Senior Manager Strategy & CEO Office (f/m/d) - temporary, full-time

Overview

Are you an experienced Manager with interest for Strategic Initiatives at the KION Group level? If so, consider joining us as a Senior Manager Strategy & CEO Office (f/m/d) in a temporary assignment starting April 2026 until February 2027.

In this role, you, together with the EVP Strategy & CEO Office, derive the Board priorities, align Board agendas and derive timelines to address topics from initial phase to conclusion, including the Supervisory Board discussions where applicable, and contribute to strategic projects. The position is based at the KION Group Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

We offer

• A company with a bright future: As a listed M-Dax company, we already employ more than 42,000 people in over 100 countries and are thus significantly driving the future of intralogistics while pursuing a clear sustainability strategy

• Moving forward together: Standardised and documented feedback process with international career opportunities and individual training opportunities

• Individual benefits: Modern IT equipment (also for the home office) & mobile devices, Employee Assistance Programme - holistic support programme for individual crisis situations, Deutschlandticket or parking space, option to lease a company bike, exclusive benefits/discounts for employees

• Our basics: flexible working hours, part-time models, the option of regular mobile working from home, attractive remuneration package, company pension scheme, canteen

Tasks and Qualifications

As Senior Manager Strategy & CEO Office, you will play a pivotal role in leading, and enabling the KION CEO Council. The KION CEO Council will assist the KION Executive Board and management leaders in driving a KION-wide Strategic Governance process, including meeting’s structure, content, and cadence.

Your tasks

• Host the monthly KION CEO Council:
  - Collect content input from different functions (Controlling, IR, Communications, Legal, Strategy) on your own responsibility and align different perspectives to a common view
  - Derive monthly "state-of-the-union" report to run KION CEO Council
  - Steer outwards communication from the CEO Council to the Executive Board as well as internal and external stakeholders

• Be the Project Management Leader for the CEO Council and the executive council that brings the top leaders in the company on a strategic cadence and manages the operating cadence (along with other corporate leaders) around the year including monthly and quarterly business reviews, and annual summits

• Proactively steer the strategy into execution through a policy deployment model

• Prepare the KION Executive Board Sessions:
  - Review documents to be submitted to the Board prior to release, across all departments
  - Pre-align the content discussed by the board with the respective topic experts, expecially with a focus on quality assurance and target group-oriented communication and ensure the right topics are discussed at the right time - alongside the EVP Strategy & CEO Office
  - Drive coordination of the sessions, working hand in hand with the KION Corporate Office

• Contribute to strategic initiatives

Qualifications & Requirements

• A completed university degree

• Minimum of 5 years of professional, progressive experience in the development, alignment, and implementation of strategic initiatives, a consulting background is preferred

• Unterstanding of the KION business, industry and knowledge of the organization

• Adept in managing, organizing, and driving large-scale strategic management activities across different areas of expertise

• Ability to build consensus across a wide variety of stakeholders,Strengths in project management, as well as data analysis

• Demonstrated presentation skills, ability to build presentations effectively

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop recommendations

• Team work & own initiative

• Fluency in English and German is required

Have we piqued your interest?

If this interesting and varied task appeals to you, we look forward to receiving your online application. Your contact person is Monika Wohlfarth (Tel. +49 (0) ).