Operations Manager - Production

Summary

Join AUTO1 Group's Business Development team in Berlin and contribute to revolutionizing the used car market! Design and expand infrastructure for Autohero production sites in Germany, boosting production capacity and streamlining workflows. Negotiate contracts with business partners nationwide, ensuring project expansion and establishment. Take ownership of cross-location processes, coordinating internal and external goal achievement. Analyze and improve processes, driving scalability and implementing new IT features. This role requires a relevant degree and strong analytical, presentation, and communication skills. A startup or automotive background is a plus.

Requirements

• Completed studies in business administration, supply chain management, industrial engineering, business informatics, mechanical engineering, logistics or a comparable degree programme
• Fluent German and English skills are a Must Have

Responsibilities

• Design the development and expansion of the infrastructure for one of our in-house production sites in Germany for our retail brand Autohero, in order to generate further production capacities and improve existing workflows
• Communicate with our business partners throughout Germany and independently conduct contract negotiations with the aim of expanding projects for our retail brand Autohero and establishing them throughout Germany
• Take on process responsibility for cross-location workflows and coordinate the achievement of goals internally and externally using forecasts, existing and self-designed tools
• Analyse all processes and procedures in the constantly evolving day-to-day business, develop appropriate measures to improve the status quo and enable smooth operations
• Ensure that our processes are scalable and drive the implementation of new IT features - from specification to successful rollout

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience in a start-up, a management consultancy, a dynamic, fast-growing company or from the automotive sector is a plus
• High degree of flexibility and willingness to travel in order to implement projects on site
• Hands-on mentality, sense of ownership, agility and strong solution orientation
• Outstanding analytical and presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial thinking, decisiveness and flexibility

Benefits

• 750€ starting bonus for all new starters until the end of the month
• A very international working environment with exciting projects
• Your life-work balance is very important to us, so we offer you home office options
• Your future is important to us, which is why we have an above-average corporate pension plan to top it off
• We offer discounts on well-known brands like Flaconi, Bosch, Apple and Sky, as well as special offers on used cars for you, your family and your friends