Business Development Manager

Are you a good communicator, and feel confident to secure customer engagement and successfully close deals?

Join Planet A Foods as Business Development Manager! Our mission is to revolutionize the food industry and protect the planet we love!

We believe perfecting centuries-old fermentation technology leads to healthier food alternatives and can save up to 500 Mt of CO2 yearly. Our first product, ChoViva, is the world’s first 100% cocoa-free chocolate. It boasts a delightful snap, smooth melt, roasty notes, and subtle sweetness. Natural, gluten-free, vegan, and crafted with only seven ingredients, ChoViva prioritizes taste and naturalness. It’s also environmentally friendly, with a remarkably low carbon and water footprint, and ensures no deforestation or child slavery.

As Business Development Manager, you will be involved in actively engaging with potential customers, nurturing relationships and ensuring that they are getting the right information at the right time to commit to our ChoViva and sign a contract. Write offers and convert customers together with the CEO and the Lead Sales & Partnerships.

Tasks

• Account Management: Coordinate the technological, marketing and production requirements of our customers in exchange with our internal teams.
• Project Management: Manage timelines, milestones and targets.
• Work with huge multinational customers in challenging technical, regulatory & political environments.
• Support our customers by positioning ChoViva within their existing product portfolio.
• Increase our volumes with existing customers.
• Define a general business development strategy together with the CEO and the Head of Sales and break it down to single customers.

Requirements

Who are you:

• You have a passion for food, innovation, and sustainability!
• Excitement for working in a dynamic startup environment at a fast pace!
• You have relevant work experience in account-, project- or customer success management and ideally already gained experience in the food industry.
• You love to juggle multiple tasks, take high responsibilities and always strive to make your customers happy.
• Previous engagement with major multinational corporations.
• Enthusiasm and interest in technology and chemistry.
• Exceptional communication skills in English and native-level German .
• You have permission to work in Germany.

Benefits

Our values:

• Fellowship: We share a great vision that can only be achieved as a team. We prefer enabling others to succeed instead of petting our egos.
• On Discovery: We keep our eyes, hearts, and minds open, curious to explore, improve and create new realities beyond the ordinary.
• Creating impact: We aim to build a better world. Science is at our hearts, and full of passion we progress on our journey.
• Just do it: We rather take a lousy first step than stand still or lose ourselves in discussions. Smart words are worth nothing if they are not accompanied by smart actions.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We consider all applications equally regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply.

Joining the Planet A Foods team is more than just a job – it’s a commitment to our core values that permeate every aspect of our business. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we go above and beyond to embed fairness and equity in our inclusive recruitment and hiring process.

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