Global Head of HR (m/f/d)
ECO3 (formerly Agfa Offset Solutions) is a leading global supplier of prepress systems to the printing industry. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers rely on us for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from printing plates and computer-to-plate systems over workflow and print management software to pressroom chemicals. Our solutions are designed to deliver higher productivity, lower costs and greener outcomes at every stage of the print process.
ECO3 is headquartered in Belgium with production and research centers in Germany, Brazil, China, and Israel. With over 1600 colleagues, we are commercially active worldwide through sales organizations and dealers in more than 30 countries.
As the Global Head of HR you will demonstrate strategic and leadership abilities but also thrive in a busy, hands-on environment, utilizing a consultative approach, coupled with subject matter expertise across HR operations; process transformation; change management and data / analytic based methodologies. The position is based in Wiesbaden or Antwerpen and requires regular travel to other operational locations.
Responsibilities:
- Understanding ECO3 business activities and ambitions, strategically, commercially and culturally
- Partnering with the leadership team to establish appropriate strategic Human Resource programs, aligned to the overall business strategy and where required, unique to their global location and translate this into an operational plan
- Ensuring ECO3 has the organization structure and management capability to achieve its business objectives, including robust management succession plans
- Building a focused, highly qualified and motivated HR team to provide the capability to deliver on the agreed strategy
- Developing and executing an internal communication strategy to drive engagement and ensure our people are kept informed
- Developing tools to enable the business to attract, select and retain top talent
- Driving performance management initiatives, including customized development of high potentials and senior leaders, and a robust performance management framework that supports an agile working environment, providing relevant data to support its success
- Developing and implementing effective people policies and procedures to manage performance, mitigating legal risks and driving employee engagement throughout the organization
- Measuring, monitoring and holding the business leaders accountable for HR service delivery alignment, performance, measurement and quality
- Maintaining a broad knowledge of strategic functional best practices so that the business can benefit from new market trends and developments within the HR profession
- Managing an HR budget ensuring services delivered support the business deliverables
- Leading on the people element of any future M&A activity
Qualifications required:
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or similar relevant qualification and evidence of continuous personal development to ensure learning is up to date
- Experience managing large-scale, global projects in support of organizational change efforts
- Strong communication skills with an ability to clarify problems and articulate solutions across different cultures
- Excellent leadership and customer interface and relationship management skills
- Demonstrable experience in delivering large business change, including culture change and restructuring. Previous M&A experience would be advantageous
- Extensive experience of the formulation, implementation, delivery and development of HR and L&D strategy, in a commercially focused environment
- Considerable senior management experience, in a global, fast-moving business
- Drive and resilience
- Business fluent in English
What ECO3 offers:
- A professional environment with a positive mindset and a ‘can do’ attitude, continuously striving for excellence
- Enthusiastic, committed, and skilled team, striving for sustainability, efficiency, and customer centricity
- An open company culture that stimulates exchanging experience, ideas and entrepreneurship
- The opportunity to influence positive change across our global network
- A great team of passionate, like-minded colleagues to work with
Contact
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
For a few current and prospective mid-market portfolio companies (producing industry / app. €200-400Mio. revenue) in Western-/ Central Europe we are looking for a Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d).
The CFO will have responsibility for leading and managing the company’s financial function. He/she will be a strategic advisor and business partner to the top management team on financial and business issues. As CFO, this person will manage the company’s balance sheet, capital structure, and overall reporting and control processes as well as will be responsible for cash management, control, audit, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, accounting. As a key figure within a carve-out the CFO will build up a best-in-class finance organization and implement efficient strategies, processes and structures with a strong strategic and business focus. In conjunction with the CEO, the CFO will be expected to develop and manage the implementation of a pragmatic strategic plan that will continue to improve short-term results as well as position the company for profitable long-term global growth and shareholder value creation. The CFO will be expected to perform his/her duties in a manner that balances strategic thinking with hands-on and engaged operational and functional leadership.
Responsibilities
- Setting Strategy: Work in partnership with the CEO, the senior management team and the investors to drive the growth and performance of the business to achieve maximum value creation. Contribute to the strategic direction of the overall business through the creation and delivery of effective business plans.
- Treasury/Cash Management: Develop financial models to forecast the Company’s cash/liquidity position. (13-week cash flows). Enable corporate strategy through global capital and cash management, treasury operations, and risk management. Manage relationships with banks and credit institutions across the global footprint.
