Managing Director

**About AliveShoes**: AliveShoes gives talented and creative people all over the world the professional resources to design their own custom shoes, fashion products, and accessories. We support them with design tools, e-commerce tools, and supply-chain, and help them launch their line from scratch, completely online and at the speed of light. The creator's economy is booming, the shift in power from institutional organizations and brands to individuals across industries is accelerating. Our community of creators is international, made of designers, Artists, students, creative people and shoe lovers from all over the world. Our mission is to support and nurture them, so to help them achieve their dream of launching their own fashion line. Our design and production facilities are based in Italy, in the biggest and most prestigious shoe design and development cluster in the world called The Shoe Valley (Located in Le Marche, Italy). We are a team of 28+ people working from Italy, UAE, USA, The Netherlands. We boost diverse backgrounds ranging from Tech to Fashion to business operations. We have investors from The Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. We mostly operate in the US market (for now). We are leading the biggest revolution in the footwear and fashion/accessories industry of the last 20 years. Joining us means to be at the upfront avant-garde of fashion-tech. We are looking for an experienced and talented Managing Director to help us scale our Operations in Italy. You will be leading AliveShoes's Italian Head office in Rome. You'll directly oversee the Marche and Abruzzo supply chain, production & design units. The goal of the Managing Director is to manage all the important daily operations functions of the Italian part of the company. You'll direct all administrative, financial, organizational, and operational activities around supply chain, production, customer service and design. You'll organize and prioritize critical issues and required information to facilitate efficient decision-making. You'll be the HR lead of the Italian unit. You'll be working from Rome with frequent travel to Marche and Abruzzo. The general responsibilities of the position go around these 6 main areas: 1) Kick off the AliveShoes Italian head office in Rome and make it become the control center of our Italian - based operations 2)Run the Hr of the Italian unit supporting leaders in Marche and Abbruzzo and shaping the team in Rome 3)Run global admin of our Italy-Holland-US companies, through connecting and coordinating our network of accountants, lawyers, financial/fiscal consultants, and a direct internal company team member. These will include fiscal mgmt and compliance, monthly p&l of the group, balance sheet of the 3 entities, general cost control, and financial overview. 4)Create a strong Customer service and Customer Engagement team in Rome to manage our customers and designers 5)Shape strong Organization and processes within the Rome-Marche-Abruzzo axes, sync with Marche & Abbruzzo production & design units and empowers leaders of the 2 units. 6) Constantly Sync with Founders (CEO & CTO). Align with the international and tech-marketing side of the company on growth, objectives and culture. **Requirements**: - Working at AliveShoes as the Managing Director of Italian operations means being always on and supporting the Founders and the AliveShoes team at your best. You'll be working from Rome with frequent travels to Marche and Abbruzzo. You are also open to travel internationally to sync with other functions of the company. We are not looking for a classic manager of "old-school" companies, we are looking for an energetic and open-minded doer, with a hands-on approach and proven experience in operating in a modern company. Organizational and leadership skills, an analytical mindset, and good admin/finance background complete the set. We don't require plenty of experience, but we look for talent, a great attitude, and a truly palpable passion for fashion-tech innovation. General Requirements - You have gained at least 8 years of work experience in an international e-commerce company, in a big tech company, in a leading agency, in a consultancy firm, in a big fashion or lifestyle company, or in a post-seed startup - Experience in the tech industry is required - Proven passion and deep knowledge of fashion-tech - Experience in a fashion-tech company is a big plus - Experience in the broad fashion industry is a big plus - Experience in supply chains is a big plus - Experience in customer service and commercial operations is a big plus - Experience in managing administrative tasks in international companies is a big plus - BSc/BA in relevant field; MSc/MBA is a plus - Having an Extensive network in Rome and central Italy is a big plus - Experience of 1 to 3 years of working abroad - Demonstrable competency in project management, customer success, operations, administration, finance - Outstanding orga