Country Manager, Root Global
Germany
5 days a week in office
Carbon operating system for food industry
Open for applications
Carbon operating system for food industry
1-20 employees
Open for applications
5 days a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To build software that helps food brands get to net zero emissions - by becoming the data infrastructure that powers pricing and purchasing decisions across the food industry.
Role
Who you are
- Leverage 5+ years of experience in fast-paced environments, combined with a charismatic, street-smart nature demonstrate in previous roles in consulting or start-ups/scale-ups (prioritizing the match with the role over past experience)
- Apply proven leadership experience, e.g. building and overseeing teams, setting direction, and empowering others to achieve their best
- Lead complex enterprise accounts through the sales process, providing clarity and strategic direction to decision-makers
- Demonstrate a hands-on mentality, thriving in imperfect and fast-changing environments
- Demonstrate fluency in German and English, with a deep understanding of German culture and local business dynamics
- Be based in Berlin
What the job involves
- Lead Root's growth in Germany by managing local teams, closing deals with key processors, fostering relationships with key stakeholders across the industry, and exploring new opportunities within untapped verticals
- Over the next months you wil:
- Lead the execution of the GTM strategy in Germany to grow Root's presence, focusing on further market penetration, maximizing revenue within key accounts, and identifying new opportunities for expansion into untapped market segments
- Close deals and manage key processors in Germany by closely working with them to understand their needs, building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels (incl. farmers, executives, and government employees), and participating in key industry events and fairs
- Align, manage, and build the teams responsible for German clients, ensuring efficient and effective execution of their tasks to achieve the desired results
- Align proactively with the co-founder (Maurice Hensl) and other European country leads on progress in Germany, sharing market insights, individual market characteristics, and best practices
- Mentor new and existing team members and foster a culture of continuous learning within the company
Application process
- Our ambition is to offer you an end-to-end experience that is fast and uncomplicated - we aim to keep the end-to-end process to 10 working days. We send you prep material for each step and maximize transparency at every step
Our take
Food chains are responsible for anywhere between 20% and 30% of global greenhouse emissions, and it’s something businesses can’t sweep under the rug any longer. Tightening regulations require that businesses disclose their climate performance - and stakeholders and customers are paying close attention. Bad climate practices are increasingly bad for business, and Root Global is looking to help businesses keep their performance up.
The Root software platform is designed to help food and beverage companies shoot for a zero-carbon future, by offering what Root hopes will become an industry-wide carbon operating system. Essentially, a database providing full life-cycle carbon emission data so businesses can make climate practise decisions based on accurate, comprehensive data - instead of the current system of upstream and downstream estimates.
This could prove a highly valuable proposition. Increasingly large numbers of companies are setting science-based climate targets, but research suggests the majority of these are distant, imprecise, or lack actionable road maps to get there. So solid carbon accounting software is in urgent demand, and if Root can build out the client base necessary for industry-wide coverage, it stands to make a substantial impact.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$2.9m
SEED
Total funding: $2.9m
Company benefits
- 🚚 Financial and administrative support with your move to Berlin
- 🏖️ Minimum of 25 days of vacation days per year. Yes, minimum
- 🧠 Individualised learning budget to get 3x the horse power
- 💌 Participation in a unique climate-tech and food-tech community
- 🚲 A mobility subscription that reduces or offsets your emissions from commuting
- 🎧 A Spotify subscription so you can do your most productive work
- 🏋️ A fitness subscription so you can clear your head in your time out of the office
- 👗 Probably the coolest startup merch in the world
Company HQ
Moabit, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Eric Oancea
(MD)Has held Strategy Consultant roles at McKinsey, BCG, and Oliver Wyman. Also worked in Company Building at BCG Digital Ventures, and co-founded women's startup community Cocoon.
Maurice Hensel
(MD)Previously MD of Frankfurt School Student Consulting, then took up various internships at HomeToGo, Luminovo, and Project A Ventures. Served as Head of Growth at Acapela, and co-founded Cocoon.
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