Chief Operating Officer (COO) (m/f/d)

About the job

BEA – ever heard of it? Our biggest event as an in-house trade fair but just one of 300 to 500 events per year on our site. Yes, that is more than one event per day, we work in parallel, across all formats such as congress, trade fair, concert, general meeting, culture, training and much more. Boredom? We don’t know it at BERNEXPO.

And right in the middle stands our new COO (Chief Operating Officer) (m/f/d).

As a member of the management board, you are responsible for project management, planning, infrastructure, technology, FM, security and traffic and ICT, ensuring that everything runs smoothly and not only the Ferris wheel at the BEA keeps turning.

In the management board, you pull together with the CCO, CFO and CEO and if that is not the case, you jointly find the best solution for the company.

Your thinking is shaped by efficiency and quality, costs and returns are your metrics. You appreciate working with people and are a team player. Resources are your most valuable asset and their use is planned cleanly, efficiently and effectively. You are satisfied when our customers are satisfied and the BERNEXPO team has a smile on their face.

You bring the following profile:

Education and Training

• Advanced training in business administration and project management
• Good understanding of process management in manufacturing companies, you speak German / English and if possible French

Professional Experience

• Proven leadership experience in SMEs as well as very good business management knowledge: business planning, budgeting & costing.
• Proven experience in project management and infrastructure management
• Experience in organisational and change management

Personal Characteristics

• Strong entrepreneurial skills and above-average leadership competencies with various stakeholders
• Decisiveness and willingness to make decisions but also assertiveness within the organisation and management
• Communicative and solution-oriented in exchange with stakeholders
• Open, proactive leadership personality who enjoys networking and is good at it
• Ability to lead and optimise a complex area of responsibility with different specialist teams with a clear cost/benefit perspective
• Proven self-management, high self-motivation, passion and enthusiasm for the project and event business. Naturally, you enjoy optimising, further developing, improving and actively managing the hub function.

What we offer:

You keep the Bern trade fair site turning with your team, no day is like the other and you have the space and competence to successfully implement your job. Our team gets stuck in and works independently in daily business, knows what to do and can do what it does.

Our employment conditions are typical for SMEs, which means our salaries do not skyrocket but we pay a fair salary and free Ferris wheel rides are included.

If you want to take on great responsibility, keep the wheel turning with your team, and are willing to roll up your sleeves yourself from time to time, then you are our man or woman.

We look forward to your application.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the HR department:

Sina Müller
HR Specialist / Deputy Head of HR 
031 340 12 84