MARKET-LEADING (SYSTEM) CHAIN STORE OPERATOR
- Our client is a medium-sized group of leading regional bakery chains that operates a network of around 500 stores in Germany
- The group is a portfolio company of a successful private equity company and pursues a buy & build strategy
- The individual companies with their regional managing directors are led and supported by a strong management holding company with the aim of realizing synergies in purchasing, production and administration
- While the systems and processes in the background are standardized (ERP, FiBU, etc.), the brands, which have a strong customer perception as "regional champions", are retained
- A new Group CEO (m/f/d) with a strong commercial understanding and experience in the continuous optimization of business processes is now being sought as part of a succession plan
YOUR MAIN TASKS
- Overall responsibility for the development of the Group with a focus on profitable growth and the objectives of the PE company
- Direct responsibility for all holding functions (especially expansion, sales, finance/controlling, production and indirectly for the group companies)
- Ongoing improvement of the individual Group companies in partnership with the regional managing directors, supported by systematic benchmarking and best practice sharing
- Sharpening the brand positioning and differentiation from the competition, including the development of innovations, marketing & sales - in collaboration with the regional teams
- Strategic further development of the company in close cooperation with the PE company, including by supporting further acquisitions
- Conception and implementation of strategic, group-wide initiatives
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
- assumption of a classic Group CEO role in a medium-sized company, with the main task of effectively managing independent individual companies, supported by a strong holding team
- Joining a successful, growing company with an exceptionally good system landscape and transparency of figures as well as a strong team spirit
- Close cooperation with a financially strong private equity company with extensive buy & build expertise
- Implementation & integration of further acquisitions of the group of companies
- Attractive investment options
YOUR PROFILE
- Experienced Managing Director (m/f/d) with a finance & process background in the food sector, ideally with management expertise from branch operations in the food retail or system catering sector
- Comprehensive P&L expertise, self-image as initiator and driver of overarching initiatives; familiar with leading management/director teams
- Team player and moderator with a "best-in-class" approach
- Entrepreneurial & authentic personality with an affinity for SMEs; strategically strong and at the same time implementation-oriented
- Confident and convincing in internal and external appearances, politically skilled in communication, can take people with you
- Successfully completed studies
- Very good command of English
We look forward to getting to know you
If this position appeals to you with your skills and experience, we look forward to receiving your detailed application. Norbert Richter will be happy to advise you by telephone on + 49 421 22 33 93 0.
Please send your documents to bewerbung@incharge-management.com with
Reference: CEO-NRW
Details of earliest start date/salary expectations
We will of course treat your documents and data as strictly confidential. We will only forward them to our client after your explicit approval.
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