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Janik Weigel

"Curious about innovation and the people and technologies driving it"

Open innovation
Data analytics
Start-ups
Project management
Strategy & Consulting
Janik Weigel
30 years old
Driving License
Germany
Professional Status
Nearing graduation
Open to opportunities
About Me
✓ Proven driver of digital & open innovation in the strategy pillar of a DAX30 company
✓ Passionate to initiate novel processes, bridging the technical <> business stakeholders gap
✓ Ready to apply decision-driven data analytic skills in a fast-paced environment (start-up, consulting, tech)
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Experiences
  • Analysed evolving online advertising requirements of the APAC travel industry “post-COVID”
  • Identified and proposed 3 strategic product & process improvement actions within Google’s ad offering to better suit client requirements; to be implemented in Q3 2021
  • Data analytics for the Consumer and Market Knowledge (CMK) pillar in the DACH region
  • Built inferential and ML-enabled, predictive models in R, based on vast media data
  • Group-wide responsible to execute Hackathons around the globe: organized 12 events on 4 continents, which created >15 internal project follow-ups or new external Start-ups
  • Coordinated and led cross-industry project teams of IT professionals from partners like Microsoft, AWS, Deutsche Telekom, Accenture, or European Space Agency (ESA) for Hackathons
  • Judged feasibility of developed solutions and followed up with early-stage teams and their concepts
  • Acted as global Start-up scout for the Accelerator - representing the program at various conferences and organizing pitch events in Europe and Africa
  • Collaboration builder for the Accelerator - facilitated partnerships with internal stakeholders
Detailed Description
  • 08-12/2017: Junior Innovation Facilitator
  • 01/2018 - 08/2019: Program Manager in full-time
  • 09-12/2019: Program Manager in part-time
Company Description
The 2015 founded Innovation Center is a creative and agile environment where curious minds come together to create new technologies for Merck's business of tomorrow.
  • Innovation Center – Accelerator Program: Wrote Bachelor’s thesis while actively supporting the 4th intake of the Accelerator
  • Supply Chain – Southern Africa: Analysed (ABC) move of local warehouse and supported a tender implementation
  • Human Resources – Services: Preparation and execution of capability building trainings, e.g. for Lean Six Sigma
  • Global Procurement – Medical Devices: Led a data integration project, calculating synergy savings from a M&A transaction
  • Global Distribution – Transportation: Analysis of shipment data from ERP for cold chain process optimization to the UK
  • Throughout: Various skill seminars, business cases and language tests
Detailed Description
  • Integrated, dual study program in industrial business administration at DHBW Mannheim with multiple professional placements (stints) at Merck
  • Highly selective application process in multiple rounds
  • Supported the set-up of new radio relay modules during the LTE/4G expansion period
Company Description
Subsidiary for radio and cell towers
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