Senior Manager (m/f/d) Organizational Design & Operating Model

Doehler; Darmstadt; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work with passion

Take ownership

Grow your career

Global collaboration

Team culture

Job summary

Döhler is seeking a Senior Manager for Organizational Design & Operating Model to shape the enterprise structure and enable strategic execution. You will engage with the Board and senior leaders, translating growth priorities into a coordinated design and a clear implementation roadmap.

The role requires deep expertise in organization architecture, governance, and cross-functional collaboration. You'll lead design workshops, align stakeholders, define accountability, and drive measurable

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of professional experience in enterprise organization design, operating-model transformation, strategy, or corporate transformation.
• Proven ability to influence senior-level decisions without relying solely on formal authority.
• Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs from design to benefits realization.
• Strong communication, facilitation and negotiation skills for executive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise-wide organizational design agenda from strategic diagnosis through target operating model, implementation and measurable effectiveness review.
• Assess the current organization, operating model, interfaces, decision paths, capabilities, capacity and performance to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for scale.
• Own the development and evaluation of alternative organization and operating-model options, including governance and leadership structures.
• Translate business strategy and transformation requirements into an integrated organization design covering processes and capabilities.
• Act as a senior sparring partner to the Board and executives; lead cross-functional workshops and prepare recommendations.

Skills

Enterprise design

Operating models

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

German and English

Education

MBA or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in Business/Economics

Tools

SAP

AI concepts

Job description

Senior Manager (m/f/d) Organizational Design & Operating Model

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It's our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team - together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

This role owns the design of the organization required to deliver the company strategy. It combines enterprise-level strategic thinking with the ability to drive implementation and measurable business impact.

Job Description

• Lead the enterprise-wide organizational design agenda from strategic diagnosis through target operating model, implementation and measurable effectiveness review.
• Assess the current organization, operating model, interfaces, decision paths, capabilities, capacity and performance to identify structural complexity, duplication, bottlenecks, accountability gaps and opportunities for scale.
• Own the development and evaluation of alternative organization and operating-model options, including design principles, governance, accountabilities, decision rights, leadership layers and collaboration models.
• Translate business strategy, growth priorities and transformation requirements into an integrated organization design covering processes, activities, job profiles, position requirements, capabilities and capacity assumptions.
• Act as a senior sparring partner to the Board, Executive Committee and functional leaders; lead cross-functional design workshops, align stakeholders and prepare decision-ready recommendations for senior management.
• Build the implementation roadmap, decision governance and change architecture; ensure that agreed organizational changes are translated into clear accountabilities, leadership roles, processes and execution requirements.
• Define measurable success criteria and establish a governance rhythm to track organizational effectiveness, productivity, decision speed, capacity release and adoption after implementation.
• Identify and sponsor opportunities to simplify governance, strengthen accountability and enable data-supported, digital and AI-enabled ways of working while preserving clear human ownership for business-critical decisions.

Qualifications

• Completed university degree in Business Administration, Economics, Organizational Psychology, Engineering or a comparable discipline; an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, including substantial experience in enterprise organization design, operating-model transformation, strategy, management consulting or corporate transformation.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing target operating models and organization transformations across multiple functions, business units, geographies or manufacturing and supply-chain environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly at Executive Committee, Board and senior stakeholder level, with experience influencing complex decisions without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong analytical and conceptual capability, with the judgment to convert complex organizational, operational and workforce data into clear strategic choices and management-ready recommendations.
• Deep expertise in organization architecture, operating models, governance, decision rights, leadership structures, spans of control, activity analysis, capacity planning and organizational effectiveness.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs from ambition and design through business-case approval, implementation, adoption and benefits realization.
• Strong understanding of process architecture, SAP, data, digitalization, automation and AI, including the implications for roles, capabilities, controls and human accountability.
• Outstanding communication, facilitation and negotiation skills; able to create alignment among senior leaders while constructively challenging existing structures and established assumptions.
• High level of executive presence, commercial judgment, discretion, resilience and personal ownership; comfortable making recommendations in ambiguous and politically sensitive environments.
• Ability to build and lead high-performing expert teams, develop internal organization-design capability and establish repeatable standards, methods and governance for future redesign cycles.
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills; willingness to work internationally and across functions, sites and regions.

What WeOffer

• Work withpassion:We create an environment where passion meets profession. Meaningful work and positive energy inspire people to give their best and make lasting contribution to our shared success.
• Take ownership:We empower you to take ownership and share your ideas. Whatever your role, you have the opportunity to show initiative and make an impact.
• Grow yourway:With flexibledevelopmentopportunitiesacross departments and a global team, you can broaden your skills, discover newstrengthsand actively shape your career path.
• Thrive in a global environment:Join an international team bringing together multiplecultures,languagesand perspectives to sparknew ideasand inspiration.Through global collaboration, you expand your horizon both professionally and personally.
• The team always wins:We build real connections and grow together. By sharing knowledge and valuing each other's strengths, we create a culture where trust and team playlead to shared success.

EqualOpportunities for All

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity or expression, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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