Played an active role in defining processes and training new employees during a phase of tremendous growth in the company.

Berlin, Germany

- Management of strategic contacts to key universities- Planning and execution of job-fair participation- Management of stipends and special student programs- Active participation in Siemens AG's "Recruiting Committee"

Berlin Area, Germany

- metro and airport-link railway project bids in Taiwan, China and Thailand- analyzed, commented and negotiated General Conditions of Contract (often FIDIC-based) with clients and sub-suppliers- drafted and negotiated consortium agreements- consolidated internal commercial offers and calculated prices- arranged for bank guarantees and currency hedging- conducted risk analysis, planning and reporting

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- Deputy Commercial Director of Railway Maintenance company for Express Rail Link- drafted and negotiated contracts with the client and sub-suppliers- led the Administration Department- represented E-MAS in the Siemens Executive Committee of Malaysia- deputy to the Commercial Director, acting on his behalf in leadership of all commercial business during absences

Berlin & Asia

For railway projects in Asia: Bid preparation, project cost and sales calculations, negotiation contractual conditions with customers & consortium partners, cost controlling, forecasting, claim management

Eugene, Oregon, Usa

Developed a database for the coordination of shipments of fixtures and displays to department stores across the United States. Liaised with Levi Strauss and individual department stores to coordinate orders and shipments.

Industriekaufmann, Business Management

This two-year training program included theoretical and practical phases dealing with business administration in industry, in particular.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), German Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: President of German Club

German Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Lektorat fuer deutsche Sprache und Internationale Programme

High School Diploma