Business Manager to COO (m/f/d)

Location: Bayreuth, Germany

Company

hirify.global develops child safety, lifestyle, and fashion products including car seats, baby carriers, kids furniture, and strollers. It operates globally as part of Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd.

What you will do

• Act as a trusted business partner to the COO and translate strategic priorities into structured work plans, decisions, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare management reports, KPI dashboards, performance analyses, executive presentations, decision papers, briefings, and business cases.
• Support business planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario assessments, and performance tracking with Finance and relevant functions.
• Govern strategic COO initiatives by tracking milestones, risks, dependencies, responsibilities, and decision points.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects, manage stakeholders, track deliverables, and escalate risks or delays.
• Prepare leadership meetings, document decisions, maintain action logs, consolidate information, and provide approximately 20% executive and occasional personal assistance to the COO.

Requirements

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional experience in business management, Chief of Staff, corporate strategy, management consulting, PMO, business analytics, or a comparable senior-leadership support role.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and business skills with a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and AI skills, confidence working with complex data, and confidence using Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled productivity tools.
• PowerPoint and executive communication skills, including synthesizing complex information into concise, decision-ready management materials.
• Project and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to drive cross-functional execution without formal authority.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and sensitive topics simultaneously.
• Integrity, trustworthiness, discretion, sound judgement, proactive ownership, resilience, independence, and the ability to challenge constructively.
• Excellent written and verbal English.

Nice to have

• Hands-on Power BI capability.
• SQL, data modelling, or workflow automation experience.
• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• International environment with employees from more than 29 nations.
• Opportunities for professional and individual development in a rapidly growing business.
• Inclusive working environment focused on diversity and equal opportunities.
• Competitive salary, attractive annual leave, and discounts on hirify.global products.
• Company values include Imagination, Belief, Passion, Strength, Respect, and Love.