Business Development Manager – Sales, Startup Experience
innoWerft
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Karlsruhe • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- You build new sales pipelines and optimize existing processes, from initial customer outreach through to contract signing.
- You develop market expansion strategies and implement them together with our team.
- You stay close to customers, identify their needs, and translate them into compelling proposals.
- You actively shape the business development roadmap while keeping an eye on new technical developments.
- You represent our startup at trade shows and networking events, inspiring people with our vision.
Requirements
- Experience in startup sales: You know how to build structures from the ground up and react flexibly to change.
- Technical understanding: Whether in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering, you grasp complex issues and can explain them clearly.
- Hard skills: You have a proven track record in sales, master cold calling, can draft contracts, and assemble offering packages.
- Soft skills: You spark curiosity in potential customers, are a strong communicator, project competence, and quickly get up to speed on new topics.
- Personality: Open, outgoing, courageous and visionary — you’re willing to tackle new challenges and sometimes take unconventional routes to reach goals.
Benefits
- Scope for initiative: Your ideas are wanted!
- Innovative environment: We develop cutting-edge technology and aim to revolutionize the market.
- Dynamic team: We have flat hierarchies, work closely together and enjoy what we do.
- Growth opportunities: You help build the company with us while advancing your own career.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
salescold callingcontract draftingoffering package assemblymarket expansion strategiesbusiness developmentprocess optimizationcustomer outreachproposal developmenttechnical understanding
Soft skills
strong communicatorproject competencecuriosityadaptabilityoutgoingcourageousvisionaryproblem-solvingrelationship buildinginspiration