Managing Director 100% (m/f/d)

What is my role?

• Operational, strategic and economic overall management of two subsidiaries in the fruit and vegetable trade at the locations Arbon and Gams with more than 70 full-time employees

• Control of sales, profit, financial planning and multi-year budgeting as well as ensuring corporate objectives

• Ensuring a competitive procurement strategy, a market-appropriate range of products and the highest standards in quality and freshness

• Initiation and implementation of optimisation, digitalisation and growth initiatives

• Leadership, further development and promotion of the management team and employees with a focus on value-oriented collaboration

• Implementation and further development of the corporate strategy in close coordination with the Board of Directors

• Building and maintaining long-term partnerships with customers, producers, suppliers and other stakeholders

• Management of sales and marketing activities to strengthen the market position

• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements, internal guidelines and corporate values

• Regular reporting to the Board of Directors as well as active participation as a board member in both subsidiaries

• Participation in strategic developments within the corporate group

What do I need to be successful?

• Higher business administration education (university of applied sciences, advanced technical college or equivalent), preferably with solid know-how in the food or gastronomy sector

• Many years of successful leadership experience at executive management level with comprehensive results and budget responsibility in companies of comparable size and complexity

• You are an approachable and convincing leader with pronounced social skills, authenticity and integrity. In a 24-hour operation, you maintain close contact with employees, understand their concerns and motivate people towards common goals. This also includes regular presence in all shifts to directly experience the various demands and challenges of the operation. With your pragmatic approach and role model function, you earn broad acceptance within the company.

• Strong leadership and social skills with a cooperative leadership approach that brings people together, forms teams and creates shared successes

• Proven successes in corporate development as well as in expanding sales and market presence

• Experience in implementing digitalisation, transformation and process optimisation projects (especially ERP and CRM systems), ideally complemented by logistics know-how

• Sound understanding of governance and leadership structures

• Entrepreneurially oriented personality with negotiation skills and the ability to understand customer needs and develop economic, efficient and sustainable solutions from them

• Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as pronounced communication skills at all corporate levels

What are my benefits?

You want to take responsibility, inspire people for fresh agricultural products in gastronomy and kitchens, and actively shape two established companies? Then we offer you a challenging and versatile role with considerable scope for design, in which you can effectively implement your entrepreneurial ideas and leave a lasting impact.

Languages
German: C2 - Native level

Workplace
St.Gallen

Vacancy number
VA-ATA-HRP