CEO, Fashion Retail Holding, Osnabrueck, Germany

PER, Private Equity Recruitment; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 20.000 - 40.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading multi-brand fashion group in Germany is seeking a CEO to drive strategic transformation and lead retail subsidiaries. This role involves overseeing brand positioning, digital transformation, and sustainable profitability, requiring a proven track record in executive leadership within the consumer goods sector. Fluency in German and English is essential for this position, with a focus on socially responsible practices and stakeholder communication.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record of leadership as CEO or in executive roles.
• Experience with turnaround and repositioning projects in fashion or lifestyle.
• Strong results orientation as a hands-on leader.

Aufgaben

• Drive the development of group strategy.
• Lead management teams of subsidiaries.
• Steer turnaround and transformation programs.

Kenntnisse

Leadership in consumer goods

Experience with multi-brand portfolios

Strategic thinking

Strong interpersonal skills

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

Jobbeschreibung

About our client

Our client is one of Germany's leading multi‑brand groups in fashion, lifestyle, and retail. With a diversified portfolio of own brands, private‑label businesses, and international sourcing operations, the group combines decades of industry experience with a strong entrepreneurial heritage.

As part of a strategic transformation program, the holding is repositioning its retail and private‑label entities to secure sustainable growth and competitiveness in an evolving market environment. The CEO will take active leadership of the group’s retail subsidiaries – one a major supplier to leading European retailers and discounters, the other specialized in sports and lifestyle apparel – while also contributing to the broader portfolio development within the holding structure. The role is well connected to Bremen and based around Osnabrück, Germany.

What the job involves

• Driving the further development of the group strategy with emphasis on brand positioning, digital transformation, and sustainable profitability
• Leadership and integration of the management teams of the subsidiaries
• Active CEO role for one or more subsidiaries based in the greater Oldenburg area
• Steering of the turnaround and transformation program (retail brands)
• Responsibility for ESG and compliance (LkSG / CSRD) as well as for maintaining a trust‑based collaboration with the advisory board and employee representatives
• Further development of governance, culture, and sustainability in line with the values of the family‑owned business

Who we are looking for

• Proven track record of overall leadership responsibility (CEO / Business Unit Head / Executive Board) in the consumer goods, fashion, or lifestyle sector
• Experience with multi‑brand portfolios, turnaround, and repositioning projects
• Combination of strategic thinker and hands‑on leader with strong results orientation
• Experience in socially responsible transformation and in reputation and stakeholder communication within a family‑owned business
• Strong interpersonal skills, integrity, and cultural sensitivity suited to a long‑term‑oriented family enterprise
• Fluent in German and English