Project Manager Integration & Processes (M&A) / Graduate and Early Career Starter (hybrid)

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Home Solutions division is the world’s leading provider of smart systems for domestic kitchens. Drawing on a long history of reliability and expertise, we help our partners enhance their businesses and provide outstanding kitchen and cooking experiences to our consumers by offering complete solutions for food preparation and cooking.

About the job

Franke Home Solutions acquired WESCO AG and berbel Ablufttechnik GmbH on November 1, 2024.

As the Project Manager Integration & Processes you will directly report to the Managing Director WESCO & berbel and support the post-merger integration process of the two acquired legal entities into Franke Home Solutions DACH. The main focus will be on aligning processes, identifying synergies and supporting the various functions with their integration challenges. In addition, you will contribute to ambition planning and key projects across the German‑speaking markets (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). 

You will be part of our Graduate and Early Career (GEC) Program of 18 months, which enables you to:

• Deliver meaningful projects with impact on our local and global business – from the very beginning 
• Own responsibilities and challenging projects for you to accelerate your professional development and personal growth 
• Enjoy the opportunity to influence stakeholders, bringing strategic thinking and creativity into play to challenge the status quo, with exposure to senior leadership 
• Take on more responsibility after successful completion of the program, either in your current team, or in a different function/division/location based on your performance and available opportunities

Your tasks

• Provide support and lead a wide range of projects with continuous exposure to senior leaders.
• Map and analyze processes at WESCO AG and berbel Ablufttechnik GmbH and align them to Franke Home Solutions standards
• Identify control, compliance, and efficiency gaps relative to Franke Home Solutions standards, propose improvements and follow up on them
• Support the departments in their sales growth and digitalization efforts
• Coordinate integration plans, governance cadences, and reporting
• Facilitate stakeholder communications, training, and adoption
• Status tracking and reporting in the management team meetings
• Have the opportunity to influence stakeholders, bring your strategic thinking and your creativity into play and challenge the status quo

Requirements

• You have completed your Master’s degree in Business Administration or Economics and gained (2-4 years) working experience in consulting or project management
• You have led projects yourself from end-to-end with the accountability to manage people while not having the direct reporting line
• Excellent organizational & analytical skills, attention to detail and collaborative mindset
• High engagement level and drive for results
• You can function well in ambiguity and can manage multiple projects with varying levels of complexity
• You are a team player and an agile learner with a proactive mindset
• Languages: Fluent in German and English (written and spoken) is a prerequisite, other languages are an asset
• You are willing to travel 20-40%, mainly within Switzerland and Germany

What we offer you

• A set of challenging projects to lead with continuous exposure to senior leaders
• Access to the FRANKE ACADEMY with a broad range of trainings to improve technical as well as soft skills and general knowledge of the company and products
• Individual coaching from our coaching partner
• Individual mentoring from a senior leader
• Shadowing a senior leader
• Support from a growing international GEC community

Contact details

Helen Probst, Junior Group HR Project Manager

Nadja Günthard, Global Head of Recruiting and Talent

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