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Senior Manager Strategy & Projects f/m/d

Vitra
10 hours ago
Full-time
Remote friendly (Basel, BS)
Worldwide

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Vitra is hiring a Senior Manager Strategy & Projects f/m/d in Basel for a full-time hybrid role that blends strategic thinking with execution to shape the company’s future and translate priorities into measurable business outcomes. You will develop corporate strategy, drive cross-functional initiatives, and lead growth across Contract and Home businesses while advancing operational and digital excellence including AI-enabled solutions. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in strategy consulting or corporate strategy, a proven track record of delivering complex programs, strong analytical skills, and experience with premium brands or omnichannel models; B2B and B2C exposure is a plus. Apply via the job portal, tailor your CV to show cross-functional leadership and impact, and reach out to Lucas Kupferschmid with questions.

Our Common Goal 

You will help shape Vitra’s future direction while ensuring the successful execution of strategic priorities across the organization. Working closely with Executive Management and leaders across functions, you will translate strategic ambitions into measurable business outcomes and drive initiatives that strengthen Vitra’s commercial, operational, and digital capabilities. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic thinking with hands-on implementation in an international and design-driven environment. 

 

Your Impact in the Role 

Strategy Development & Business Insights 

  • Support the development and execution of Vitra's corporate strategy through market, customer, competitive, and commercial analyses 

  • Develop business cases, strategic options, and recommendations for Executive Management and Board discussions 

  • Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps and initiatives that support sustainable business growth 

 

Strategic Projects & Transformation 

  • Lead strategic and cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation, ensuring delivery against objectives, timelines, and business value 

  • Structure complex business challenges and facilitate workshops, strategy processes, and management discussions 

  • Coordinate stakeholders across functions, markets, and organizational levels to drive alignment and successful execution 

 

Commercial Growth & Customer Experience 

  • Support growth initiatives across Vitra's Contract (B2B) and Home (B2C) businesses by assessing opportunities across customer segments, channels, and geographies 

  • Drive projects that strengthen customer experience, commercial performance, omnichannel capabilities, e-commerce activities, retail operations, and dealer networks 

 

Operational & Digital Excellence 

  • Identify and implement improvements in business processes, operating models, and ways of working 

  • Lead process optimization, systems implementation, and organizational improvement initiatives in collaboration with business and IT teams 

  • Support the adoption of digital technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, while ensuring sustainable implementation through effective change management 

 

How You Can Convince 

  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, business development, operational excellence, or a comparable environment 

  • Proven track record of leading complex cross-functional projects from strategy development through implementation and delivery 

  • Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate insights into practical recommendations 

  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: corporate strategy, business transformation, project management, commercial excellence, e-commerce, omnichannel, customer experience, process optimization, or digital technologies 

  • Experience within premium consumer brands, retail, lifestyle, design-led, manufacturing, industrial, or related environments is advantageous 

  • Exposure to both B2B and B2C business models is highly desirable 

  • University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline 

 

Enjoy working at Vitra 

  • We offer a dynamic, creative, and innovative environment and pursue a sustainable corporate strategy
  • Office design is our specialty - our work environment offers space for creativity including areas for focus time
  • Experience our inspiring campus in Weil am Rhein with unique cultural offerings and a dedicated employee garden 
  • Welcome to Vitra - our orientation and welcome program 
  • We promote lifelong learning through our internal academy and target group-oriented talent management programs 
  • "How to work better" - our concept for the hybrid working world - enables mobile working in different facets 
  • Extended maternity leave
  • Attractive pension funds 
  • Choose an additional, individual benefit - in the area of fitness offers, the job ticket, a subsidy for our canteen or childcare 
  • Benefit from attractive discounts on products from Vitra and Artek 

 

Do you still have doubts? 

You do not bring all the qualifications listed? 

 

Don't be discouraged: We are convinced that with an eager-to-learn, open-minded attitude, mountains can be moved. 

 

So, apply anyway and show us why you are the right person for this position. 

 

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities and living diversity. Your personality and expertise are the only factors that determine your suitability. 

 

Please note that we cannot accept applications via E-mail but kindly aks you to send it via our job portal. If you have any questions, Lucas Kupferschmid, [email protected], will be happy to support.