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About Mutares

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich (www.mutares.com), as a listed private equity holding company, acquires medium-sized companies in special situations, which show significant operational improvement potential and are sold again after undergoing a repositioning and stabilization process. Mutares actively support its portfolio companies with its own investment and operations teams and through strategic add-on acquisitions. The focus is on companies with revenues ranging from EUR 100 million to EUR 750 million, across various industries. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.

Within our Operations team, we are looking to hire a leader who has a successful track record in Commercial Excellence, Lean Management with a continuous improvement attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset. This role will be located at portfolio companies, on site across Europe.

Your Tasks

In this role, you will support Mutares’ invested portfolio companies. Your responsibility is to assist with the overall transformation strategy, identifying business improvement opportunities, and implementing and tracking those initiatives together with the local management team to improve the business performance.

  • Business analysis: Conducting bottom-up, detailed analysis for underlying business to provide full transparency for the risks and opportunities right after the acquisition and identifying areas of improvement
  • Initiative implementation: Collaborate with the local team to achieve targeted improvements, ensure transparency through tracking and reporting, provide risk analysis and mitigation for deviations, and foster a continuous improvement culture within the portfolio company
  • Strategic setup: Conducting an overarching strategy analysis for the portfolio company within the Mutares portfolio to seek for potential synergies
  • Operational DD: Supporting the M&A team in due diligence and identifying improvement potentials to structure the deal case

Your Profile

  • Successfully completed a degree in the field of economics, finance engineering  or similar with outstanding results
  • At least 6 years of experience in a Commercial Excellence role in industry or consulting, with 1 year of experience in consulting being a prerequisite
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with an entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on approach
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Business fluency in German and English, with the ability to communicate in a well-structured and concise manner
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 days per week (typically Monday – Thursday) and to work in an international environment

What Mutares offers

  • Work in a highly motivated, international, committed, and agile team that enjoys working together
  • Exciting work environment with varied challenges, strategic influence, and tasks for continuous personal and professional development
  • Flat hierarchies, fast decision-making processes, and room for your own ideas
  • Regular team events and offsites