General Manager (m/f/d) – France
For one of our international portfolio companies, a leading manufacturer of premium bathroom products, headquartered in Germany with subsidiaries across Europe, we are looking for you in the greater area of Strasbourg.
As the General Manager France, your key responsibility is to manage and lead the company in all aspects, establishing and maintaining a sustainable profit level. In this role, you develop and implement relevant business strategies to strengthen the company’s position in the market and establish a performance-oriented culture through personal and strong leadership. Furthermore, your core task is to develop and grow a cost efficient and competent organization needed to deliver strong business results and ensure professional customer relationship management. The role is located in greater Strasbourg region and reports to the CEO.
Responsibilities
Leading the business
- Overall responsibility for the country, including P&L ownership
- Development of effective multi-channel sales, product launch and after sales strategies tailored to the local market aligned with the company’s global strategy
- Lead the further development of long-term strategic partnerships between the company and major national key-accounts.
- Further strengthen the corporate brand among key-target groups – including professionals and private consumers
- Optimize professional key-account processes and tools, including the implementation of state-of-the art sales instruments
- Identify and utilize opportunities for innovation and growth in a highly competitive market
- Drive initiatives in digitalization and process optimization to improve overall efficiency
Leading the people
- Ensure right competences and capabilities (recruit, retain, exit)
- Drive the development and growth of the local organization
- Actively strive to foster a positive “spirit” and performance-oriented behavior within the company
- Foster synergies and collaboration between the national team and HQ
Qualifications required
- Excellent management expertise with proven track record in developing and implementing growth strategies
- Specific, proven experience in driving business growth in The Netherlands, managing an extensive multi-channel sales model
- Deep understanding of premium product sales, marketing and service operations.
- Familiarity with the European bathroom industry is an advantage
- Strong financial understanding, leadership and communication skills as well as business acumen
- High personal drive and decision-making ability as well as result oriented and driven by performance
- Fluent in French and English, German is an advantage
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
For one of our international portfolio companies, a leading manufacturer of premium bathroom products, headquartered in Germany with subsidiaries across Europe, we are looking for you.
As the General Manager Netherlands, your key responsibility is to manage and lead the company in all aspects, establishing and maintaining a sustainable profit level. In this role, you develop and implement relevant business strategies to strengthen the company’s position in the market and establish a performance-oriented culture through personal and strong leadership. Furthermore, your core task is to develop and grow a cost efficient and competent organization needed to deliver strong business results and ensure professional customer relationship management. The role is located in greater Amsterdam region and reports to the CEO Germany.
Responsibilities
Leading the business
- Overall responsibility for the country, including P&L ownership
- Development of effective multi-channel sales, product launch and after sales strategies tailored to the local market aligned with the company’s global strategy
- Lead the further development of long-term strategic partnerships between the company and major national key-accounts.
- Further strengthen the corporate brand among key-target groups – including professionals and private consumers
- Optimize professional key-account processes and tools, including the implementation of state-of-the art sales instruments
- Identify and utilize opportunities for innovation and growth in a highly competitive market
- Drive initiatives in digitalization and process optimization to improve overall efficiency
Leading the people
- Ensure right competences and capabilities (recruit, retain, exit)
- Drive the development and growth of the local organization
- Actively strive to foster a positive “spirit” and performance-oriented behavior within the company
- Foster synergies and collaboration between the national team and HQ
Qualifications required
- Excellent management expertise with proven track record in developing and implementing growth strategies
- Specific, proven experience in driving business growth in The Netherlands, managing an extensive multi-channel sales model
- Deep understanding of premium product sales, marketing and service operations.
- Familiarity with the European bathroom industry is an advantage
- Strong financial understanding, leadership and communication skills as well as business acumen
- High personal drive and decision-making ability as well as result oriented and driven by performance
- Fluent in Dutch and English, German is an advantage
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
As a member of AURELIUS’ Private Equity team you will be actively engaged in all stages of the investment process. In this role your responsibilities will include identification, evaluation and execution of potential new investments. Furthermore, you will lead the due diligence, undertaking market assessments and the evaluation of company performance, business models, deal structures and value creation concepts. The position will involve deal negotiation, as well as support on financings and exits.
