
Manager, Business Development – Strategy
AKM Wundmanagement GmbH
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Duisburg • Germany
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About the role
- Lead or co-lead the identification, evaluation, development and active implementation of projects to advance products, offerings and business models (e.g., operational optimization, business development, M&A-related topics, new initiatives and investments)
- Lead or co-pilot special and development projects with clear accountability for results
- Contribute to company-building topics across central building blocks such as operational processes, organizational structures, personnel, and IT/tools
- Independently identify relevant areas for action based on qualitative and quantitative analyses and proactively initiate and drive topics forward
- Provide substantive support to executive management in preparing important internal and external meetings and events
- Collaborate with external partners on a project basis
Requirements
- High personal responsibility and ownership for your topics — from idea to implementation
- Strong 80/20 mindset with focus on the essentials and pragmatic, effective solutions
- Enjoy prioritizing topics independently, preparing decisions thoroughly and implementing them
- Confident handling of decision-making scope in a professional, fact-based 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 questions, 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, written and spoken
Benefits
- Part-time arrangements explicitly welcome (e.g., 60–80%)
- Remote work possible with approximately 50% on-site presence at the company headquarters in Duisburg
- Flexible working hours in line with project requirements
- Direct link to executive management, short decision-making paths and genuine decision authority
- Freedom to shape initiatives rather than committee-driven work
- Tangible impact of your work within the company
- Broad project spectrum instead of a narrow line role
- Entrepreneurial environment with professional, respectful collaboration
- Attractive development opportunities depending on interests and strengths
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Soft Skills
personal responsibilityownership80/20 mindsetprioritizationdecision-makinganalytical skillshands-on mentalitystructured working styleclear communicationconfident presence