The CEO’s job is to entrepreneurially develop the company to ensure innovation and international growth. It is expected that the CEO analyses the future-proofness and weaknesses of the company and implements the necessary improvement measures. He/ she is responsible for the implementation of the further growth strategy.
The future CEO’s central task is to implement the value increase strategy of the company. This includes international growth, supporting acquisitions, innovation and efficient leadership and organization structure. As CEO, he/ she carries the entrepreneurial responsibility. He/ she continuously evaluates opportunities and risks, realizes innovation and optimizes business processes. He/ she will lay the foundation for the company’s expansion and deliver on the growth strategy.
The location is internationally flexible. In the beginning, Switzerland will be the home base.
• Management of the global franchise company with P & L responsibility and full entrepreneurial responsibility.
• Development of a global growth strategy for the company and operational support for its implementation.
• Continuous innovative development of the company in cooperation with the executive team.
• Management of change.
• Investment decisions and establishment of new international locations (corporate or franchise).
• Management of customer relationships and the entire supply chain.
• Franchise company with 30+ franchises worldwide
• Founded in Europe, with strong growth in the US and Asia
• The company's offering is in the entertainment / hospitality sector
• The company is supported by a PE fund to implement an ambitious growth strategy.
• The company seeks innovative development, e. g. in 3D technologies, virtual reality or edutainment offers.
The ideal candidate (male / female) is a dynamic personality with a "hands-on" mentality and global leadership experience as well as experience in growth and organizational change. He/ she is an entrepreneurially minded leader who successfully grew complex organizational units, ideally in a franchise system.
He/she is an enthusiastic and innovative change manager. He/ she has market knowledge and understanding in the entertainment / hospitality industry or franchising and disposes over a high compatibility with a medium-sized, internationally strongly growing business. The ideal candidate (male / female) has a keen sense of developments in the entertainment market and recognizes customer benefits as a central element of further development.
The successful candidate (male / female) will be able to formulate a vision for the company’s future and to implement such a strategy through concrete goals and action steps. The ideal candidate (male / female) is an experienced “entrepreneur and builder” with a successful career in management who would now like to live this entrepreneurial spirit in a rapidly growing company. The entrepreneurial responsibility for success is rewarded with shares in the company.
We are looking for a CEO (male / female) with natural authority and a flair for trends in entertainment/ hospitality and the competence to actively control them. In addition to technical, functional qualifications, what is particularly important is a modern, cooperative and appreciative management style, strategic foresight and excellent communication skills. He/ she is able to redesign structures and processes and thus adapt them to market changes and maintain positive dynamics in the company.
He/ she can identify complementary business areas and international locations in which the company can grow. With a high level of intercultural competence, he/ she is able to win customers and stakeholders from other cultures and to involve employees. He/ she is a practical, pragmatic and inclusive leadership personality who knows how to motivate highly-qualified staff. He/ she penetrates operational and conceptual issues very quickly, questions the status quo actively and develops the future strategy actively.