Responsibilities
- Sourcing and identifying potential investments
- Participation in due diligence activities relating to the investment process
- Analysis of financial and management accounts, models and reports
- Evaluating business models; developing strategic concepts; conducting corporate evaluations
- Negotiating and completing transactions
- Planning and executing financing and business sale strategies
- Building up investment team in Italy
Prerequisites
- Business degree or comparable education
- 10+ yrs. years of relevant work experience in private equity small or mid-market investments
- Experience with platform or ‘buy & build’ investing, comfortable completing a high number of add-on acquisitions
- A developed sourcing network within a relevant geography (Italy)
- Proven experience in several successful company transactions
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to connect with and build trusting relationships with management teams, colleagues and advisors
- Leadership experience, ability to manage a deal team efficiently and effectively
- A superior analytic capability, strong financial skills, and a deep and intuitive grasp of business models and industry structures
- Down-to-earth result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong team work
- Communicative, pro-active, high-energy, and persistent with strong entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial personality
- A structured, quick and creative thinker, strong process management skills, attention to detail
- Commercially astute with good risk assessment capabilities
- Fluent in Italian and English, further language skills welcome
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
As a member of AURELIUS’ Private Equity team you will be actively engaged in all stages of the investment process. In this role your responsibilities will include identification, evaluation and execution of potential new investments. Furthermore, you will lead the due diligence, undertaking market assessments and the evaluation of company performance, business models, deal structures and value creation concepts. The position will involve deal negotiation, as well as support on financings and exits.
Responsibilities
- Sourcing and identifying potential investments
- Participation in due diligence activities relating to the investment process
- Analysis of financial and management accounts, models and reports
- Evaluating business models; developing strategic concepts; conducting corporate evaluations
- Negotiating and completing transactions
- Planning and executing financing and business sale strategies
- Building up investment team in the region
Prerequisites
- Business degree or comparable education
- 10+ yrs. years of relevant work experience in private equity small or mid-market investments
- Experience with platform or ‘buy & build’ investing, comfortable completing a high number of add-on acquisitions
- A developed sourcing network within a relevant geography (Benelux)
- Proven experience in several successful company transactions
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to connect with and build trusting relationships with management teams, colleagues and advisors
- Leadership experience, ability to manage a deal team efficiently and effectively
- A superior analytic capability, strong financial skills, and a deep and intuitive grasp of business models and industry structures
- Down-to-earth result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong team work
- Communicative, pro-active, high-energy, and persistent with strong entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial personality
- A structured, quick and creative thinker, strong process management skills, attention to detail
- Commercially astute with good risk assessment capabilities
- Fluent in Dutch and English, further language skills welcome
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
To further strengthen our Finance & Tax practice, we are looking for you in our Chicago office.
The role of the Senior Manager Tax Practice is to support and advise our Portfolio Companies on their taxes and to guide them how to ensure efficient and compliant tax outcomes during the whole lifetime of the investment. Your tasks involve frequent interaction with the Management and the Tax/Finance teams of the Portfolio companies as well as with the AURELIUS Task Force and the AURELIUS Tax Team, with regular travel required within the USA. In this role you will be working with Investments in various sectors as AURELIUS invests in opportunities, rather than in specific sectors. However, key sectors are IT and Business Services, Industrials & Chemicals, Lifestyle & Consumer Goods. Due to the rapid growth of the Portfolio, the tasks and duties of this role may also evolve over time. You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and to take on additional challenges and responsibilities as they occur.
Key responsibilities
The overall responsibility for taxes of each individual investment generally stays with the Management and its local tax advisors. Thus, you will act as an in-house advisor helping the various investment to manage their tax affairs. In the beginning you can focus on a few major investments and develop and extend the scope over time.
