Chief of Staff

TVH; Belgique; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working hours

Work from home possibilities

20 days holiday

12 WTR days

Résumé du poste

TVH in Belgium seeks a senior leader to support the CEO from our Global Headquarters in Waregem. The role centers on guiding the corporate strategy, managing executive initiatives, and coordinating cross-functional programs across regions and functions.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in a business management role or top-tier consulting, with governance focus and a collaborative leadership style to align the organization with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Master’s or advanced degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in management consulting, corporate strategy, or high-level business operations.
• Proven experience organizing, aligning, and managing cross-functional teams and large-scale projects.
• Excellent communicator in English and Dutch, both written and verbal.

Responsabilités

• Manage the daily operations of the CEO office and prioritize executive tasks.
• Advise the CEO, acting as right hand for important business and strategic decisions.
• Attend executive meetings on behalf of the CEO and take on assigned responsibilities.
• Improve governance, optimize internal processes, and coordinate organizational procedures.
• Provide high-level insights, strategic analysis and reporting on global operations.
• Identify strategic opportunities and address core systemic problems in day-to-day business functions.
• Assess business, financial and operational risk with GMT members during key decisions.
• Handle highly sensitive corporate information with discretion and confidentiality.
• Provide leadership for special corporate projects, M&A activities, or transformation initiatives.
• Support GMT, sharpen decision-making and align Regions and Functions.

Connaissances

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Time management

Confidentiality

Discretion

Organization

Stakeholder management

Formation

Master’s degree or advanced degree

Description du poste

We recently welcomed a new CEO! This transition at TVH aligns with an ambitious new chapter of strategic transformation, designed to sustain long-term global growth.

You will be based at our Global Headquarters in Waregem, Belgium. In this key role supporting the CEO, you will have an immediate impact on our global corporate strategy and operations, streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing critical project management, and communicating corporate objectives across departments, regions, and executive leadership.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a business management role and/or a background in a top-tier consulting firm, with a special focus on executive-level advising, corporate governance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the CEO office and support in prioritizing critical executive tasks.
• Help the CEO manage their time effectively while acting in an advisory role for important business and strategic decisions, serving as a true right hand to the CEO.
• Take over assigned responsibilities, handle high-level corporate tasks, and attend executive meetings on behalf of the CEO.
• Use your organizational and problem-solving skills to improve corporate governance, optimize internal processes, and coordinate organizational procedures for enhanced efficiency and group productivity.
• Provide the CEO with high-level insights, strategic analysis, and comprehensive reporting on the company’s global operations and business performance, in close cooperation with the respective Functions.
• Identify strategic opportunities and help solve core systemic problems within day-to-day global business functions.
• Provide input and share opinions to help evaluate business, financial and operational risk in collaboration with GMT members when key executive decisions are being evaluated and made.
• Handle highly sensitive and confidential corporate information with the absolute utmost discretion.
• Provide strategic support and leadership oversight for critical special corporate projects, M&A activities, or transformation initiatives.
• Act as a proactive support, facilitator and thought partner to the GMT (General Management Team), helping sharpen decision-making, strengthen team effectiveness, and drive alignment across the Regions and the Functions (Commercial, Finance, HR, IT & Data, P&P and Operations).
• Act as a neutral sounding board for GMT members, leveraging the unique nature of this position (carrying no functional or regional “hat”) to foster objective dialogue and balanced organizational alignment.
• Act as “process owner” of the Board of Directors governance by managing and significantly contributing to the Board agenda

Profile

• Master’s or advanced degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of a proven track record in management consulting, corporate strategy, or high-level business operations.
• Proven experience in organizing, aligning, and managing multiple cross-functional teams, large-scale corporate projects, or strategic initiatives.
• Excellent communicator in written and verbal form in both English and Dutch.
• Extremely versatile and dedicated to driving efficient organizational productivity and strategic alignment.
• Strong strategic planning, synthesis, and executive reporting skills.
• Ability to prioritize complex tasks, multi-task, and work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced executive environment.
• Strong organizational, relationship-building, and time-management skills.
• Strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and advanced problem-solving ability.
• Absolute confidentiality, integrity, and discretion in handling highly sensitive corporate information.

What's in it for you

You will become part of a people-oriented company where your well-being really matters. Flexible working hours, work from home possibilities, 20 days holiday and 12 WTR days within a 40-hour week. At our headquarters you will also discover our TVH Park, a green area where you can move around and have the possibility to relax, meet or have lunch. Furthermore, we also offer:

• An attractive salary package with extra-legal benefits such as group and hospitalization insurance, luncheon vouchers, corporate restaurant, ...
• An exciting position in an international company with a family atmosphere where people are at the center.
• You are part of a dynamic entrepreneurial team that is fast-growing and at the center of the transformation.
• You arrive in an innovative, progressive and technological environment.
• Numerous opportunities for personal development, among other things through permanent guidance and professional (internal/external) training courses.
• Fun afterworks and other optional events (e.g. TVH Kaffee).

People are at our heart

TVH is a global business with a family atmosphere, where people are at the center. We value clarity, mutual respect, kindness and open communication. Our people are down-to-earth, easy to work and engage with. We welcome differences and celebrate new ideas.

About TVH

TVH is a parts specialist for quality parts and accessories for material handling, industrial vehicles, and construction and agricultural equipment. Working at TVH is opting for a company that excels as an international market leader and is well-known for its unstoppable craving for innovation.