- Financial Reporting & Control: Ensure the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of financial reporting and ensure compliance with any relevant reporting standards. Maintain appropriate internal financial controls and risk management processes across all operations.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Oversee the budget process, collecting the inputs, and comparing the company’s actual performance against the budgeted targets. Ensure a strong control on costs and cash, whilst continuing to enable the growth of the business including the development of a rolling liquidity plan. Develop a robust forecasting system.
- Financial Analysis & Performance Management: Understand the company’s business model and translate the operational metrics into key performance indicators. Challenge the business plans and ongoing financial performance, and interpreting information quickly to ensure that action is agreed and carried out effectively.
- Growth acceleration: Support the potential identification, assessment, and execution of investment opportunities, including strategic partnerships, acquisitions and divestments. Manage the financial integration of merged or acquired entities and build best-in-class scalable Performance Management systems and processes.
- Financial Relationships & External Relationships: Establish and maintain strong relationships with the investors, providing accurate and relevant analysis which special focus on Free Cashflow, Net Working Capital and EBITDA. Develop banking reporting to present compliance with formal debt agreements (covenants).
- Organization Leadership: Recruit, assess, develop, and lead talent in finance as well as across the business to build a world-class organization and deliver business results. Ensure there is a comprehensive and effective succession and talent management strategy within the finance organization.
Qualifications required
CFO Leadership: Finance executive with more than 15 years of experience in a producing industry and a proven track record in finance, accounting, controlling and M&A processes, including post-merger integration and financing. Proven experience as CFO in a mid-sized company with min. €200Mio. revenue.
Industrial and International Background: Experience in the industrial manufacturing sector within a global organization. Ideally track record in cross-culture and cross-country working.
Private Equity Experience: Experience in a Private Equity environment with a proven track record of successful sponsor interactions. Carve-Out experience is considered a plus.
Educational Background: Excellent academic background, successfully completed Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Business Administration or Economics. Fluent in English, German is a plus.
Further capabilities:
- Commercially minded and technically highly qualified CFO with excellent analytical skills.
- Combining strategic vision and strategic thinking with excellence in operational execution.
- Strong business acumen.
- Strong drive for performance – sets and executes stretch targets.
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency and instills this in others – values speed of action.
- Commitment to quality and compliance.
- Capability to influence different stakeholders by demonstrating competence and confidence, being a good listener, using fact-based persuasion, dedication and persistence as appropriate to the audience.
- Ability to develop valuable collaborations and build strong relations within a complex environment.
- Ability to develop team members and generate high performance results.
- Fostering teamwork and collaboration with the broader team; excellent communication skills, positive can-do attitude.
- High energy level; ability to drive an organization and to create passion and inspiration.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
Responsibilities
Immediately after the acquisition of a new investment through AURELIUS, you will take over the full responsibility for the transformation of the company. Your main task is, together with the established management, to elaborate and implement the strategy, the equity story and a comprehensive added-value concept in the company. Throughout this journey you have the possibility to support the value creation plan from the analysis to the final implementation and be engaged in driving change as well as increasing the overall competitiveness, profitability and sustainable increase of the company value. You will be able to rely on the support of the AURELIUS’ task force and the extensive toolset of the AURELIUS’ operating model.
Qualifications required
- Well-experienced and pragmatic manager with at least five years of leadership responsibility in a medium-sized and/or private equity backed company.
- Consultancy background paired with a profound understanding of commercial, sales and technical topics.
- Experienced in change processes and a proven track record in the operational, strategic, structural and cultural transformation of companies.
- Self-confident and determined as well as a pragmatic “hands-on” result-oriented mentality with an eye for the big picture.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with a confident, convincing and entrepreneurial personality.
- Analytical / strategical thinking, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong teamwork.
- Cost awareness, an instinct for business and the ability to implement.
- Experience in building up and developing management teams and the capability to lead these through critical transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed.
- Extensive travel and presence on site is a prerequisite.
- Fluent in English, further language skills welcome (German is helpful, but not required).
Our offer
You will be working in a highly dynamic environment with core values such as entrepreneurial spirit, pragmatism and a no-blame and no-politics culture. We offer an attractive development path through the AURELIUS Academy and the opportunity to eventually build up your own investment portfolio as a Senior Managing Director.
Further to your base renumeration and in accordance with the entrepreneurial assignment you have the possibility to participate in the value growth of “your” company and thereby profit from your own success.
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.