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Cathrin Flühler

M.A. Candidate in Business Innovation and International Managament (CEMS MiM) | Design Thinking Student

Cathrin Flühler
Switzerland
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
I am a double-degree masters student from the University of St. Gallen and have been working in consulting for over two years in Technology Adoption for large scale business transformations.
I have a passion for human centered design and worked in a student team where we developed a knowledge sharing application and improved the continuous innovation process for a large European automotive manufacturer.

Nationalities: Swedish, Swiss, New Zealand
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  • Assistant to the CEO
  • Supporting the 2025 strategy planning process
  • Various projects in the area of competitive intelligence, strategy implementation, market dynamics and reporting
Company Description
Every day, billions of people come into contact with Bühler technologies to cover their basic needs for foods and mobility. With our industrial process technologies and solutions, we contribute significantly to feeding the world’s population, setting the focus on food security and safety. The global production and processing of wheat, maize, rice, pasta, chocolate, and breakfast cereals relies strongly on us. Furthermore, Bühler is a leading solution provider of die casting and surface coating technologies, with an emphasis on automotive and optics. As a leading technology group, Bühler invests every year up to 5 % of its turnover in Research & Development. In 2015, its around 10,800 employees in over 140 countries generated a turnover of CHF 2.4 billion. The family-owned company Bühler is proud of its Swiss roots and feels particularly committed to sustainability.
  • Co-founded the online platform cobby that connects co-workers with safespaces (hotelrooms) to work during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Became HSG Entrepreneurial Talent and received initial funding
  • Managed to convince 18 hotel partners to join the platform within the first week
  • 60% working besides my master studies
  • Analysis on the implementation of a CoC at a leading public service provider
  • Assisted with the analysis and qualification of technology adoption options at a leading Swiss transportation provider
  • Supported a supply chain study and interviews at a federal department
  • Digital enablement proposal support and offering work
  • Design Thinking Project with a leading company in the automotive industry: Experienced professors and method coaches ensure the competent approach of the Design Thinking methodology during the projects of the HSG Master course, Embedded Design Thinking projects and executive workshops. Applying Stanford’s pioneered ME310 human-centered innovation process based on customer needs and rapid prototyping.
  • My team developed a gamified knowledge sharing solution (mobile application) that enables the assembly workers to share and access good practices throughout their global assembly network.
  • Localized the global change management approach and people mapping and host local organizational transformation for the redesign of a global life sciences organization
  • Operationalized the regional change network approach by running regular meetings for the production sites and the European affiliates
  • Managed the development of communication material tailored to specific stakeholder needs & project stages
  • Development of organizational transformation strategy (Org Design) for a global SAP S/4 HANA implementation
  • Offering Support while finishing my Bachelor’s thesis
  • Event coordinator for the HSG Alumni Forum 2016, Women’s Chapter Event and other events
  • Long – and short haul flights