Are you interested in reinventing industrial European wholesale? Helping local businesses to bulk order industrial equipment from the top manufacturers? Growing an online marketplace that is used weekly by hundreds of industrial buyers and manufacturers? If so, then we want to learn more about you!
Role background
Droppe is an online wholesale marketplace that helps industrial buyers bulk order from Europe’s top equipment manufacturers. At Droppe, we are bringing leading industrial brands to one place, unlocking access to direct bulk orders, and ultimately, getting European wholesale more connected.
Since 2020, Droppe has served 500+ industrial buyers in 2 countries.
As a General Manager, you will have ownership of your market, which essentially means you are the CEO of a startup within a startup. Your impactful mission is to drive market growth, scale operations while improving effectiveness and steadily moving towards sustainable profitability. Your ultimate goal in the role is to help buyers in production plants and local wholesale stores bulk order industrial brands from top European manufacturers.
In this role, you'll get a lot of help and support on the way but are also expected to grow into being a highly-driven independent manager with an exceptional ability to execute every single day.
What you'll be doing
Become the CEO of your market and build a market-winning business in Germany
Hire and expand your country's dream team, together with our Helsinki-based HQ
Lead the team towards your vision of what Droppe should be in your country
Manage a P&L, and take care of efficiency, profitability, responsibility, and scalability
Lead and guide your team to ensure a seamless experience for our industrial buyers and manufacturers
Build and maintain scalable and healthy marketplace operations
Find, establish, and develop new buyer and manufacturer partnerships
Build a robust support framework for buyers and manufacturers
Desired skills & proof of success:
Confident & energetic; professional and impact-driven approach in doing
Result-driven & resilient; ability to excel in a rapidly changing environment
Excellent listener; understanding the requirements of industrial buyers and how Droppe can meet their needs
Sales enthusiast; creating relationships with decision-makers and buyers.
Leader; previous experience in leadership and managing teams
You can fluently communicate in German and English
What we offer:
Competitive salary with a bonus system and equity option
Steep learning curve in industrial sales and significant personal growth
Mission-driven and open environment for supporting personal growth
Caring meritocracy to support high performance
Flexible work hours and location (remote & office)
Next Steps
If you are eager for joining to a rapidly growing Droppe team, please send a brief introduction (we don’t believe in CVs) and a link to your Linkedin profile.
We enthusiastically look forward to hearing from you!
This job comes with several perks and benefits
Want to be a partner? Look no further.
You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.
Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.
We want to take you from good to great.
Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.
Your local office is your anchor point, thus, we placed it centrally at your convenience.