Senior Assistant, Umdasch Group Ventures

Company Description

What if you worked for a company that shares your ambitions and enables you to unlock your full potential?
A place where your boldest ideas become reality, where you can take on visionary challenges, push your limits, and deliver outstanding results.

As a 150-year-old family business with over 11,000 employees across 160 locations on 5 continents, the Umdasch Group fosters a performance-oriented environment where innovation thrives. With our three divisions — Doka, umdasch The Store Makers,andumdasch Industrial Solutions— we’re shaping the future of construction, outfitting, and the operation of industrial plants driven by people who share our attitude. And there’s much more to come.

Umdasch Group Ventures is the innovation and growth hub of the Umdasch Group, whose task is to identify new technologies and attractive companies to be acquired. It does this in the core areas of construction and retail, and in future also in new areas along the life cycle of a building object.

Join us and take your career to the next level.

Job Description

As a Senior Assistant, you will support the Umdasch Group Ventures team in all administrative, organizational, and project-supported matters. You play a key role in ensuring the smooth execution of operational and governance processes and act as a reliable interface between internal and external stakeholders.

You will collaborate closely with a globally dispersed team, requiring strong coordination skills, cultural sensitivity, and flexibility in working style and time management.

In addition, your core responsibilities include:

• Preparing board-level documentation, as well as creating presentations, reports, agendas, minutes, and communication materials in both German and English
• Planning, organizing, and coordinating meetings, workshops, events, selected marketing-related activities, and business trips (including flights, trains, hotels, and visas)
• Managing office organization, invoices, orders, and expense reports
• Serving as a point of contact and key user for various company systems
• Onboarding new employees, including hardware procurement, system access, and training
• Covering for colleagues during absences and flexibly taking on additional tasks

Qualifications

We are looking for a highly organized and communicative individual with strong interpersonal skills, who enjoys connecting and coordinating across an international environment. You bring a structured working style, set clear priorities, and drive process improvements, while continuously developing yourself.

With curiosity, adaptability, and resilience, you approach challenges effectively. You communicate clearly and respectfully, foster strong collaboration, and contribute actively to the team’s success.

Your Background:

• Completed commercial/business education (e.g., HAK or equivalent)
• At least 10 years’ experience in assistant roles, especially also in international settings
• Organizational talent, and high sense of responsibility
• Strong MS Office skills and high IT, AI affinity
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication abilities, empathy, and strength in fostering teamwork
• Excellent German and English skills; additional languages are a plus
• Discretion, attention to detail, and a proactive, independent working style

Your Competencies:

• Communication: Communicating clearly and respectfully while collaborating constructively with others
• Curiosity: Exploring new ideas and actively expanding knowledge
• Resilience: Taking on challenges and growing from them
• Adaptability: Adjusting to changing requirements and dynamic environments
• Self-Reflection: Reflecting on actions and learning from feedback
• Structured Problem-Solving: Analyzing challenges systematically and developing effective solutions

Additional Information

This position is available on a full-time or part-time basis (minimum 30 hours per week).

What we offer:

• An attractive, modern working environment in a successful, international family business
• Exciting responsibilities with real impact and creative freedom
• A motivated team and plenty of opportunities for growth and development
• Flexible working hours to support your work-life balance

A competitive, market-aligned salary is offered for this position, depending on specific qualifications and professional experience.

We are legally required to indicate a minimum salary. According to the collective agreement for the retail sector, the annual gross minimum salary for this position is EUR 39.802.00 on a full-time basis.

We look forward to receiving your application