Annika Tzschätzsch

• Worldwide responsibility of Performance & Goal Management and Succession Planning, leading a team of 5 employees. • Led SAP SuccessFactors integration for Performance & Succession during Schaeffler-Vitesco merger, securing stakeholder alignment across Regional/Divisional HR, HR IT and Executive Board, and harmonizing processes across 200 locations. • Defined and rolled out global 'Business Critical Roles' framework and annual talent conference roadmap.

• Directed global talent governance across 50+ locations for a 30,000+ employee organization, advising Executive Board and regional HR leaders on talent initiatives, succession and strategic workforce planning. • Led global "Talent Embrace" project, transforming the end-to-end employee development cycle and system landscape, in collaboration with HR Systems and HR IT, for all employees worldwide. • Launched talent initiatives to accelerate diverse leadership and talent pipelines.

• Orchestrated the end-to-end global talent management lifecycle, facilitating international talent conferences and cross-border exchange initiatives on group sector level. • Architected strategic frameworks for global talent mobility and proactive succession planning to ensure leadership continuity and re-designed leadership development programs tailored for high-potential international talent. • Championed DE&I initiatives, successfully increasing gender and international representation.

• Partnered with Software Engineering and Sales within the BU electrical brake systems, providing comprehensive HR support for a 300+ headcount and directed full-spectrum HR operations, including workforce planning, performance reviews and feedback, compensation structures, and employee growth, in close cooperation with local works council. • Orchestrated a high-pressure hiring wave and offer process, including salary negotiations, works council approvals, contract generation and the onboarding process.

• Led annual talent management cycle and succession processes for Senior BU Management Team. • Together with Head of Operations, engineered a training factory and plant controlling trainings for high potentials and managers at four locations (Hungary, China, Mexico, Germany).

• Directed the international trainee program, leading a comprehensive redesign of the program structure and the assessment center selection process. • Delivered the program as a single FTE (program was previously managed by two managers) and significantly reduced costs by streamlining assessment centers, transferring tasks to best cost country and adjusting international rotations.

• Managed the collaboration, knowledge management and internal communication of current HR projects and practices. • Redesigned the HR communication plan with Head of HR, Center of Expertise and Shared Service Organization; developed and rolled out of new social media platform for HR communication; organized and moderated the annual HR conference for top HR management from across the world.

• Coordinated all Talent & Performance Management on Business Unit level as well as internal communication e.g., via quarterly BU newsletters, organizational announcements and intranet presence. • Traveled to Hyderabad, India, twice to coordinate and deliver one-week training sessions to software engineers on technical skills, soft skills and team building.

• Rotated within HR work streams (recruitment, learning & development, data management, compensation) with introduction into local and cross-site HR processes (Shared Services in Brussels and Center of Expertise in Berlin). • Assumed early responsibility of employee engagement pulse survey and local on-boarding process.

• Certified AI Manager program focusing on building AI agents and automated workflows, leveraging prompt engineering, utilizing Agile & Design Thinking to drive digital transformation and optimize business operations.

• Professional training in systemic conversation techniques and solution-oriented interventions.

• Master’s thesis: Comparing Job Support Types in Predicting Job Attitudes and Stress (Final Grade: A) • Graduated with Honors (Summa Cum Laude) with Master's thesis presentations at the Annual Conference of the Society of I/O Psychology in San Francisco (04/2008) & New Orleans (04/2009)