Associate Turnaround Management Office - China (m/f/d)

About Mutares

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich (www.mutares.com), as a listed private equity holding company, acquires medium-sized companies in special situations, based in Europe, which show significant operational improvement potential and are sold again after undergoing a repositioning and stabilization process. Mutares actively support its portfolio companies with its own investment and consulting teams and through strategic add-on acquisitions. The focus is on companies with revenues of EUR 100 million to EUR 750 million from the following segments: Automotive & Mobility, Engineering & Technology, Goods & Services and Retail & Food. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.

Now, we are looking to hire a fresh graduate who can support our operational team to manage our portfolio companies. This role needs to travel to portfolio companies, on site across China.

Your Tasks

• Developing overall transformation strategy to support the business growth. Identify organic & inorganic strategic plans to create value and maximizing investment return
• Identifying business improvement opportunities and implementing and tracking those initiatives to improve overall business performance
• Developing and executing new sales strategies, product portfolio optimization and customer relationship management
• Optimizing procurement initiatives (pricing, specifications, supplier management, contracts, processes)
• Supply chain management (in-/outbound, production planning, warehouse management, disposition of material, ERP system, material flow, etc.), incl. inventory optimization
• Improvement of manufacturing business processes (Lean, effectiveness, efficiency, etc)
• Implementation of adequate project management and project reporting
• Identifying, evaluating of potential investment, add-on acquisitions, conducting due diligence in M&A process

Your Profile

• Fresh graduates with bachelor or above degree from prestigious universities
• Fluency in Chinese (Mandarin) and English, another language (e.g. French, German, Japanese, etc.) is a plus
• Prior internship experience (e.g. in investment bank, consulting and PE) is a plus
• Proficiency with the MS-Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint etc.)
• Quick learner, excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Willingness to travel to projects and conduct on-site work within China

What Mutares offers

• Working as part of a highly motivated, international, committed and agile team that enjoys working together
• Exciting working environment with changing challenges and tasks for a continuous personal and professional development
• Attractive remuneration combined with flexible working hours
• Regular team events and offsites