Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

I am Annika and I love making complex processes smarter, faster, and easier. In recent years, I have had the opportunity to work in both corporations and startups, learning how differently organizations function and where their biggest pain points lie. At Hitachi Rail, after my studies, I built the internal AI Factory, a platform that transforms real business problems into functioning AI and automation solutions. In the Berlin startup Dr. Vivien Karl, I was responsible for digital operations, process optimization, system integration, and the entire supply chain. This mix of corporate professionalism and startup hands-on mentality is my greatest strength today.

What excites me: Translating problems into solutions, quickly, structurally, pragmatically.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Hitachi Rail Industrie & Maschinenbau
Trainee Transformation & Founder AI Factory
October 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
Establishment of a cross-departmental AI & Automation Factory as a central point of contact for AI and digitalization initiatives. Identification of use cases with Engineering, Finance, HR, and Operations. Rapid prototyping in two-week cycles. Development of internal AI Guidelines, AI Strategy, and a Responsible AI Framework. Conception of international AI trainings for the APAC Procurement Teams. Solutions include an HR assistant system with up to 80% auto-response rate and a Contract Assistant for risk analysis of long contract documents, as well as other automations that save a lot of time in daily business.
artificial intelligence AI Automation Python Power Automate E-commerce
Dr. Vivien Karl Intimate-Care-Startup,
Operations & IT Manager
February 2023 - Today (3 years and 6 months)
Berlin, Germany
Responsible for the digitalization of the entire supply chain, introduction of the ERP system (Xentral), and establishment of CRM and ticketing structures for customer service. Integration of all interfaces between Shopify, logistics providers, Klaviyo, and ERP. Automated inventory alerts, returns, newsletters, and WhatsApp assistant. Migration of existing custom GPTs to Claude Projects for LinkedIn ghostwriting, product development, customer service, and email marketing. Establishment of a central product knowledge database, ensuring data integrity, and automating reporting.
annika-digital.com
Digital Process & Automation Specialist
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
Own studio for Automation, AI, Power BI, and Web
A selection of projects from corporations, SMEs, e-commerce, public sector, and own brands.
—Power BI & Forecasting. Three dashboards for Sales KPIs, revenue forecast, and performance per representative. Smart forecast ensemble with 96.6% backtest accuracy, around 40 DAX measures, dynamic Power Query, delivered as self-calculating Excel via SharePoint.
—Workflow Automation. End-to-end flow with Power Automate and n8n that automatically creates Teams channels, SharePoint folders, and briefing templates upon new project creation in Moco. Eliminated over 30 manual steps per project start.
—Public Sector. LERF billing automation in Power Automate including control dashboard, document sorting flow, and transfer logic. Claude API for automated document verification against Microsoft Lists.
—Consumer Goods. Complete automation of the order process with rule-based and AI-supported decision logic. Reduction of overstock and out-of-stock situations, real-time monitoring dashboard for inventory metrics.
—Own Project. Automated daily newsletter on investments, geopolitics, and AI. Python, Claude API, 150+ RSS feeds, Brevo, cron-triggered.
Vegan Supplements. Eight email automation flows in Brevo (Welcome, Cart Abandonment, Post-Purchase, VIP, Replenishment, Cross-Sell, Winback) for a vegan supplements brand.