Responsibilities span the whole lifetime of the investment. It starts with the acquisition and ends with the exit readiness of the investment. Thus, you can especially:
- help to set up the tax function of new investments or improve the tax function of existing investments;
- implement your ideas to improve compliance or tax efficiency during the entire holding period;
- prepare the exit from a tax perspective
Specific tasks will include:
- Engage with the AURELIUS Deal Tax Team during the acquisition process to align on deal structure, tax risks, SPA, and other pre-closing topics
- Align with the Portfolio Company management team on relevant Company and AURELIUS group related tax topics after completion
- Support the Portfolio Company management team on engaging a local tax advisor or onboard an own tax function if necessary
- Ensure that tax obligations are clearly defined, and responsibilities are allocated accordingly at the Portfolio Company
- Guide the Portfolio Companies on how to ensure compliance with tax obligations (Tax returns and filings, transfer pricing, sales tax, WHT exemption certificates, CbC reporting) and address any non-compliance issues and advise portfolio management accordingly on remediation measures
- Supporting the operational implementation of Pillar II across AURELIUS Portfolio Companies together with the AURELIUS Tax Team
- Help on the optimisation of Portfolio Company tax processes and procedures
- Evaluate the current Portfolio Company tax structure and recommend any changes or planning ideas that will optimize the structure
- Assist in international tax planning initiatives across Portfolio Companies
- Perform tax-risk assessment 12-months prior to anticipated exit
- On occasion, assist with AURELIUS Group compliance Tax in the US
- On occasion, assist with M&A tax and deal structuring in regard to the US
- Act as contact Person for Portfolio Company management if they need further support or advice on tax related topics
Prerequisites
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major in Accounting/Finance, or any related business is required
- Advanced degree or professional certifications such as MBA, Master’s in Taxation, or CPA preferred
- At least 8 years relevant tax experience; ideally within the tax department of an international enterprise or in a Tax Consulting firm
- Experience of a broad range of US international tax rules and provisions, including Subpart F, GILTI, FTC, PFICs, WHT, FDII, LoB, FIRPTA, PTI and BEAT
- In-depth knowledge of international corporate tax law and good knowledge in at least one other tax areas (transfer pricing, sales tax CbCR, Pillar 2,….)
- Analytical / strategical thinking, result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong teamwork
- Practical, hands-on mentality
- Fluent in English, further language skills welcome
Please apply online including all relevant application documents, stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Head of Product Sales to lead our worldwide commercial activities for offset printing systems (consumables and equipment). This executive role is responsible for defining and executing the global go-to-market strategy, driving revenue growth, building strategic partnerships, and leading a high-performance international sales organization. The ideal candidate will combine market expertise in printing technology with commercial leadership, and a proven track record in driving complex B2B technical solution sales across global markets. The role is preferably located in DACH or in the UK.
Responsibilities
Global Sales Strategy & Execution
- Define and execute a unified global sales strategy across offset plate products and equipment, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and revenue targets.
- Drive integrated hardware-software solution selling in a cross-functional approach with Software Business Unit, focused on value-based sales approaches.
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead and develop our global sales teams in 30 countries into a high-performing global sales organization, including regional VPs/directors, key account managers, product sales specialists, and channel partners.
- Build a performance culture driven by KPIs, CRM, coaching, pipeline discipline, and accountability.
Customer & Market Leadership
- Own relationships with strategic accounts and industry players. Support key negotiations, contract structuring, and long-term commercial planning.
- Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape to guide product positioning and market penetration strategies.
Product & Commercial Alignment
- Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Software and R&D to align product roadmaps with market demand and commercial viability.
- Ensure that regional sales strategies reflect product capabilities, pricing structures, and value propositions tailored to each segment (Newspapers, Commercial, Packaging).
Channel & Partner Development
- Optimize the global sales network, both direct and indirect channels, constantly review Go-to-market.
