Business Development Manager

Company : planetary

Job title : Business Development Manager

Location : Geneva / Lausanne area (Gland), Switzerland

Start date : As soon as possible

Compensation : Competitive compensation including fixum, bonus and stock option plan

About planetary :

We are a venture-backed food-tech company with 12 employees based primarily in Switzerland.

planetary is powering the bioeconomy through building industrial scale infrastructure for

biomass and precision fermentation. Our Swiss facility for mycoprotein production is producing commercial volumes today. To support the commercialiazation of our mycoprotein business internationally, planetary is searching for an enthusiastic business development manager.

Job Description :

The Business Development Manager will have the opportunity to drive several projects, notably collaborating on the development of a commercial strategy for planetary's global B2B mycoprotein sales platform encompassing both retail and foodservice channels across meat and dairy applications.

This is a unique opportunity to impactful work in a growing startup by working closely with the

senior leadership team to help drive both planetarys growth and sustainability missions.

The Business Development Manager will contribute and co-lead the following tasks :

• Represent planetary at national and international conferences, trade fairs, and industry events to create awareness and develop upper funnel commercial leads
• Engage, consult and inspire leads and partners toward adoption of Mycoprotein in meat and dairy applications
• Manage the entire sales process, from prospecting to closing and after-sales support, including establishment and evolution of logistics processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in commercial execution, customer satisfaction, and business expansion and business process automation.

Required Qualifications and Experience :

Recruitment Process

Up to 3 rounds of interviews (virtually and in-person) with Sales & product team and CEO.

Planetary is an equal opportunity employer actively recruiting for diversity. Through hiring, we aim to close the gender gap, create opinion plurality, fight age discrimination, foster cultural diversity and promote freedom of self-expression.