Senior Manager Commercial Practice (m/f/d)

AURELIUS WaterRise (Operations Advisory) team is a close-knit team of advisors with deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience. They support value creation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Commercial, Digital, Finance, Legal & Tax as well as People & Organization.

We are looking for you in Germany or the Netherlands as a Senior Manager Go-to-Market & Sales Management – Commercial Practice (m/f/d) to further strengthen our in-house ‚Commercial Practice‘ partners with our portfolio companies to optimise and realign their commercial and go-to-market functions. The team works across key top-line growth levers, including sales, pricing, and customer relationship management, and related areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and implement go to market strategies to build customer centric, scalable sales organisations across the portfolio
• Define market approaches and commercial models to unlock growth and improve sales effectiveness
• Develop fit for purpose sales structures, performance frameworks, and incentive systems
• Strengthen key account management and commercial excellence capabilities
• Perform due diligence tasks on acquisitions to our portfolio
• Implement quick check analyses for optimization potential of portfolio companies after the acquisition
• Lead and inspire portfolio company employees through critical transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed

Profile

• Economics, business (or equivalent) university degree
• 8+ years of relevant commercial experience across various industries (B2B/B2C)
• Strategy consulting and commercial leadership experience in industry, start-up or private equity environment
• Expert in one or more commercial areas, such as Commercial Excellence, Pricing, Revenue Management, CRM, e-Commerce, Marketing, Sales, Key Account Management
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced environments and in matrix organizations, with exposure to senior leadership and decision makers
• Project management experience and knowledge of methodologies and tools
• Change manager with strong affinity for technology
• Able to thrive in autonomous and ambiguous environments, pragmatic and hands-on mentality
• Excellent communication skills as well as strong analytical and implementation skills
• Willingness to travel as required (in general 3-4 days / week on site)
• Fluent in English, further language skills are welcome

If you're ready to take responsibility, challenge the status quo, and grow within a supportive yet high-performing culture — AURELIUS is the place for you.

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At AURELIUS, you'll find more than just a job — you'll become part of a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where your ideas and impact truly matter. Our culture is built on a hands-on, pragmatic mindset that values initiative, ownership and teamwork. We look for individuals who think like entrepreneurs and thrive as part of a dynamic team.