Job Description
Salary: €80,000 to €120,000 per year
Equity: 10% to 20%
Location: Amsterdam, with regular time in Germany
Seniority: Senior
Commitment: Full-time
Languages: Professional fluency in German and English
Cozy Heaven is a German premium bedding company with proven demand, strong products and the potential to become an enduring consumer brand. It operates as part of Everest, an AI-native commerce group.
We are looking for a Managing Director to lead it. This is a co-owner-level operating role with full authority over the P&L and full accountability for the result.
The role suits an operator who has already carried meaningful responsibility for a business and who wants the authority, accountability and upside that come with being the person ultimately responsible for a company. A role with this much responsibility is not a place to learn how to run a business.
The mission
Build Cozy Heaven into a premium, sustainably profitable and independently operated consumer brand.
The quality of growth matters as much as its speed. Success means stronger margins, disciplined cash and inventory management, excellent customer experience, growing repeat business and a brand that increases in value over time.
You will not be doing it alone. Everest’s AI platform and technology give you tools to execute faster and decide better than a company this size normally can.
What you will own
The P&L. The Cozy Heaven operating plan, financial performance and weekly business results.
Profitable growth. Growing the business across the DACH market through positioning, pricing, retention, performance marketing, partnerships and new channels.
The brand. Protecting and strengthening Cozy Heaven’s premium positioning so the brand becomes more valuable over time.
Cash and inventory. Inventory planning, purchasing decisions, working capital and the trade-offs between growth, availability and cash.
Supply chain and operations. Suppliers, quality, purchasing, freight and fulfilment.
The customer experience. From acquisition to delivery, customer service, repeat purchase and advocacy.
The team. The internal team, agencies and external specialists. You decide where we need stronger people, set priorities and create a clear execution rhythm.
Technology and AI. The operating requirements of the business, and the adoption of technology, automation and AI workflows built with Everest.
The Cozy Heaven playbook. What we learn here should inform how Everest operates and improves future acquisitions.
How you will work
You do not need to be the best specialist in every function. You need to understand the work, make the trade-offs, choose and lead strong specialists and take responsibility for the total result.
This requires you to be a leading doer. Especially in the beginning, you should be comfortable going into the details yourself when something matters. Responsibility does not stop because something sits outside your job description.
The first 90 days
First 30 days
Establish one factual view of the business: the economics, customers, products, inventory, suppliers, marketing, team and the major operational bottlenecks. Confirm decision rights, assess the existing team and agencies, and identify the few priorities that matter most.
By day 60
A rolling cash and inventory plan is in use and you are seeing the results of the decisions you have made. The commercial calendar, pricing and testing rhythm are clear, and the most important customer, fulfilment and supply-chain projects have clear owners and measurable progress.
By day 90
Your operating rhythm works. The necessary team changes are underway, priorities are clear and Cozy Heaven is executing one coherent plan. From there the objective is to keep compounding: a better company, stronger economics and a more valuable brand.
The opportunity
We believe the person ultimately responsible for building a company should participate meaningfully in the value they create. So the package combines a competitive base salary with real ownership.
How the range is set. Where you land depends on your experience and on the personal capital you commit to become a co-owner.
How the equity is earned. Through tenure and clearly defined performance milestones and/or personal capital commitment, subject to the final legal and tax structure.
Beyond Cozy Heaven. Wider responsibility and upside within Everest Group after proven success here and meaningful contribution beyond the first company.
You are not starting from zero. There are customers, products, infrastructure and a business to build from. What Cozy Heaven becomes from here depends on you.
