Chief of Staff

WER WIR SIND
- Our management team consists of 4 board members and 18 directors.
- Our motivation is to foster a performance-oriented culture, to act courageous, to try innovative ideas and test new things.
- We live a culture that is characterized by collaboration based on acting and deciding reflecting being "one company" and not a sum of multiple silos.
- On an equal level: We live flat hierarchies, with short decision-making paths and maintain a regular exchange - also and especially between the management and our employees. This promotes independence and creates trust.
- IT'S ON US: If there's one thing we've learned in recent years, it's that with the right people - as a team - anything is possible.
- Not just a trend: We include sustainability and social aspects in all our decisions.

WAS DU BEWIRKEN KANNST
- You work hand-in-hand with the CEO to build and maintain an effective ecosystem to lead Marc O‘Polo, set the strategic direction of the company and drive overarching strategic initiatives.
- You support the CEO in all day-to-day activities and provide additional leverage to achieve national and international growth targets.
- You achieve this targets, for example, by ensuring the focus on top business priorities and core projects and converting strategic and operational priorities into annual meeting calendar and operating cadence.
- The core of your task is being a thought partner and strategic, data-driven advisor to the CEO; be a challenger and creator of ideas, partnering with the CEO, then frame with clarity and advance those ideas together with the leadership team.
- As a strong multiplier and trusted advisor to the CEO you will be able to identify internal developments and act diplomatically in challenging situations, ensuring that messages are consistent and in line with our growth and expansion strategy.
- You set the framework for strategic conversations with the leadership team, proactively follow up, elaborate the CEO's agenda and prepare him for important meetings.
- To integrate projects in the different business units, you establish and control effective management routines to keep an eye on workflows and identify challenges at an early stage.
- You also create a structure for effective leadership team meetings and run them yourself - this includes setting the agenda and controlling the quality of the content, steering the discussion/meeting and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
- Furthermore you provide units and teams with necessary market insights, including monitoring demand and supply indicators and competitor performance.
- This position offers you mid-term development opportunities at top management level.

WER DU BIST
- You have an excellent Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration, management, economics or a comparable field of study.
- You have at least 7 years of relevant professional experience, e.g. in a top management consultancy or in a similar role, preferably in the fashion/lifestyle environment (also possible as part of consulting projects).
- Your strong market knowledge and passion for the sustainable fashion industry complete your profile, to act as a sounding board and provide strategic advice to the CEO and other members of the leadership team.
- You are eager to drive and lead strategic projects with significant impact on the growth and success of the company.
- You are comfortable with working across a variety of priority topics an thriving in fast-pace environments.
- You are characterized by ambition, result and action orientation as well as strong project management and personal organization skills.
- Your professional “footprint” and your very good communication and interpersonal skills are your big plus when it comes to dealing professionally with various stakeholders.
- You are able to understand complex issues, analyze data and transform it into significant reports and presentations to provide all stakeholders a basis for their decisions.
- Discretion and integrity as well as a hands-on mentality with a focus on quick impact are a key to successfully fill this position.
- You have business fluent English skills, verbal and written (at least C1) and also good German skills.

FREEDOM TO FLEXWORK

Unter „Freedom To Flexwork“ verstehen wir flexibles Arbeiten, ein hybrides Modell aus Mobile Office und Arbeit vor Ort am Campus. Unsere Mitarbeitenden können im Mobile Office arbeiten und unsere Design Offices sowie den Münchner Showroom kostenlos als Co-Working-Spaces nutzen. Unser neues „Work From Abroad“-Programm bietet noch mehr Freiheiten. Dieses mobile Konzept macht es möglich: Remote Work im europäischen Ausland deiner Wahl, einen ganzen Monat lang

PERSONALENTWICKLUNG

Das Trainingskonzept von Marc O’Polo ist hybrid, wir bieten sowohl virtuell als auch in Präsenz Schulungen für unsere Mitarbeiter:innen an, zum großen Teil in mehreren Sprachversionen. Für unsere Mitarbeiter:innen und Teams in den Stores gibt es a