- Evaluate and negotiate strategic partnerships, alliances, and channel agreements to accelerate market access and growth.
Forecasting, Reporting & Analytics
- Own global sales forecasting, performance tracking, and reporting across all products.
- Leverage CRM (Salesforce/”e-connect”) and sales enablement tools to ensure transparency, efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
Growth & Profitability
- Identify new growth opportunities, including market expansion, cross- and upselling software & workflow solutions.
- Drive pricing strategy, margin optimization, and cross-selling initiatives across product categories (i.e. Flexo Printing Products).
Qualifications required
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field (MBA preferred).
- 10+ years of senior sales leadership experience in selling b2b customer solutions (consumables and equipment), ideally within the printing systems industry.
- Technical and market knowledge of offset printing systems, along with workflow/production software solutions would be an asset.
- Proven track record of exceeding global sales targets and scaling international commercial operations in highly competitive (sunset) market.
- Exceptional leadership, strategic thinking.
- Strong financial acumen, contract negotiation experience, and understanding of global market dynamics.
- Fluent in English (additional languages a plus).
- Willingness to travel globally up to 50%.
What we offer
- Strategic leadership role with global impact and visibility
- Innovative, technology-driven product portfolio with strong market recognition
- Empowering leadership culture and high-performing international team
- Opportunity to shape the future of the printing industry
Contact
Please apply including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
As Senior Global Service Manager, you will be a pivotal member of the global leadership team, responsible for shaping and executing the global service vision for our offset and flexographic printing systems business. You will oversee the strategic direction, operational excellence, and financial performance of our global service organization, ensuring best-in-class customer experience and long-term client retention.
This role demands a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to lead cross-functional and multicultural teams at scale. You will play a critical role in aligning service operations with our global growth objectives, driving service innovation especially also in IoT/AI environment, and representing the service function at the executive level. The role is preferably located in DACH or the UK.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute a global service strategy that supports business growth, profitability, and customer excellence across all markets.
- Drive increase of connectivity rates and thereby the evolution from reactive service models to predictive, value-added service offerings, including remote diagnostics, service contracts, and lifecycle support.
Organizational Management
- Lead and develop the service team in over 20 countries globally into a high-performance international service organization, including regional managers, field engineers, and service partners.
- Build succession plans, talent pipelines, and advanced training programs for technical leadership across regions.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as the global executive point of contact for top-tier customers, resolving complex challenges and fostering long-term partnerships.
- Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, IT, Finance and R&D to integrate customer feedback into future product and service development.
Operational Excellence
- Establish and manage global service KPIs, SLAs, and budgets. Ensure optimal resource allocation, response times, first-time-right and efficient field service operations, and maximum uptime.
- Oversee global spare parts management, inventory strategy, and technical support infrastructure.
Innovation & Digitalization
- Champion the use of digital tools, IoT, and remote service capabilities to improve service responsiveness, first-time-right and profitability.
- Lead the deployment of integrated service platforms, including data analytics for global service performance visibility.
Risk, Compliance & Safety
- Ensure compliance with all regional regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
- Develop and maintain business continuity plans and risk mitigation strategies for critical service operations.
Qualifications required
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, or Business Administration preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in global technical service roles, preferably with significant experience in the printing systems industry (offset & flexo).
- Proven track record in leading large, distributed service teams and implementing global service transformation initiatives.
- Strong business acumen with P&L responsibility, budgeting, and operational planning experience.
- Experience managing OEM service organizations, third-party service providers, and service channel partnerships.
- Fluency in English required; additional languages (e.g., German, Spanish, Mandarin) are an asset.
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 40%.
What we offer
- Strategic leadership role in a global, innovation-driven company
- Opportunity to shape the future of service in a technologically evolving industry
- Global exposure with cross-cultural leadership opportunities
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
We are looking for support for one of our international portfolio companies, a leading global supplier of industrial products.
Responsibilities
In this role you will lead and drive the digital transformation in the manufacturing domain. Your main task will be to strategize, manage, and innovate digital solutions as well as identify and pursue opportunities for business expansion and improvement.
