Experienced Business Development Manager

"An exciting & challenging job @ fast growing startup working on the forefront of fashion innovation"

MYCOTEX by NEFFA is looking for an experienced Business Development Manager who wants to make a lasting impact in sustainable fashion. Your main focus will be sales and the execution of the international business strategy for NEFFA.

Job responsibilities (include but are not limited to)

-      Optimise partnership criteria, customer and growth strategy

-      Managing contact with brands, correspondence, project management/CRM integration

-      Validating the envisioned business model with potential clients

-      Guiding negotiations and contracts with customers and partners

-      Acting as sparring partner of the CEO on improving business operations

-      Active contribution to the development and growth plans as part of the business strategy

-      Identifying, mapping and reducing external risks

-      Brand positioning, PR and marketing activities

-      Informing and cooperating with current and future investors

-      Co-developing the investment strategy

-      Guiding & negotiating investment rounds and other funding opportunities together with CEO

Job requirements

-      Master’s degree in business, economics, management or similar

-      Several years of management experience, preferably in an international fashion related environment

-      Financial background and/or experience with investment rounds are preferred

-      Organised, yet flexible personality that will thrive in the volatile daily practice of a fast-growing startup where everyone is willing to incidentally take on tasks that are outside of their job description if the situation requires that

-      Good communication and negotiation skills

-      Deal-making experience

-      Strategic and analytical thinking

-      Crossover thinking, combining out-of-the-box mindset and ability to question the status quo

-      Clear spoken and written communication in English (Dutch is not mandatory)

-      Ability to travel abroad

-      Ability to work in Amersfoort, the Netherlands (and in possession of a work permit if applicable)

Our offer: full-time, yet fairly flexible (40 hours)

-      An exciting and challenging job at a fast growing startup working on the forefront of fashion innovation

-      An opportunity to contribute to the development of a sustainable fashion industry

-      An opportunity to make the job your own

-      Informal setting within a small team where your input is vital for the progress of the company

-      A multi-disciplinary and inclusive work environment where people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles and nationalities love working together

-      Flexibility with regards to working location, can be partly remote or from home

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