Nicolai Andler is a:
- management consultant (since 1999)
- business analyst and IT consultant with over (since 2001)
- published author and guest writer in magazines (since 2006)
- trainer and workshop facilitator (since 2008)
- lecturer at universities in Germany, Switzerland and Vietnam (since 2008)
- business and career coach with a coaching practice in Cape Town (since 2006)
- founder of the Ignite Group Pty Ltd (www.nicolaiandler.com/about/ignite-group) in South Africa (in 2003)
- partner in the company MC2 Institute in Switzerland (in 2010)
Nicolai Andler’s qualifications:
Nicolai Andler’s specialities
Management consulting- Design of business strategies
- Small-mid size business transformation projects
- Business process improvement across the company
- Change management support for projects
- Supply chain analysis
- Feasibility study – market and PEST analysis for product development
IT consulting/business analysis- Business analysis (As-Is and To-Be analysis)
- Business case development to support and justify project investments
- Business requirements definition as input for system developments
- Functional and non-functional specifications as input for web and other IT system projects
- Project scoping, project planning & management to ensure governance and delivery – by in-house or external service providers
- Product strategy / product pricing / product costing
Personal/ Organisational development- Hands-on training and workshop facilitation - for strategy workshops, requirements and process modelling workshops, organisational design session, etc
- Academic guest lecturing on project management, consulting process, and change management – tailor made curriculum and course design on request
- Authoring of textbooks and eBooks – as reference and personal learning and training material
- Business and executive coaching – to support change and transformation on a personal and professional level
- Leadership development training and EQ development – classroom training of tailor made training content
- Life Coaching – for individuals in private practice
After working for a leading international management consultancies and then an IT consultancy in South Africa, Nicolai founded his company the ‘Ignite Group’, a business and IT consultancy with clients in the UK, Germany and South Africa in 2003.
Over the years, he has gained experience working with clients in a broad range of industries including: the financial services sector (incl. retail banking, life insurance, employee benefit), public services (tertiary education, revenue and customs government agencies), NGOs, multi-level marketing, FMCG, manufacturing and the chemicals/petro-chemicals and health care industry.
Nicolai Andler’s competencies profile
| Project Scoping / management | IT / Business Analysis | Management Consulting | Business Cases / Feasibility study | Marketing / Supply Chain / Product Dev |
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| Financial Services | | X | | | |
| Public Sector | | X | X | | |
| Marketing Media | | X | | | X |
| FCMG | X | X | | X | |
| Manufacturing | | | | X | |
| Industrial / Chem | | | X | | X |
| Health Care | | | | | X |