Your tasks in detail:
- Drive growth of software revenues and EBITDA by developing a sales organization and sales model leading to improved efficiency of software sales. Constantly review adaptation of solutions portfolio and market opportunities.
- Integrate R&D activities, customer services and sales teams to achieve maximum efficiency to roll out a roadmap for growth.
- Develop a strategic plan for growing the software business, while taking into account the impact on other business areas.
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the software business unit, including software development and architecture, to ensure efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.
- Provide vision and direction for the organization, aligning operations with long-term objectives.
- Lead digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage and continuously develop the partially international software teams. Promote a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
- Collaborate with internal and external parties. Bridge technical teams and executive management.
- Actively manage the interface between the Software teams, Sales, Services and Customer IT.
- Effectively manage the department’s budget and resources.
- Build strategic plans and strategic alliances to grow software sales and profitability.
Qualifications required
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field.
- 10+ years experience in leadership & digital roles, preferably as general manager in software development or Marketing & Sales.
- Strong business acumen and (internal and external) customer orientation.
- Expertise in software development, architecture, and technology trends.
- Exceptional leadership and team-building capabilities.
- Advanced knowledge in software development, digital technologies, and manufacturing.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Financial acumen and experience in managing budgets.
- Ability to make strategic decisions and lead a team towards common goals.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
We are currently looking for support for our team in Amsterdam.
Responsibilities
The role has a broad set of responsibilities to cover:
- general administrative and organizational team assistance duties
- arranging and coordination of appointments (physical and phone/video calls)
- travel arrangements / -organization and travel expenses
- contact person for external business partners and the broader AURELIUS organization (other offices)
- HR support, working with the central AURELIUS HR team
- admin support on project activities and maintenance of the CRM-database
- general office management and host role (telephone, mail, ordering of office supplies, contact to the landlord, etc.)
- working hours to be aligned with the candidate, target is 24-32 hours per week
Skills required
- previous experience in a similar role (ideally in Private Equity, financial services, consulting, a law firm or similar)
- strong team player, who is flexible, solution-oriented, high energy, assertive, and a self-starter
- good organizational and time management skills, as well as attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Fluent in both Dutch and English (spoken and written)
- good MS office and digital skills
Please apply online including all relevant application documents (cover letter, CV and certificates), and stating your earliest possible starting date, preferred working hours and salary expectation.
We are strengthening our Private Equity Team in Milan and are looking for you starting September 2025, working full-time for a duration of 4 – 6 months with a possible extension during Spring 2026.
Interns in the investment teamwork as a full member of the team together with the investment professionals and thus get to be involved in all aspects of a private equity deal. During your internship you will be challenged to develop your financial-, technical-, and personal-skills by working on potential and live transactions.
Responsibilities
- Research and analysis on markets, industries and companies
- Support teams in analysing potential acquisitions
- Participation in all aspects of the due diligence process
- Preparation of materials for investment decisions
- Support in the monitoring of portfolio companies
- Preparation of potential portfolio exits
Profile
- You are completing or have recently completed a technical, scientific, economical of financial degree, with above average academic achievements
- Strong analytical skills
- Prior work experience/internships in private equity or related fields (investment banking, strategy consulting, transaction services)
- Genuine interest in the private equity industry
- Highly ambitious, entrepreneurial mindset, strong communication skills and strong teamwork ability
- Fluent in Italian and English. Any additional European language is a plus, particularly Spanish
Our Offer
- A competitive compensation package
- Gaining experience in an international business environment characterised by a growing and ambitious team
- The opportunity to implement your ideas in live deals and create tangible business value while operating in a flat structure with limited hierarchy. You will be working in direct contact with our Managing Director & Head of Southern Europe
- Dynamic career development in a successful and rapidly growing investment company
If you are interested in this exiting and dynamic opportunity, we look forward to receiving your online application with your earliest possible starting date!