Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.
Karo is entering the execution phase of its Value Creation Plan (VCP), a multi-year transformation programme. Delivering it requires a capability Karo has historically lacked: disciplined, cross-functional delivery.
As Head of Transformation & PMO , you will own the delivery of the VCP and Karo’s strategic cross-functional and cross-geography initiatives. You will also build project and change management as a lasting internal capability.
We are recruiting for this role for one of our offices in either Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Maidenhead, Warsaw or Kaunas.
What’s in it for you?
A rare mandate to build a capability from the ground up and shape how a PE-backed company delivers its value creation
High visibility, working closely with the Group CFO, the CMT, the Board and our owners
Direct, measurable impact on Karo’s performance
International scope across markets and functions
What you’ll be doing
Deliver the Value Creation Plan
Own end-to-end execution and tracking of VCP initiatives, from planning to measurable financial impact
Run governance: priorities, milestones, stage gates, KPIs and value tracking, linked to the budget, forecast and financial reporting
Prepare transparent VCP progress reporting for the CMT, the Board and our owners
Act as the main day-to-day counterpart for KKR Capstone and external advisers on transformation topics
Lead enterprise-wide programmes
Lead or coordinate major cross-functional programmes such as Order-to-Cash, Source-to-Pay and S&OP, in partnership with the accountable functional leaders
Make sure initiatives involve all relevant functions from the start, and are scalable before rollout, collaborating with IT.
Spot risks and dependencies early, resolve conflicts and escalate decisions when needed
Build the PMO and project management capability
Build and lead a team of Senior Project Managers deployed to Karo’s most important initiatives
Define a pragmatic, Karo-wide project management standard: methods, templates, tools and governance that people actually use
Develop project and change management skills across the organisation and reduce reliance on external consultants
Ensure proper knowledge transfer from all external partners to internal teams
Drive change
Bring a change management lens to every initiative so that new processes and tools are adopted, not just implemented
Build alignment and lead through influence in a matrix organisation
Requirements
10–15 years of experience, combining top-tier consulting or transformation work with significant time in an industry role delivering transformation
A track record of delivering large, cross-functional, multi-country programmes with measurable P&L and cash impact
Experience building or leading a PMO or transformation office, including people leadership
Strong financial literacy: comfortable linking initiatives to EBITDA, cash and budget
Credibility with executive leadership, boards and investors
A structured and pragmatic approach, with the ability to simplify complexity without over-engineering it
High ownership, resilience and calm in a fast-moving environment
Experience in FMCG or consumer health; private equity-backed experience is a strong plus
Fluent English; other European languages are a plus
Benefits
Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
Flexible schedule, hybrid model with the primary work place in the office, and life-work…