This role, based in Dreilinden, will report into the General Manager of eBay Germany, and will focus on business operations and strategy for the German business. This is a high profile role which will execute against critical initiatives, business plans and day to day operations that will deliver impactful business change, driving a customer-centric organization that works together to drive enterprise value! 

What you will accomplish:

• Strategic Partner to GM: In collaboration with the leadership team, serve as a strategic partner to the international markets GMs, spanning from critical initiatives, annual planning, to daily business operations.  

• Steering and Driving Strategic Projects: Spearhead cross-vertical and horizontal projects to drive solutions to the organization’s strategic challenges and initiatives, including developing and sharing project plans, timelines, roles and responsibilities.  

• Overseeing Business Operations: Owning the regular business operations for the portfolio, including defining relevant measurement methodologies and tracking against those goals via regular reporting cadences and touchpoints (WBRs, QBRs, etc.) 

• Preparing Executive-Level Deliverables: Engage and work with cross-functional teams to deliver executive-level outputs in many formats, including ELT/board decks and other senior leadership readout 

What you will bring:

• Proven track record of strategic planning and execution, taking a project from idea to full implementation in a large complex organization. A consulting / strategy background is preferred. 

• Results oriented with a consistent record in managing metrics with impact on business performance and an analytical approach  

• Fluent English; fluent German preferred

• Proven record of delivery and an ability to excel in a dynamic and fast paced environment, being able to influence and collaborate across teams 

• Ability to articulate vision and purpose for the initiatives and programs as it relates to long-term goals and objectives 

• Experience with Project, program management & delivery 

• Strong communication skills, quickly able to gain trust and confidence with people at all levels 

• Able to articulate challenges, blockers, problems effectively and be able to work through solutions with team members to overcome them 

• Strong excel (modeling, pivot tables, advance functions, statistics) and PowerPoint skills, being able to tell a story at various levels  

• Executive level verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to tell an elegant story backed by data 

• Highly organized, systematic problem solver who thrives on being efficient 

• Passionate for attention to detail 

• Comfortable and hands-on with data, analytics, and modeling 

• Desire to “roll up your sleeves” to perform all functions from administrative processing to leading change initiatives 

• Solid project management skills, having managed and successfully delivered multiple, complex projects on-time and on-budget 

• Highly inclusive and can build relationships across different countries at various levels  

• Exposure to an ecommerce/ marketplaces is advantageous