Intern Commercial Excellence (m/f/d) - Poland

About Mutares:

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich (www.mutares.com), acquires medium-sized companies and parts of groups with headquarter in Europe that are being sold in the course of a repositioning process at their owners and show a clear potential for operational improvement. Mutares actively supports and develops its portfolio companies with its own investment and consulting teams as well as through acquisitions of strategic add-ons. Our goal is to acquire companies with a turnover of EUR 100 to 750 million. The aim is to achieve a clear value increase with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth of the portfolio company.

For our Commercial Excellence team, we are looking for an Intern (m/f/d) for a period of 3 to 6 months, to support our Portfolio companies located in Poland. 

Your Tasks:

• Support our portfolio companies in the transformation of their sales and/or marketing organisation and the implementation of defined measures on site
• Analyse problems and develop concrete improvement initiatives and implement them on your own responsibility
• Realise practical quick wins and minimise cash bleeding
• Work with the local team and Mutares colleagues to develop a sales strategy to increase sales and profitability, e.g. by entering new markets, introducing new products and adjusting prices
• Review and evaluate the customer base and product portfolio and help implement rationalisation and/or repositioning
• Also gain experience through regular interaction with other functional areas of the Mutares team on site (production, finance, supply chain, etc.)

Your Profile:

• Currently studying for a Master's degree in the field of economics, engineering or natural sciences; a very good Bachelor's degree is desirable
• Ideally first relevant previous experience through internships in the areas of consulting, private equity ideally with a focus on sales
• Interest/first experience in the design and implementation of operational processes along the entire value chain or the design and optimization of internal structures and knowledge databases
• High motivation, flexibility and willingness to perform combined with an independent and structured way of working
• Fluency in English and Polish (written and spoken)
• Confident handling of MS Office applications (esp. Excel and PowerPoint)
• Willingness to travel occasionally (20 %) up to four days (Mon-Thu) a week

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
• Intensive on-boarding phase in a collegial environment

Please submit your application with your recent transcript of records and CV.