Chief of Staff Commercial Operations

Chief of Staff, Commercial Operations

Location: United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, or Czech Republic

At Solenis, we're passionate about helping customers create cleaner, safer, and more sustainable operations. As a leading global provider of water treatment, hygiene, and industrial solutions, we help customers improve efficiency, productivity, and environmental performance through innovative technologies and industry expertise.

Within Solenis, the Industrial Maintenance Business delivers maintenance, metalworking, parts cleaning, wastewater treatment, and reliability solutions through a direct sales and service model. With more than 100 years of industry experience, we partner with customers worldwide to help them operate more efficiently, safely, and sustainably.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Chief of Staff, Commercial Operations to act as a trusted strategic partner and extension of the Industrial Maintenance Business leader, with the seniority to represent leadership priorities and influence decisions across regions and functions.

You will turn strategy into action, drive accountability, and build the KPI frameworks, dashboards, and review cadences that give leadership clear visibility of performance.

The successful candidate combines strategic thinking, commercial acumen, operational discipline, and leadership presence.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Business Performance

· Partner with senior leadership to develop and execute strategic priorities.

· Drive business performance through KPIs, dashboards, and operating reviews.

· Provide insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.

Leadership Support & Execution

· Act as an extension of the business leader, representing priorities across regional leaders, country sales managers, and functional teams.

· Drive execution of strategic initiatives and ensure accountability across the organisation.

· Remove barriers, resolve stakeholder challenges, and accelerate decision-making.

Operational Excellence & Transformation

· Lead initiatives that improve organisational effectiveness, processes, and business performance.

· Support change management and adoption of new ways of working.

· Establish governance, reporting standards, and performance disciplines.

Strategic Projects & Analytics

· Lead high-impact cross-functional projects from planning through implementation.

· Translate complex business data into actionable insights.

· Ensure initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes and strategic value.

What We're Looking For

· Significant experience in Chief of Staff, Commercial Operations, Commercial Excellence, Strategy & Operations, Business Transformation, or Management Consulting roles.

· Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and influence decision-making.

· Strong strategy execution, change management, and business performance management experience.

· Expertise in KPIs, dashboards, reporting, and operating cadences.

· Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.

· Strong analytical capabilities and a data-driven approach to problem-solving.

· Ability to operate comfortably across strategy, commercial operations, execution, and analytics in a complex international environment.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you are a strategic thinker with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders, the operational discipline to drive execution, and the leadership capability to deliver meaningful business outcomes, we would love to hear from you.