Gioanna Niessen

Experience

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  Linklaters

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Marketing Communications & Business Development

  Temporary assignment as working student in business development for Linklater's Finance & Banking practice

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  Kienbaum

  May 2016 - Jul 2017

  Compensation & Performance Management

  Kienbaum is a German management consulting firm that provides a range of human resources and organizational development services. The company specializes in offering strategic advice to businesses in areas such as executive search, leadership development, talent management, and organizational transformation. As part of the practice "Compensation & Performance Management" (Dr. Blang) in Frankfurt, I reported directly to the Senior Manager.- Benchmarked compensation levels for sales profiles of insurance, real estate and automotive industry.- Developed job gradings for mid-sized IT consulting companies.- Analyzed international Senior Executive Compensation.- Supported workshop facilitation for clients related to career path development and remuneration. Show less

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  Medneo GmbH

  Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

  People Partner

  https://www.medneo.com/ medneo GmbH is a German company specializing in teleradiology and diagnostic imaging services. They offer innovative solutions by providing remote access to radiological expertise and modern imaging technology. At that time medneo employed roughly 200 associates with ramp-up plans for 16 other locations in 12 months.- Recruited non-EU and EMEA medical technical profiles and commercials for German operations- Built Global Mobility Expertise for onboarding of non-EU/ EU talent- Optimized Onboarding and Offboarding process- Streamlined Performance Management Process, including Compensation & Benefits Show less

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  BASF

  May 2018 - Nov 2018

  Expert HR & Organisational Development

  BASF Coatings is a division of BASF, a global chemical company. Specializing in coatings solutions, BASF Coatings's portfolio includes automotive coatings, industrial coatings, decorative paints, and coatings for various applications. In my temporary assignment of 7 months, I contributed as HR Expert for Vocational Training, Personnel and Organizational Development and wrote my Master-Thesis in collaboration with the company.

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  Bosch

  Apr 2019 - now

  Bosch Electrical Drives is a business unit of the Bosch group, with 16 locations, roughly employing 18,000 associates worldwide, generating approximately €4bn in revenues (2023). In 2023 I contributed to transform "Electrical Drives" into "Electrified Motion", by leading the business transformation, resulting in two successful carve-outs, post-merger integration and an overarching employee council agreement for approx. 18,000 associates. I reported directly to Electrical Drive CEO/CFO and was part of Bosch Group's global HR leadership team.- Led a global HR-team of 150+ associates, including HR Business Partners and HR Center of Expertise in US, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe as well as China. - Business partnered Top-Mgt (C, C-1 level) of Electrical Drive BU impacting 18,000 associates worldwide, focusing especially on strategic talent management, especially in Manufacturing, R&D, Software development.- Led worker's council negotiations to achieve restructuring and reorganization targets, affecting approx. 3,500 associates in Germany and 14,000 associates worldwide and a positive EBITDA.- Actively drove DEI and change initiatives to target achievement (2023; 18%). Show less In this role I contributed to the integration of global digital technologies into the HR function, affecting roughly 6,000 HR associates worldwide. Reporting into the Global VP Business Digital Organization HR IT, I led a team of 25+ direct reports in Germany and 70+ associates in India and Portugal. My focus lied on re- and upskilling, employee engagement and talent management.- Spearheaded Bosch Group's skill management by providing re- and upskilling processes and HR IT infrastructure, e.g., roll-out of skill ecosystem to >90,000 users worldwide.- Steered vendors, internal IT service providers in the areas of recruiting, talent and skill management.- Pioneered change and enabling initiatives for C-level and C-1, -2 leaders to facilitate digital adoption.- Increased time-to-hire by rolling-out an AI-driven recruitment solutions, targeted at software talent. Show less As Senior Manager HR Region Germany I was responsible to set-up a newly created role reporting directly to the Head of Corporate HR and Head of HR EMEA. I served as HR Process Owner for Germany, building a framework for nationwide HR initiatives to guarantee managed CoE in EMEA.- Led “HR EMEA Transformation” as project lead in an international, agile team (16 regions, 42 countries, roughly 70 HR associates), resulting in the deployment of a new HR EMEA target operating model.- Managed Germany-wide synergy projects, setting the grounds for a reduction of HR costs by -20% until 2022.- Established and consolidated talent and performance management framework with the aim of early-talent identification across EMEA and globally. Show less The Robert Bosch GmbH Junior Managers Program provided a comprehensive one-to-two-year management experience across various HR functions both in Germany and internationally. Highlights included serving as an Executive Assistant for Bosch’s CEO for Spain and Portugal in Madrid, along with diverse HR Business Partner positions in automotive divisions of the Bosch Group.- 04/19 - 10/19: HR Business Partner for Automotive Electronics in business unit ECU in Reutlingen and Talent Sourcer for Senior Female Executives for Bosch Headquarters in Stuttgart-Schillerhöhe- 10/19 - 02/20: Senior HR Business Partner for Connected Mobility Solutions in Ludwigsburg- 02/20 - 08/20: Executive Assistant to CEO Bosch Spain & Portugal and Head of HR EMEA in Madrid, Spain Show less

  • Vice President Labor Relations & Transformation

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Vice President Global Human Resources

    Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Director HR Digitalization Corporate

    Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Senior Manager HR Regional DE

    Sept 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Junior Managers Program HR

    Apr 2019 - Sept 2020