Job Title: Chief of Staff with focus on Value Creation and Integration

Location: Switzerland, central (Zug) or western (Bern/Fribourg) part

Job Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Full business proficiency in English, German and French. Italian language capabilities highly advantageous.

Client Overview:

TIC Holding Schweiz AG from Baar, Switzerland, unites leading Testing, Inspection & Certification companies on a Swiss platform centered on customer satisfaction, trust, quality, and technology.

Guided by the highest industry standards, we are building an agile group that preserves the identity of local leading businesses while amplifying their impact through lean processes, shared best practices, and investments in people, digitization / AI. This enables us to deliver clients an integrated, fast, and reliable service, and to offer to our investors a sustainable and measurable growth trajectory.

We grow to create real synergies and lasting value. To date, the group has acquired Metron Measurement SA located in Quartino (TI), Transgeo AG located in Muri bei Bern (BE), and an undisclosed third company, all based in Switzerland. It is backed by the Private Equity Team of Winterberg Advisory GmbH, based in Munich, Zug and Milan.

Job Summary:

As we expand our operations and integrate new acquisitions, we are seeking a skilled Chief of Staff who will assist the CEO, President, and investment team. The role will be instrumental in driving the successful integration of business operations, systems, and cultures of companies that are already and will form part of TIC Holding. This role requires strategic oversight and hands-on management to ensure seamless transitions and realization of synergies.

The successful candidate will translate integration efforts into tangible EBITDA uplift and cash-flow improvement by driving commercial, operational, and digital synergies across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement value creation integration strategies in alignment with the company's objectives.
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication, coordination, and execution of integration and value creation plans while establishing a formal integration governance model.
• Manage timelines, budgets, and resources to achieve integration and value creation milestones and deliverables and track synergy realization through P&L impact.
• Address and resolve issues through proactive identification and strategic problem-solving.
• Facilitate the harmonization of business processes and systems between the merged entities including alignment of quality and accreditation frameworks and deployment of group-wide digital tools such as ERP, CRM, LIMS.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain alignment and support throughout the integration and value creation process.
• Monitor integration and value creation progress and provide regular updates to senior management and the Board of Directors through a consolidated Group Value Creation Dashboard summarizing financial and operational KPIs.
• Co-develop and continuously refine the TIC Holding Integration Playbook to codify lessons learned and standardize future onboarding processes.
• Drive cultural integration and change management initiatives to align local teams with Group values while preserving their entrepreneurial identity.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management or a related field.
• Several years of experience in value creation, post-merger integration, project management, or a similar role within a top tier consultancy or private equity or private equity-backed company, ideally within industrial services, engineering, or the Testing & Inspection sector.
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with fluent level of German, English, and French. Italian language capabilities welcome.
• Strategic thinker with a strong analytical mindset and problem-solving abilities and ability to link operational initiatives to financial outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in CRM platforms and digital tools (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce) and web design experience would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards and compliance requirements in the TIC sector is a plus.

What we offer:

• An impactful role at group level to create new functions, to manage initiatives, and to drive synergies across several companies.
• An entrepreneurial culture with focus on pragmatism and implementation, rather than rules and regulations.
• An exposure to professional value creation supported by a first rate Private Equity team.
• A chance to deepen or acquire first-rate industrial expertise in our state-of-the-art niche lab companies.
• An opportunity to leverage multi-language capabilities in a supportive mix of French, German, and Italian languages.

Does this opportunity sound like the right fit? Then please send us your complete dossier via LinkedIn, or reach out directly to timo@guniaconsulting.com