Strategic Buyer mfd

Our Mission: Were on a mission to digitize the packaging industry with data process automation AI and great UX to increase the market share of sustainable packaging.

We help companies to reduce material usage increase recyclability use recycled plastics substitute ordinary plastics with alternatives or replace plastics with flexible paper.

Now were expanding our impact by bringing a new SaaS product to the market which optimizes packaging procurement and management for our customers and makes a significant contribution to reducing their environmental footprint.

Our Team: Were a team of smartworking builders who love to take ownership and leverage technology. Our team combines substantial productbuilding industry and commercial experience under the guidance of seasoned leaders who have built billiondollar companies in the past.

Packmatic just closed a 15M Series A funding round and is backed by leading investors (e.g. EQT HV Capital) who supported companies like Zalando Flixbus & HelloFresh in their early stages. If you share our passion and motivation for shaping the future of an entire industry within a digital startup in the heart of Berlin join us!

Tasks

• Taking full ownership of our largest category; being the key person who helps Packmatic become the largest sourcing channel of this product type in Europe in the next 57 years
• Endtoend category ownership incl. P&L responsibility strategy development and handson execution negotiating competitive pricing & conditions for our customers
• Create long term partnerships with our key suppliers working to ensure they unlock value on our platform
• Be highly motivated to independently learn the technical details of the category and become the expert for flexible packaging across Europe
• Scale our supplybase to the next level
• Partnering crossfunctionally with our packaging technology teams our customer facing sales teams and leadership to steer the overall direction of your category

Requirements

• You have 57 years experience in a buying or account management on the supply side of a marketplace
• You have proven experience leading and executing a high volume of negotiations (up to CLevel) demonstrating the ability to unlock mutually beneficial outcomes in a wide variety of situations
• You have demonstrated success project managing (ideally also crossfunctionally) a category or portfolio over several years; exceeding revenue and margin targets
• You are scrappy detail oriented and with a builder mindset taking the lead on a complex product category becoming an industry expert & defacto business owner internally (up to founder level)
• You are a strategic and creative thinker who can turn research and data into actionable plans
• Fluent English as mandatory fluency in German and/or Polish a plus

Benefits

• Ownership: You will be part of a highly motivated diverse and crossfunctional product team and you will have a high degree of freedom and responsibilities early on
• Impact: Join us at an early stage shape our technology and work with an exceptional team!
• Flexibility: Flexible work arrangements (i.e. flexible home office)
• Leadership: You will work in a company with an inspiring vision led by an experienced founder team and backed by leading investors!
• Goodvibes: Appreciation and commitment > We believe in fair compensation (fixed equity) and you will benefit from a clear growth and development path

Not a 100% match but you have skills that you think we cant do without We always look forward to meeting spectacular candidates so please dont hesitate to apply anyway. We are also hiring for attitude values and personality and we would love to develop our skills together.

At Packmatic we appreciate diversity! Were committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender religion age sexual orientation ethnicity disability or origin. We care for each other and are grateful for each persons contribution to our mission!

We are looking forward to your application! :)