Dr. Ulrich Theelen

caring for the human beings in all HR related regards incl. apprentices & payroll; Corona Crisis Manager

Servicing cir. 900 staff incl. board with 9 direct reports and 20 staff re-structuring (organization follows strategy), consolidate and align European payroll (SAP) and all HR processes and regulations incl. data protection; personnel development and career paths; people retention; talent acquisition; remuneration systems incl. stock options; ERA; negotiation with trade union IGM; collaboration with workers council; executive coaching

Planning and realisation of global recruitment activities 160 staff in 10 remotely led teams Providing services for all national employers and international employees, e.g. re admission to German labour market, regarding the issue of visas, regarding all correlating legal questions Introduction of Continous Improvement (as pilot for the entire organisation), Simplify processes and budgeting Almost doubled recruitment success

Strategic Business Partner to Senior Executives focussing on Organisational Design, Change Management, Performance Consulting, Executive Coaching, Operational Excellence, Talent Management and Acquisition, Leadership Development and Compensation complied with AIFMD and UCITS Setting up virtual managed organisation; implementation and coordination of HR strategy and harmonization of HR procedures throughout EMEA

Implementation of aligned business strategy and sustainable management in Germany, liaison-person to global French headquarters Organisational and personnel development with focus on pharmaceutical products, qualification systems, strategic personnel employment and payment system projects across the group (Germany, France, Spain, US), budgeting Spreading implementation of an integrated industrial safety system EHS (environment, health, safety) Collective bargaining (trade union IG Metall)

Consultancy, legal counselling and representation of 4,100 companies employing 43,000 staff Negotiator in collective bargaining with industrial union metal and CG metal North-Rhine/Westphalia, focus on internal pension provision Facilitation of safety-related and medical attendance in companies Internet campaign to attract apprentices, cooperation with local schools

Umbrella organisation of employers’ trade association, representing 923,000 companies employing roughly 4.8 m workers Direct contact as counsel with the lower house of Parliament (Bundestag) e.g. involvement in amendments to depreciate labour law barriers such as Arbeitsrechtliches Beschäftigungsförderungsgesetz 1996 Representative regarding EU legislation in Brussels (UEAPME) Numerous publications such as legal commentary on law regarding working time, articles on occupational safety