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AEQUITA · 2 months ago

Director / Manager Operations - USA (m/w/d)

AEQUITA is an owner-managed investment company based in Munich, specializing in operational and financial support for companies in special and transitional situations. The role involves developing and implementing turnaround and optimization strategies based on Lean Management principles, and fostering a leadership culture within portfolio companies.

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Responsibilities

(Further) development of turnaround and optimization strategies based on Lean Management principles along the entire value chain, e.g., in areas such as supply chain networks, plant structure planning, and global footprint
Pragmatic and swift implementation while ensuring that the chosen concepts and approaches meet industry best practices and sustainably contribute to cost reduction, productivity, and quality improvement
Leading leaders by conducting on-site process and value stream analyses with specialists and managers, including exemplary Quick Kaizen implementation workshops
Establishment of a leadership culture within portfolio companies through targeted use of coaching methods within the framework of daily shopfloor management
Implementation of measures to better integrate production processes and optimize communication structures in the spirit of continuous improvement, while enhancing the organization’s structured problem-solving capabilities

Qualification

Lean ManagementSix SigmaProcess Performance ManagementTarget CostingAnalytical SkillsIT AffinitySpanish LanguageLeadership QualitiesCommunication Skills

Required

Erfolgreich abgeschlossenes Studium in den Bereichen (Wirtschafts-) Ingenieurwesen, Maschinenbau, technische Betriebswirtschaftslehre o.Ä
Ca. 5-10 Jahre relevante Berufserfahrung, idealerweise bei einer Beratungsgesellschaft und/oder bei einem führenden Industrieunternehmen mit Fokus auf die Entwicklung und Umsetzung von OpEx-Projekten
Fundiertes Know-how rund um Lean Management Methoden und Erfahrung im Bereich Six Sigma, Prozesskostenrechnung, Process Performance Management, Target Costing
Unternehmerisch geprägtes Denken und Handeln sowie Umsetzungsstärke und Hands-On Mentalität
Sehr gute analytische Fähigkeiten sowie pragmatische, selbständige Arbeitsweise mit der Fähigkeit zu priorisieren
Leadership-Qualitäten und Eigeninitiative
Offene Fehlerkultur und Freude am Arbeiten in High Performance Teams
IT- und Industrie 4.0 Affinität
Hervorragende kommunikative Fähigkeiten auf Englisch, idealerweise Spanisch
Bereitschaft in die jeweiligen Beteiligung zu reisen

Benefits

Dynamische Karriereentwicklung in einer erfolgreichen und stark wachsenden Beteiligungsgesellschaft und ihren Portfoliounternehmen
Ein attraktives und leistungsabhängiges Vergütungspaket
Wertschätzende Unternehmenskultur auf Augenhöhe getreu dem Motto "high impact, low ego"
The opportunity to create real entrepreneurial value through operational management
Dynamic career development within a successful and rapidly growing investment firm and its portfolio companies
An attractive and performance-based compensation package
A respectful corporate culture based on the principle of "high impact, low ego"

Company

AEQUITA

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Aequita is a Munich-based family office investing in special situations including corporate carve-outs, successions, and recovery situations

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Axel Geuer
Managing Partner, Founder and Chairman
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