Your mission
Relationship Building and Partnership Development:
- Build and maintain existing and new relationships with feedstock providers and related ecosystem partners and stakeholders
- Develop and execute agreements with key partners across the feedstock sourcing value chains
- Ensure a continuous and robust supply chain for operations as we scale the DePoly technology on a global level
Feedstock Procurement:
- Lead the development of the sourcing strategy by acting as the key feedstock manager between production, technology and business
- Lead and manage logistics and warehousing related to feedstock procurement
- Establish and lead the on-the-ground sourcing operations to manage the scale-up and handling of supply over time
- Develop a deep understanding of the logistical and regulatory environment within strategic locations and regions.
- Potential to develop into and manage a growing feedstock team with expansion
Proactive Portfolio Management and Team Player:
- Develop strong tracking and measurement tools for feedstock procurement and communicate progress effectively with senior leadership
- Analyse and develop global insights into feedstock market trends as we scale, and work closely with the business team to constantly evaluate new opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with the entire team to build new partnerships, execute contracts and develop the overall feedstock strategy
- Comfortable operating with uncertainties while devising smart solutions in an ambiguous environment
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Qualifications and Role Requirements
- Level of education & knowledge:
- University degree, preferably in science and/or business
- Minimum of 5 years related experience
- Experience in general:
- At least 3 years of experience in the chemical or waste management industry, or equivalent and related experiences
- Competence and vision to enable the negotiation of complex, long-term contracts to ensure optimum business results
- Experience and competence to understand dynamic market environments
- Knowledge of the plastic recovery and waste industry a plus
- Strong communication, dealmaking and negotiating skills
- Technical skills:
- Profound understanding of economics, risk analysis, business models, chemical value chains and their interdependencies
- Solid understanding of contract law and legal frameworks.
- Language Skills: Proficient in professional English (both oral and written) and preferably fluent in an additional European language
- Travel: Willingness to travel globally
Why us?
We are an award winning, Swiss company, that is changing the way we recycle plastic. Founded in 2020, we are a team of young, dynamic dedicated entrepreneurs who are committed to solving the plastic problem. Having built and optimised our pilot plant, we are in the process of construction of 500T per year showcase plant. We are also continually innovating, developing and optimising our DePoly process for PET recycling, but also advancing our techniques to recycle other consumer and industrial based plastic wastes. To assist in these ambitious aims, we are looking to expand our team by hiring an Electrical and Instrument Engineer.
What we can offer:
- A stimulating, diverse and dynamic working environment.
- The chance for fast-track career growth with our company and make a real change.
- Become involved in the scaling up and development of new recycling technologies.
About us
We are an award-winning Swiss company that is changing the way we recycle plastic. Founded in 2020, we are a team of young, dynamic, dedicated entrepreneurs who are committed to solving the plastic problem. Having built and optimized our pre-demo plant, we are about to build and optimize our 500 T-per-year showcase plant. We are also continually innovating, developing, and optimizing our DePoly process for PET recycling, but also advancing our techniques to recycle other consumer and industrial-based plastic waste and implementing these processes to the pilot scale.
