Business Development Intern (f/m/d) Food-Tech Startup

Do you want to make a delicious difference?

Planet A Foods is for people who want to change the future of food.

We are reinventing how the world produces food ingredients, replacing scarce and unsustainable raw materials with scalable, clean, and delicious alternatives.

Our first product, a cocoa-free chocolate, is just the beginning.

Our ambition is to build a new global champion in food ingredients.

At Planet A Foods, you'll join a bold, highly committed, international team of scientists, engineers, operators, and industry experts united by one goal: creating real, measurable planetary impact.

As our Business Development Intern, you'll actively support our commercial expansion, by contributing to partnerships, sales, and customer relationships initiatives.

• A Taste of What to Expect
• Assess and evaluate incoming partnership opportunities
• Use Salesforce to qualify and track inbound leads
• Manage the sampling process to customers, retailers and leads (including packaging and shipping)
• Analyse new markets, trigger points for leads and outbound approaches
• Assist with daily operational tasks and ad-hoc requests
• The Perfect Recipe of Skills & Experience
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Management, or a related field
• Initial experience in sales, business development, partnerships, or customer relationship management is an advantage
• Ideally, you already have some experience working in a startup and at best - even in the food industry
• Excellent communication to build relationships and lead sales processes
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, you are self-disciplined and eager to learn
• Fluent in both German and English, with strong written and verbal communication skills

This internship opportunity must be linked to a mandatory internship through a university and should last at least 4 months. We don't accept thesis projects.

• A Sweet Package
• Early ownership and responsibility in a fast-moving environment
• Collaborate with a passionate international team working at the edge of what's possible in food science and sustainable ingredients
• Work in a rare food-tech startups that is scaling and operating in a 24/7 4-shift production system
• A competitive compensation package and real opportunity to grow as the company scales
• Stuff that other startups do as well (2.5 days vacation days per month, tasty lunches, snacks, drinks, vouchers, gym...).
• PLUS: Chocolate. Every. Single. Day.

About us

We produce all-natural cocoa-free innovations without compromising on taste, quality, and sustainability to preserve the Earth for our children.

We are on a constant journey of discovery and driving meaningful impact.

Through collaboration and shared success, we empower our team to take bold action and make a difference.

Every role is designed with purpose, where together ideas flourish, opportunities expand and boundaries are pushed.

Joining our team is a step toward to protecting the planet we love.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion, starting from evaluating all a pplications fairly.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.