<p>Strategy is responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous refinement of a comprehensive and future-proof corporate strategy. This role involves close collaboration with top management, acting as the primary sparring partner for long-term decisions. It encompasses activities that shape the future of Webasto and support informed decision-making, turning those decisions into actions and results.</p>
<p><strong>You can look forward to these exciting tasks:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Overall responsibility for strategic key initiatives of the CEO:</strong><br>Independent management of highly complex, company-wide relevant programs and initiatives with direct connection to the CEO; end-to-end responsibility for structuring, prioritizing, and controlling up to sustainable results assurance.</li>
<li><strong>Sparring partner and trusted advisor to the CEO and executive board:</strong><br>Close substantive and operational support of the CEO in strategic, organizational, and governance-related issues; active participation in central decision-making and steering committees at the executive board level.</li>
<li><strong>Executive board and supervisory board work at director level:</strong><br>Overall management of supervisory board processes, including strategic preparation and follow-up, decision-making logic, and action tracking; professional topic management for the executive board, including decision management and quality assurance of all documents.</li>
<li><strong>Strategic analysis, decision readiness, and C-level communication:</strong><br>Development of well-founded strategic analyses, scenarios, and decision options for the CEO, executive board, and top management; clear, concise, and audience-appropriate preparation of complex content at the highest management level.</li>
<li><strong>Further development of governance, decision-making, and steering structures:</strong><br>Design, optimization, and sustainable development of central business processes, steering models, and decision-making mechanisms in the global corporation; identification of structural levers, derivation of concrete measures, and implementation in close coordination with relevant stakeholders.</li>
<li><strong>Highest quality in strategic decision-making and communication formats:</strong><br>Responsible creation and finalization of executive board templates, CEO presentations, and selected external communication content; ensuring clarity, consistency, coherence, and strategic alignment.</li>
<li><strong>Confident management of complex stakeholder and interest situations:</strong><br>Coordination of stakeholders across departments, hierarchies, and countries at senior and executive board level; active management of goal conflicts, expectations, and escalations in the interest of the overall company.</li>
<li><strong>Further development of methods and work standards in the CEO Office:</strong><br>Establishment and continuous development of methodological standards, working methods, and best practices for strategy work, program management, and executive board communication in the CEO Office.</li>
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<p><strong>This is what you bring to us:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Excellent academic education:</strong><br>Successfully completed university studies in economics, engineering, or social sciences; a master's degree or comparable qualification is mandatory.</li>
<li><strong>Extensive experience in top management and strategic contexts:</strong><br>At least 7–10 years of relevant experience in strategy, transformation, or CEO-related environments, ideally gained at a leading international top management consultancy and through working with C-level decision-makers.</li>
<li><strong>Outstanding strategic and analytical excellence:</strong><br>Exceptional skills in structuring complex issues, strategic thinking, and analytical precision; ability to derive clear decision-making foundations from complexity.</li>
<li><strong>Seniority and leadership without formal managerial responsibility:</strong><br>High personal authority, assertiveness, and implementation orientation; ability to effectively steer, influence, and achieve results even without disciplinary leadership.</li>
<li><strong>Confident executive communication and highest integrity:</strong><br>Highly developed communication and presentation skills at board level; absolute trustworthiness, discretion, and integrity in handling sensitive content.</li>
<li><strong>Excellent tool and methodological expertise:</strong><br>Very good knowledge of MS PowerPoint and Excel; strong affinity for modern analysis, collaboration, and management tools in strategic environments.</li>
<li><strong>International experience and language skills:</strong><br>Fluent in English (written and spoken); knowledge of Chinese language and solid experience in international, matrix-structured corporate environments are desirable. </li>
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<p> </p><p> Applications from qualified individuals with disabilities are expressly welcome.</p>
<p><b>Your contact person:</b><br>
Kristina Hog, People & Organization Stockdorf </p>
<p>Get to know us <a href="https://www.webasto.com/en-int/career.html">here</a> and find out why we are passionate about attracting talent to Webasto.<br>
We look forward to receiving your online application!</p>
