Private equity professionals with operational integration experience in finance and supply chain will find this hands-on leadership role in Berlin highly aligned with their background.
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Original posting from A11 via Greenhouse
About the Job
As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact.
We're looking for a hands-on Head of Operational Integration for the finance team at one of our Ecosystem Companies. You own what happens after an acquisition closes, until the acquired business performs better than before. This role is not about sourcing deals, valuation, or legal documentation.
Join the A11 Ecosystem – a next-generation supply chain platform redefining how one of the world's largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials at scale. Since its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency. Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration.
In this role, you’ll:
Establish management control from day one
Gain access to accounting from day one and set up a fixed monthly close
Introduce one reporting framework across all acquired entities
Establish a baseline for revenue, margin, working capital, cash, and customer and supplier concentration
Turn due diligence commitments into a 100-day operating rhythm
Diagnose on the ground
Spend substantial time inside each business to verify its real condition
Map the connections across procurement, pricing, inventory, sales productivity, logistics, financing, ERP, and reporting
Test integration theses, keep those that hold, drop those that don't, and report findings quickly to the CEO
Create value with management
Roll out levers such as central procurement, credit and working-capital facilities, pricing, sales productivity, customer intelligence, and back-office automation
Decide with the CEO what to centralize, what to keep local, and what to adopt from acquired businesses
Track the euro impact of each lever against the original investment case
Build trusted relationships with owners and management
Engage as a peer of owner-managers: verify claims and name problems directly
Set clear expectations that the goal is to support, not to solve problems on their behalf
Build the integration playbook and team
Create a repeatable system: Day-1 checklist, reporting standard, diagnostic framework, lever library, and 100-day plan
Make each integration faster than the last
Over time, build and lead a team that runs several integrations in parallel
Your Profile:
Around 8-12 years of experience in private equity value creation or portfolio operations, or in strategy and transformation with significant time inside operating companies
At least one integration or post-close situation you personally led, with a specific problem solved and a clear view of why the solution worked
Hands-on operating experience in procurement, pricing, supply chain, finance, or sales at a real company
Comfortable working with highly capable, informal owner-entrepreneurs, and strong at influencing without formal authority
Fast, accurate at reading businesses and people
Fluent in modern AI tools, with a habit of automating your own work (engineering skills are not required)
Fluent German and English, as key conversations take place in German
Please note that this position is based in Berlin
Benefits and Perks:
Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and help scale a high-impact business model
Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
Attractive base and bonus compensation program
Collaboration with top-tier investors and angels (incl. various unicorn founders) as well as leading market experts
If you’re eager to join the A11 Ecosystem and shape what’s next, we want to hear from you!
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.
Source: A11 careers (Greenhouse)