Jan Cholid

Product owner for comparison calculators in the B2B insurance industry. Disrupting the insurance broker market.

Pushing Blockchain in Logistics + Supporting POs

My study of three blockchain use cases within the logistics and supply chain sector asks how the blockchain technology affects trust relationships in industrial networks.

I was working as a Product Owner on a Scrum Team. Tasks included understanding and developing the vision and target picture of the product, writing user stories, moderating backlog refinements and helping to strive for a customer-centric product. In addition, I took part in strategy workshops to help develop the vision of the departments "Digital Innovation Lab" and "Unit Advanced Logistics".

During my working student experience, I was involved in a group-wide PLM transformation project for a commercial vehicle manufacturer in the area of ​​integration management with the interfaces to program management, specialist departments and IT, and was fully involved in the corresponding consultancy team. Among other things, my responsibilities included the support of integration management in the coordination of the partial projects for the integration of the overall technical solution.

Participation in various internal and external projects to get some practical "hands on" experience. Internal training includes standard consulting skills such as PM, QM, presentation skills, Excel and many others.

My responsibilities included supporting the piloting of future technologies in the area of ​​Industry 4.0, the scouting of technologies and business models relevant for Industry 4.0, and supporting in the development of the target image and the strategic guidelines for Industry 4.0 throughout the Volkswagen Group. In addition, I developed a concept for a systematic approach to cross-industry innovation, from which several cross-industrial workshops on digitization topics emerged.

Das Ziel des Projektes war es, die KOSATEC Computer GmbH in ihren Recruitingaktivitäten zu unterstützen. Eine Analyse der Zielgruppen bildete die Grundlage, um anschließend für den Kunden geeignete Recruitingmaßnahmen zu identifizieren und zu konzipieren.

Support of a prospective branch manager. On the one hand I support the daily business, on the other hand I helped him to optimize his business model.

Cooperation and support of the consultant team in different facets. I helped especially in the counseling training of junior consultants. In addition, I prepared seminars independently and also worked as a lecturer in these seminars. Furthermore, I was involved in the development of new acquisition strategies.

Support in teaching and holding own tutorials in mathematics for electrical engineering.

Consultancy Project in the topic of value stream design. The aim of the project was to conduct a market research for suitable software tools in the field of value stream design taking into account customer-specific criteria. In addition, a recommendation for the acquisition of such a tool should be drawn up on this basis.

Participation in the production process of television material from research to production to final broadcast. I took over the filming with a professional digital camera and afterwards produced broadcastable material with the software Avid Xpress Pro. From daily TV reports and news to event tips to game reports about the Eisbären Bremerhaven, a professional basketball team.

School of Management, focus on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Informatics

Organisation & Führung, Produktions- & Logistikmanagement, Dienstleistungsmanagement, Elektrische Antriebe Bachelorarbeit: Einsatz von System Dynamics mithilfe von Matlab/Simulink im Produktionsmanagement