Business Operations Analyst/Associate (m/f/d)

SAEKI - Manufacturing at software speed

The Role

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 1–3 years of experience in a fast-paced environment — startup, management consulting, venture capital, investment banking, or similar. You've operated in a setting where you wore multiple hats and nothing was beneath you.
• Operational Grit: You get things done. You don't wait for process — you build it. You can context-switch between booking a flight, reconciling an invoice, and drafting a board slide without losing focus or quality.
• Strategic Horsepower: You can structure a problem, build a spreadsheet to analyze it, and present a recommendation. You're not just executing tasks — you understand why they matter and how they connect to the bigger picture.
• Ownership Mentality: You don't need to be told what to do twice. When you spot a gap, you fill it. When something breaks, you fix it first and report it second.
• People Skills: You'll interact with everyone — new hires, investors, accountants, lawyers, factory staff, suppliers. You are professional, warm, and effective across all of them.
• Language: Fluent in German and English.

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What we're not looking for

• People who need a job description to know what to do. This role changes every month as the company grows. If you need a fixed scope and clear boundaries, this isn't the right fit.
• Pure analysts who don't like getting their hands dirty. You will be filing paperwork, coordinating movers, setting up accounts, and chasing invoices — alongside more strategic work. Both matter equally.
• People who optimize for their own learning over company output. Yes, you'll learn an enormous amount. But the priority is shipping — not personal development plans.
• Candidates who need heavy management. You report to the Chief of Staff and CEO, both of whom move fast and expect you to keep up with minimal hand-holding.

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What we offer

• Mission: Rebuild the industrial sovereignty of the West. Your work directly enables the production of mission-critical hardware for defense and space.
• Total Ownership: High-stakes autonomy in your domain. You own both the problems and the solutions — and have the authority to execute.
• Accelerated Growth: You'll work directly with the CEO and Chief of Staff across every function — finance, HR, legal, strategy, logistics. In two years you'll have seen more of how a company works than most people see in ten. Where you go from here — Head of Operations, Chief of Staff, launch a new business unit — depends on you.
• The Team: "Special Forces" model. Everyone senior, everyone ships. No politics, no bureaucracy. Direct feedback, high standards.
• Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity.
• Location: Factory ONE in Munich, on-site

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Apply

• Resume: Focus on what you've built, shipped, or fixed — not just where you've worked.
• Cover letter: Why this mission? Why now? Tell us about a time you owned something messy and made it work.

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