
Manager Corporate Development – Special Projects
AKM Wundmanagement GmbH
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Duisburg • Germany
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About the role
- (Co-)identification, evaluation, development and active implementation of projects to further develop products, services and business models (including operational optimization, business development, M&A-related topics, new projects and investments)
- Project management or co-piloting of special and development projects with clear accountability for results
- Contribution to company-building topics across core building blocks such as operational processes, organizational structures, personnel, IT and work tools
- Independently identifying relevant areas for action based on qualitative and quantitative analyses, and proactively initiating and driving initiatives
- Providing content support to executive management in preparing important internal and external meetings and events
- Project-related collaboration with external partners
Requirements
- High degree of personal responsibility and ownership for your topics — from idea to implementation
- Strong 80/20 mindset with focus on the essentials and pragmatic, effective solutions
- Enjoyment in independently prioritizing tasks, preparing decisions on a sound basis and executing them
- Confident handling of decision-making scope in a professional, fact-oriented environment
- Initial relevant professional experience (approx. 1–2 years) in management consulting, in-house consulting, corporate development or a comparable role
- Very good analytical skills combined with a genuine hands-on mentality
- Strong interest in entrepreneurial topics, business models and operational implementation
- Structured, independent working style and clear communication
- Confident presence when interacting with executive management, leaders and external partners
- Very good German language skills, both spoken and written
Benefits
- Part-time explicitly welcome (e.g., 60–80%)
- Mobile/remote work possible with approximately 50% presence at the company headquarters in Duisburg
- Flexible working hours in coordination with the respective projects
- Direct link to executive management, short decision paths and genuine decision-making authority
- Scope for shaping initiatives rather than committee work
- Tangible impact of your work within the company
- Wide project spectrum rather than a narrow line function
- Entrepreneurial environment with professional, appreciative collaboration
- Attractive development opportunities depending on interests and strengths
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Soft Skills
personal responsibilityownership80/20 mindsettask prioritizationdecision-makinganalytical skillshands-on mentalitystructured working styleclear communicationconfident presence