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# Chief of Staff, Strategy & AI Enablement at Andercore

- **Company:** Andercore
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/andercore/b0d2e6fe-00e1-4bac-b151-3bb0e40ecb23/application

**Skills:** Financial Analysis, P&L Management, M&A, AI Tools, Strategic Planning, German Language

> This role is a company-building position for the CEO, focusing on strategy, execution, finance, and operations. The candidate will drive the company's operating system, translate strategy into action, manage P&L and AI initiatives, and lead high-impact projects to improve internal execution and leadership alignment.

## Job description

## About Andercore

Andercore is the AI-native supplier of industrial materials for energy, infrastructure, and construction in wholesale and beyond. We trade with global suppliers and distribute to European customers on our own account. Our AI runs the full trade and distribution end-to-end: sourcing, quality, pricing, sales, logistics, and embedded financing. For the customer, it feels like buying from their preferred local supplier; for our partners, it is the most convenient and safe way to do business across borders. Behind it, our software and agentic AI do the heavy lifting that used to take an asset-intensive supply chain with four or five intermediaries and weeks of manual coordination. Where we are today:

- Strong triple-digit-million euro turnover
- Seven European markets live
- 80+ people across Berlin (HQ), offices in London, Mumbai, and Shanghai

$40M Series B just closed, $75M raised to date from Atomico, Project A, and Inven Capital, institutional financing from international banks. We are building the world's first and last industrial-grade AI operating system for materials, redefining how global trade works in one of the largest and most essential industries on earth.

We are hiring a Chief of Staff to the CEO. This is not a coordination role. This is a company-building role. You will operate at the center of how Andercore runs. Across strategy, execution, finance, and operations. With exposure to the board and full proximity to the CEO.

- Your job is not the product. Your job is the company itself.
- Starting in the CEO office, you will shape how decisions are made, how priorities are set, and how execution happens across the entire organization. From the CEO level into the C-level layer, and from there into the company.
- Your mandate is simple: make the company run better, faster, and more intelligently - every single day.

## What You Will Do

Run the Company Operating System

- Drive the CEO agenda across all functions
- Build and enforce a clear operating cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
- Create full transparency on performance: GMV, Net Revenue, margin, working capital
- Identify bottlenecks early and force resolution

Translate Strategy into Execution

- Break down company strategy into concrete, executable plans
- Align all CEO direct reports on priorities and timelines
- Track execution rigorously and intervene where needed
- Act as sparring partner to senior leadership

Own Business and Financial Steering

- Work closely with Finance on P&L, balance sheet, and liquidity
- Understand and challenge core drivers: pricing, margin, AR/AP, capital efficiency
- Support investor communication and board preparation
- Ensure decision-making is data-driven and fast

Drive AI in How We Operate

- Apply AI to how the company runs - not to the product itself
- Identify where workflows can be automated or improved
- Deploy tools that increase speed, quality, and leverage across teams
- Push for continuous improvement in execution

Lead High-Impact Projects

- Own cross-functional initiatives end-to-end (e.g. M&A, market expansion, funding)
- Run due diligence and support integration efforts
- Solve ambiguous, high-stakes problems with speed and clarity

## What We Are Looking For

- 5+ years at McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, or Bain & Company or top-tier investment banking with strong M&A exposure
- Proven track record of applying AI tools in real operating environments
- Strong financial understanding (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Exceptional structuring and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate under pressure in a high-performance environment

Languages

- Native-level English required
- German strongly preferred

What Success Looks Like

- Decisions are faster, better, and data-driven
- AI meaningfully improves internal execution
- The CEO is focused on the highest-leverage topics
- The company runs on a clear, enforced operating system
- Leadership is aligned and executes with speed and clarity

## Why Join

- Work directly with the CEO on the most critical topics
- Exposure to board-level thinking and decision-making
- Full visibility across the company
- Opportunity to shape how a high-growth company is run
- Steep learning curve with real responsibility from day one

We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe that diversity drives innovation, creativity, and collective strength.

