Are you the experienced sales and brand professional who wants to make a positive global environmental impact and contribute to achieving our rapid growth ambitions?

Spinnova’s mission is to produce the most sustainable textile fibres and materials in the world for the benefit of the environment and humanity. Our ambition is to scale the production of SPINNOVA®fibre to more than one million tonnes of per year within a decade, which is probably the most ambitious target set by any textile material innovation company globally. From early on, we have partnered with leading brands in apparel and footwear, to develop commercial SPINNOVA® textile products. Our goal is to be the preferred sustainable textile material in various categories and industries. Our global brand vision is that the SPINNOVA® brand will be visible in the end products alongside industry brands.

We are now looking for a global Sales and Partnerships Manager to play a key role in achieving Spinnova’s mission. You share our passion for fighting climate change and are excited to join a company that has the potential to transform the raw material base of the entire global textile industry. You will be a key member of Spinnova’s Commercial team, reporting to Chief Sales Officer. You can be based either in Helsinki, Finland or Amsterdam, Netherlands and you can travel for work according to business need.

Key responsibilities

As Spinnova is a fast-growing scale-up, you will have the opportunity to pave and lead the commercial path of a true deep tech innovation company globally. In this role your responsibilities will be:

• Reaching sales goals for several various sized accounts (B2B)
• Developing and implementing brand business plans, including long-term winning strategies, objectives and opportunities with measurable KPI’s
• Maintaining deep and broad knowledge of the brands’ business; this includes an exceptional understanding of the brands sustainability strategy, positioning to consumers, and the priorities of various purchase decision-makers
• Knowing our products by continuously showing curiosity with key internal stakeholders
• Turning complex internal product and business strategies into clear and concise strategies
• Understanding brand partners’ needs to be successful and translate those needs effectively internally to achieve sales goals (inc. utilization of existing CRM tool)

Our expectations for you

As a person you match the team oriented, hands-on Spinnova culture. You possess a positive, can-do attitude that is suitable for a dynamic growth company. To be successful in this role, we expect you to have the following qualifications / experience:

• Solid project management skills and experience in leading global, complex partner operations
• Ability to engage and lead discussions of technical details within customer development and innovation
• Outstanding people skills and proven track record of creating buy-in across customer stakeholder organization
• 5-7 years’ experience from textile industry, innovations and / or technical sales in related industries
• Excellent skill set in project management, M365 and CRM tools
• Excellent communication and influencing skills in English, Finnish is considered an advantage

Additional information

Are you willing to join the Spinnova team? For further information about the role, please contact CSO Allan Andersen, tel. +358 400 412 441. Best availability for calls on Wednesday March 22, 2023 between 11-14 CET.

If we’ve caught your interest and this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please send your application and CV via the attached application link latest by March 26th, 2023.

About the company

SPINNOVA – Sustainable textile materials, naturally

Spinnova transforms the way textiles are manufactured globally. Based in Finland, Spinnova has developed breakthrough patented technology for making textile fibre out of wood or waste, such as leather, textile or agricultural waste, without harmful chemicals. The SPINNOVA® fibre creates zero waste and side streams or microplastics, and its CO2 emissions and water use are minimal. SPINNOVA® materials are quickly biodegradable and circular.

Spinnova is committed to using only sustainable raw materials such as FSC certified wood and waste. SPINNOVA® fibre is produced without harmful or complex chemical processes, and has the touch and feel of natural fibres such as cotton and linen. Spinnova has received awards from e.g. Fast Company, ISPO, Scandinavian Outdoor, ANDAM, Monocle, Marie Claire UK and TIME magazine.

Spinnova’s shares (SPINN) are listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland.

SPINNOVA® home: www.spinnova.com

Corporate & IR site: www.spinnovagroup.com