Nils Kirchner

Experience

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  SEAT, S.A.

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

  Supply Chain Management Intern

  In the materials and transport department I was responsible for the conformity of suppliers with the norms and regulations of SEAT and the Volkswagen Group. I calculated additional costs and brought them to account to suppliers and informed them about noncompliance. I also communicated with expeditors, checked delivery note format regulations, calculated additional costs, produced weekly and quarterly reports and was also concerned with the process optimization in the incoming control of supplies. The main working language in the department was Spanish. Show less

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  Volkswagen AG

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Floor Assembler

  While I was employed at the AutoVision Zeitarbeit GmbH (temporary employment agency) I carried out a variety of production related tasks in the subframe assembly at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The working hours for this full-time employment were determined by the morning and night shift.

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  Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2015

  Bachelor's Degree Candidate

  The objective of the graduation project was to develop a detailed project plan for successfully carrying out an IT project. Besides others, this bachelor thesis included the coordination of project requirements with top- and mid-management, as well as primary data collection in the form of interviews with department managers, case workers and other employees.The thesis was written in strict accordance with regulations issued by the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, the Netherlands. The final grade for the entire project was assessed with a 9.0 in the Dutch grading system (1.0 in the German grading system (converted)). Show less

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  Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2017

  Project Manager Organization Development

  - Setup, operational execution and ongoing development of a project management office (PMO) for organizational projects- Lead the introduction of a group-wide project portfolio management tool- Provide support for project managers across all project management stages- Plan and provide trainings in project management- Prepare and consolidate information for top level management in order to facilitate decision making- Track open issues- Update and further develop the project management methodology, documentations and templates- Provide support in working out strategic topics and derive projects and programs Show less

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  Hofmann TeSys

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

  Project Manager Customer Projects

  - Managing national and international vehicle test equipment projects- Responsibility for a project value of more than EUR 7M- Internal and external organization of projects from order receipt to final acceptance by the customer, as well as during the warranty period- Preparing RFQs and leading negotiations with subcontractors - Site management and final acceptance meetings at customer locations worldwide- Ensuring completion in time and budget- Responsibility for the consolidated financial analysis (monthly) of all current projects for the head of finance- Managing the German social media channels Show less

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  Volkswagen Group Services GmbH

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2022

  Senior Consultant PMO

  Currently assigned to the Volkswagen Financial Services Digital Solutions GmbH07/2019 – TodayInternational program supporting software system implementations across different markets of the Volkswagen Financial Services AG- assuring and consolidating a standard reporting by the market projects towards headquarters- supporting the local project teams in methodology, problem solving, identification of dependencies, etc.- preparation of steering committees on top-level management- supporting the standardization of a central test reporting to measure software quality and test progress using comparable KPIs01/2019 – 06/2019Program on IT security and compliance (e.g. data loss prevention)- status tracking and consolidation of status reports to ensure holistic stakeholder communication- tracking of deadlines and milestones- program controlling: Creating cost analyzes, resource planning and budget tracking- supporting with preparing presentation slides for decision boards- quality assurance (data checks, assure functioning of PM planning tools such as EXCEL macros) Show less

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  Volkswagen Financial Services

  Jan 2023 - now

  01/2024-03/2024Supporting the VWFS subsidiary in the Czech Republic with the implementation of a new contract management system.01/2023 - 01/2024 Responsible for the Contract Management System (CMS) implementation for the VWFS subsidiaries in Spain. Coordinating the vendor and internal IT delivery units in Portugal, while reporting to the International Application Strategy program in Headquarters and to the local managing directors. The project follows an implementation methodology that is entirely new to VWFS. Show less

  • International Residual Value Manager

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Project Manager CMS

    Jan 2023 - Mar 2024