Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Germany

at  Ackerherz

Ackerherz is Germany’s fastest-growing online organic supermarket for members. Similar to a shopping cooperative, we offer our members delicious organic foods at significantly lower prices. This makes organic food more affordable to more people
Ackerherz is the German expansion of the French scaleup La Fourche. With over 100,000 members and 300 employees, La Fourche is the leading sustainable e-grocery brand in France. Founded over 6 years ago, they have reached over 50m€ revenues in 2023 and secured funding recently due to a steady 75% growth. With Ackerherz, this successful model is now being brought to Germany
We are looking for a CEO to take full ownership of the German business. You will have the opportunity to take over a fantastic team, focused on Offering and Operations, and help it grow together with the Company. You will have full P&L responsibility and will be in charge of steering, team management, finances, HR, marketing, PR, customer service and whatever comes up. You will work together with a Offering & Operations focused COO (ex-HelloFresh). You’ll be directly reporting to La Fourche’s CEO and be in constant discussion with the other founders on specific topics.
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong generalist to learn grow a startup - it is the ideal role for future founders

REQUIREMENTS

• Motivated to make sustainable consumption accessible to every German family
• 6+ years of work experience in high-impact generalist roles, ideally in a startup environment
• Track record of managing and motivating teams
• Strong business sense with knowledge of finance/accounting; Bonus: Prior experience with PnL management
• First experience with marketing, i.e. growth/paid acquisition and brand/PR
• Bonus: experience with e-commerce logistics/operations
• Founder mentality - excited about getting your hands dirty, not just managing others; we don’t look for a “corporate person”
• Autonomous work style and strong sense of ownership
• Willingness to travel to Paris and suppliers (approximately 10%)
• Native-level German speaker (C2) and fluency in English (C1). Bonus: French
• Based in or willing to move to Berlin area
• Bonus: Experience as co-founder or similarNobody can meet all requirements - feel free to apply even if you don’t meet all the prerequisites

• P&L Management: Ensure we hit our sales and burn targets by managing our budget and problem-solve all challenges along the way. You will have a large autonomy in your decisions to meet those goals
• Strategic decisions: Define and execute Ackerherz strategic initiatives to help the company grow while reducing cash burn
• Team management: Continue growing our great team culture and managing the team of ca. 10 people
• Negotiation: Negotiate important contracts and other deals with suppliers together with the COO
• PR/Brand: Represent Ackerherz to media, give interviews and grow our brand awareness
• Growth/Paid: Manage operationally our shop and acquisition channel - currently low effort - and grow an extended team once we add more channels
• Finance: Manage our finances together with French finance team and the German tax accountant
• HR/Recruitment : Ensure smooth day-to-day operations including “mundane but important” tasks like the monthly payroll with our tax accountant or doing employment contracts; own the full recruitment cycle with external recruiters for your team
• Legal: Enable legal compliance of our company and communicate with lawyers if necessary; formal representation of the German entity as Geschäftsführer