Chief of Staff (m/f/d)
LOCATION: Munich / Germany | COMPANY: Knorr-Bremse AG | REQUISITION ID: 10072 | Full-time | Regular
| ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid
YOUR TASKS
- Advising and supporting the Board Member of the People & Integrity Resort in assessing priorities, structuring complex topics, identifying decision needs, and preparing management-ready options and recommendations across operational, strategic, and organizational matters
- Preparing, reviewing, and finalizing decision‑ready materials, management summaries, briefings, presentations, and committee papers for the Executive Board, Supervisory Board, the Personnel Committee, and other internal governance bodies, ensuring clarity, completeness, and audience-appropriate messaging
- Coordinating cross‑functional alignment with HR, Legal, IP, Compliance, Data Protection, employee representative bodies, as well as divisional management and executive offices, to ensure consistent, fact‑based, and timely input for Board‑level topics
- Conducting analyses and preparing executive reporting on strategic HR topics such as headcount, FTE development, turnover, personnel measures, reorganizational impacts, budget implications, and follow-up on Board decisions, thereby providing a robust basis for steering and management action
- Contributing to and supporting strategic HR and transformation initiatives, in particular through PMO activities, preparation of decision papers, action tracking, and governance‑related coordination
- Supporting Board and leadership communication on sensitive and high‑visibility topics and ensuring consistent quality, structure, and presentation standards across all executive materials under significant time pressure
YOUR PROFILE
- Successfully completed degree in engineering, business administration or a comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience in a comparable, Board‑proximate role ideally within an international corporate environment or a renowned management consulting firm
- Proven experience in preparing decision papers, management briefings, and presentations for the Executive Board and/or Supervisory Board
- Ideally, initial exposure to HR, Legal, or governance‑related topics
- Very good command of German and English, both written and spoken
- Confident and professional demeanor, with strong communication and presentation skills at all levels
- Strong analytical skills, structured and independent working style and a high degree of loyalty and discretion
Come and join our team!
Let’s shape the future of mobility together!
Who are we? Some 32,000 team players around the world, hard at work in over 100 locations across more than 30 countries. As a force for progress on road and rail, we prioritize technical excellence, sustainable business practices and social responsibility. At the last count, our global revenues totaled EUR 7.9 billion. Join us, and you can expect exciting, varied work in an international environment with attractive working conditions – including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and remote work. In addition, you can work up to twenty days a year from abroad in the EU. A broad selection of continuing education programs offers you plenty of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. And you can look forward to many other benefits, such as sports and healthcare programs, corporate volunteering, JobRad bicycle leasing, subsidized public transit options, and a state-of-the-art workplace with a rich choice of in-house catering options.