## About Andercore

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Andercore is an AI-driven trade platform that unifies sourcing, pricing, logistics, and financing for industrial supply in infrastructure, energy, and construction materials.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Philipp Andernach and Elsa Cordonnier

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Industrial supply chain, wholesale trade, energy and infrastructure materials, construction materials.
- **Target customers**: B2B – industrial buyers (project sites, warehouses, manufacturers) and suppliers across Europe, MENA, and Asia.
- **Mission**: “Enable faster, more reliable, and more cost-effective trade for industrial buyers and suppliers” [andercore.com/about-us](https://www.andercore.com/about-us).

## Products & Services
- **AI-Powered Trade Platform**: A software system that automates quoting, order execution, quality assurance, logistics coordination, and financing. Buyers can submit requests via phone, email, WhatsApp, or app and receive binding quotes within minutes. [andercore.com](http://www.andercore.com/)
- **Embedded Financing**: Integrated credit lines, multi-currency payments, and secure settlement, underwritten by institutional partners including Commerzbank and KfW. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)
- **End-to-End Logistics**: Manages transport from origin to last‑mile delivery, with real‑time tracking, route optimisation, and customs documentation. Uses a network of third‑party logistics providers. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)
- **Quality & Compliance**: Certifications managed with partners such as TÜV Rheinland, Bureau Veritas, and SGS. Ensures ESG compliance and regulatory requirements across the supply chain. [andercore.com](http://www.andercore.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – $75 million raised to date (including a $40 million Series B announced February 2026).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Atomico, Project A, Inven Capital, Target Global; institutional financing from Commerzbank and KfW. [andercore.com/about-us](https://www.andercore.com/about-us)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Serves over 4,500 buyers and works with more than 2,000 suppliers.
  - Operates across seven European markets in infrastructure, energy, and construction.
  - Team of ~80 employees with offices in Berlin, India, and China.
  - Executed a 56 MW solar project on the A3 motorway near Cologne with over 100 individual deliveries. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)

## Competitive Advantages
- **End‑to‑end unification**: Combines sourcing, pricing, logistics, and financing into a single AI‑orchestrated flow, eliminating fragmented manual processes.
- **Fifth‑generation trading heritage**: Founders come from the A.W. Andernach Group (established 1888), providing deep domain expertise in physical trade and supply chains. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)
- **Embedded financing**: Buyers can obtain credit lines directly within the ordering process without separate bank applications, reducing working‑capital pressure.
- **Real‑time AI pricing & forecasting**: Uses platform data and logistics signals to provide instant quotes and predict availability and lead times.
- **Global reach with local execution**: Operates across Europe, MENA, and Asia with local sales teams (French, Italian, German, English) and regional 3PL hubs.

## Strategic Focus
- **European expansion**: The Series B funding is specifically aimed at accelerating growth across European markets. [andercore.com/about-us](https://www.andercore.com/about-us)
- **AI‑driven automation**: Continuously scaling AI systems to handle quoting, quality assurance, order execution, and logistics autonomously.
- **Category & supplier breadth**: Growing the live catalogue of 4,000+ SKUs and expanding the supplier network across energy, infrastructure, and industrial goods.

## Why Work Here
- **In‑office culture**: Andercore operates a five‑day‑per‑week in‑office policy at its Berlin headquarters, deliberately chosen to foster a focused, team‑oriented environment. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)
- **English working language**: The internal language is English; German is not required. Sales teams serve local markets in native languages.
- **Early responsibility**: A small team (~80 people) with high commercial volume. Junior hires get direct P&L exposure in commercial roles; engineers work on a live AI platform handling thousands of monthly transactions. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs)
- **International team**: Colleagues from multiple nationalities, with offices in Berlin, India, and China.
- **Impact‑driven work**: The platform directly affects real‑world infrastructure and energy projects, offering a tangible sense of purpose.

## Sources
1. [andercore.com](http://www.andercore.com/) – Homepage and platform description
2. [andercore.com/about-us](https://www.andercore.com/about-us) – Company background, mission, investors, timeline
3. [andercore.com/faqs](https://www.andercore.com/faqs) – Detailed FAQs on products, team, office policy, funding
4. [andercore.com/en/career](https://andercore.com/en/career/) – Careers page, application instructions
5. [linkedin.com/company/andercore-com](https://de.linkedin.com/company/andercore-com) – LinkedIn profile

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