Private Equity Operations Director and/or Manager (m/f/d)
German Private Equity Fund specialized in
Operational Value Creation
The Company
Our client is an established German private equity fund with a focus on operational value creation as many portfolio companies are underperforming from an operational perspective. For their portfolio management team, they are interested to hire Operations Directors and/or Managers who should either support the CEO in the portfolio firm during the transformation or take on an executive management role in the portfolio company themselves.Your Tasks
- Pre-transaction: Participation in the deal process and due diligence, especially on operational, strategic and management matters including development of robust improvement/restructuring concepts and business cases
- Post-transaction: taking on an executive management position in a specific portfolio company either as a wing-man to support the CEO or in an interim executive management position on their own
- Mid-term career perspectives: to become a CEO of a future portfolio company
What You Bring With You
- 2-10 years of professional experience from a Tier 1 strategy consulting firm and/or additional experience from a corporate management position with a background in operations management (product development, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain)
- Ideally mid-market (German ‘Mittelstand’) exposure or at least “mind-set”
- Outstanding academic credentials and steady & consistent career progression
- Willingness to travel and work on-site at the portfolio companies
- Highly ambitious and motivated
- Hands-on, ‘get-things-done’ type of person
- Excellent German & English language skills