Operations Associate

Droppe – One-stop shop for all your wholesale Helsinki Part-time Student

Salary Competitive

Are you interested in working with and learning from an ambitious team to redefine how industrial European wholesale works? 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 600+ industrial buyers in 3 countries.

As a part-time Operations Associate, you will be a part of the global Supplier Operations team. Activities include listing products, sending product samples, and proactively supporting the team in solving operational challenges. In this role, you'll get a lot of help and support on the way but are also expected to grow into a highly driven and detail-oriented person that can help the team flexibly with different tasks.

Droppe is seeking a self-starter who:

Is a fast learner; ability to quickly master information around industrial equipment & wholesale
Is creative and positive; finds new solutions to old industry problems, likes to automate things & continuously removes bottlenecks
Has excellent communication skills in English (plus one in: Finnish, Swedish or German); empathic and understands the needs of different stakeholders
Is ready to get her/his hands dirty; likes to crunch numbers and do repetitive tasks
Is ambitious; not afraid of taking responsibility
Available to work 2-3 days per week from Helsinki

What we offer:

A window into how a traditional industry is redefined by a startup
Unique position to understand global logistics and wholesale dynamics
Mission-driven and open environment for supporting personal growth
Caring meritocracy to support high performance
Flexible work hours
Possibility to grow into a full-time position

The position will work in the Helsinki office and report to the global Supplier Operations team.

To apply to the 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!

For more information or questions please contact us at oskar@droppe.fi

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Equity package

Want to be a partner? Look no further.

Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Central office

Your local office is your anchor point, thus, we placed it centrally at your convenience.

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Droppe – One-stop shop for all your wholesale

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Connecting local businesses to Europe's top equipment manufacturers via an online wholesale marketplace. ——— Founded in 2020 in Finland, Droppe is building an online marketplace that brings European industrial equipment manufacturers and industrial buyers together. Currently, the top concern for industrial buyers is finding and stocking operating supplies that are painless to buy in bulk, low in cost and responsibly sourced. Industrial buyers can now bulk order products for food manufacturing and industrial manufacturing ranging from hairnets to aprons and protective gloves through Droppe’s online platform. Ultimately Droppe makes the European wholesale industry more connected by creating shorter and more responsible supply chains, as companies can look for local wholesale marketplaces from Europe instead of other continents. The company's easy-to-use online marketplace is already used by some of the biggest industrial key players and publicly listed companies in Europe. “As industrial wholesale moves online, more and more industrial buyers will be looking for new ways to bulk order products via the internet. Droppe is the first in the market to build a European industrial wholesale marketplace, a mission that we are excited to continue building and expanding with new resources,” Johannes Salmisaari, the CEO and Co-founder of Droppe, explains. “Our vision is to create a trustworthy community of European buyers and manufacturers and through that, build a stronger European wholesale market.” In just under two years, Droppe has reached a GMV of over €4M and over 500 customers from SMEs to publicly listed companies, bootstrapped. In early 2022, Droppe raised a venture round backed by Lifeline Ventures, Ilkka Paananen (CEO & Co-founder of Supercell) and Miki Kuusi (CEO & Co-founder of Wolt). “Droppe’s online marketplace streamlines the buying process and makes it easier for industrial buyers. Buyers are now able to order directly from multiple manufacturers across Europe at the same time, all on one invoice–something that the industry hasn't seen before,” tells Henrik Helenius, Co-founder of Droppe. “According to Gartner by 2025, 80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will occur in digital channels, such as online marketplaces. Droppe is tapping into this worldwide shift to industrial online marketplaces with their online platform, showing an exceptional promise to do so with their strong growth numbers. As an investor, it is quite rare to see such a well-oiled machine at this stage,” Timo Ahopelto, the Founding Partner at Lifeline Ventures, tells.