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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

I play a pivotal role in driving a successful adoption of Microsoft technologies and processes within organizations. My responsibilities include developing and implementing change management strategies, engaging with stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions, and providing training and support to enhance user adoption. I work closely with various departments to identify and address potential challenges, ensuring that changes are embraced and utilized effectively. By leveraging my expertise in change management, I help organizations achieve their business goals and maximize the value of their technology investments. I work with Microsoft customers of all sizes and across various business sectors, including IT, Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Retail.

Zurich, Geneva, Switzerland

I play a pivotal role in driving a successful adoption of Microsoft technologies and processes within organizations. My responsibilities include developing and implementing change management strategies, engaging with stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions, and providing training and support to enhance user adoption. I work closely with various departments to identify and address potential challenges, ensuring that changes are embraced and utilized effectively. By leveraging my expertise in change management, I help organizations achieve their business goals and maximize the value of their technology investments. I work with Microsoft customers of all sizes and across various business sectors, including IT, Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, and Luxury.

Lausanne, Switzerland

In charge of change management and communication for company-wide IT transformation programProject: - Biggest IT program in health insurance in Switzerland- Replacement of the core system and all its functionalities; new EDM (archiving) and litigation solutionsKey Deliverables:- Sponsor and stakeholder mapping & management- Change impact analysis and mitigation - Coaching & Training plans- Change team set up and management- Communication strategy & plan- Change process monitoring - Resistance evaluation and management- Management consulting, mentoring and coachingImpact: - Ways of working are changing for all employees in the company (+1300)- First project in the organisation to apply structured change managementRole in the programme: Change & Communication Lead

Vevey, Switzerland

• Leading change and improvement projects on large scale cross various business solutions and IT departments.• Delivering the strategy on global, regional and market level (80 markets, 300K customers, 50 project members)• Strategic planning for transition of technologies and organizations and helping to identify innovative ways of working • Engaging and collaborating with customer leaders and technical teams on all levels of organization• Management, coordination and coaching of stakeholder’s community• Developing trustworthy relationships with suppliers and service providers and preparing the ground for closing of new contracts and strategic partnerships• Recruiting for various positions and creating working assets and teams

Switzerland

• Part of the global Nestlé Coaching Network (500 internal coaches in 20 markets)• Certified internally and qualified for ICF• Individual career coaching, team coaching, coaching for high-potential and executives• Contribution for Talent development strategy• Market research on new trends in personal development and organizational culture

Vevey

Coordination of Nestlé Business Excellence activities. Coaching teams and individuals on LEAN practices across all Nestlé locations in order to maximize performance and reduce non-value added activites. Taking leadership behaviours to the next level with strong workplace culture and value system. Running Group Goal Alignment and Leadership Development assessments. Working closely with senior management to establish strategically aligned portfolio and its efficient execution across the L1-L3 teams.

Vevey

Design and deployment of various Security concepts in very complex landscape (70 production systems, 300K users, 80 markets). Working with the business to define requirements and translate into technical strategy in alignement with Nestlé objectives and compliance standards. Responsible for communication and managing with various stakeholders (developers, architects, end users, offshore, regional counterparts, sponsors, legal, senior mngnt and business).

Berlin, Germany

Part-time job as a student. One of the few female in the IT department pioneering the implementations of SAP ERP solutions (Authorisations and User Management, SAP Finance, Controlling, Human Resources, Campus Management, Public Sector Management) for the whole FU university campus. • Executing customer-facing programs in close collaboration with various IT teams, super user community and program director.

Berlin, Germany

Digital Marketing platform design for organic products in internet.

Certified Digital Marketing Professional

Digital Marketing Fundamentals, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Paid Search (PPC).

Diploma Of Advanced Studies In Luxury Management, Luxury Brand Strategies

Gestion du Patrimoine; Tendances et Perspectives; Stratégies Digitales; Stratégies Internationales et Marchés Emergents; Achats.

Master Degree In Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Final thesis project – development and implementation of digital Campus Management in cooperation with FU Berlin.

Sokrates-Erasmus Program, Economics

Master Degree, Economics