rePurpose Global is the world’s leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators, and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis and support impactful environmental and social action.
We are a series-funded social enterprise and are backed by some of the world’s best investors. We have enabled over 350+ leading brands to measure, reduce, and take action on their plastic footprints, while driving systems change on a global scale. Our efforts have led to the recovery of over 25 million kilograms of plastic waste from the environment to date, protecting vulnerable coastal regions across the world. In doing so, the organization has enabled the delivery of waste management services to millions of people for the first time, while positively impacting the lives of thousands of marginalized waste workers across the world.
We’re just getting started on our mission - the fight against plastic pollution is going to take everything we’ve got, and more. We are looking for entrepreneurial and passionate team members who thrive in a collaborative and purpose-driven environment. We invite you to join our 60+ member global team that is striving hard everyday to create a truly consequential company.
✊ Our Ambitions:
At rePurpose Global, company growth and employee growth go hand-in-hand. We have set ourselves ambitious targets for the next 3 years to create a truly consequential company. To fuel these goals, we are doing everything in our power to attract and onboard world-class talent from across the globe. That’s where you come in. We are on the lookout for audacious, purpose-driven, and passionate professionals to join our team.
💚 Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Equal Opportunity
Our platform is a labor of love and with your help, we hope to empower communities and companies of all sizes to take meaningful environmental action at a larger and grander scale than ever before. It is in this spirit, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that calls for bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
We strive to continually evolve our culture for celebrating differences and promoting equity, where all employees have equal opportunities to thrive and succeed, and where diversity is not only embraced but also leveraged as a source of innovation and growth. Afterall, we all call this Earth, Home.
<aside> 💡 Growing rePurpose Global's community of brand partners to initiate and nurture a "flywheel effect" that will accelerate our impact
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As a rapidly growing, VC-backed social enterprise, we are seeking a full-time Business Development Manager to strategize, and spearhead our business development vertical and cement rePurpose Global as a leading sustainability solutions provider for the CPG industry. This is a pivotal role at rePurpose Global, working directly with key members of the team - our CEO, Svanika Balasubramanian, Director of Sales, and Director of Community Engagement to rapidly build our brand as a powerful, global community-led movement for planetary change that every business wants to associate itself with.
You will directly be nurturing relationships with high-impact stakeholders worldwide - from Chief Sustainability/Marketing Officers at Fortune 500 companies to Founders of fast-growing challenger brands. You will lead targeted business development campaigns aimed at organizations at the intersections of sustainability, consumer goods, and social impact, to execute projects that range from building end-consumer awareness for plastic neutrality as a concept, to spearheading referral programs for our most vocal champions, to undertaking market explorations to identify related, burning customer needs that we can solve. These projects will be pivotal to driving customer identification and acquisition, informing new product development, and will hinge on the nurturing of deep relationships on strategic key accounts.
<aside> 1️⃣ Manage both our existing leads and develop new ones by identifying untapped target sectors, trends, customer needs for CPG companies ranging from Fortune 500 companies to e-commerce retailers across North America, Europe, and Asia
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<aside> 2️⃣ Support in growing existing key accounts across Europe and North America with new partnership opportunities and product development
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<aside> 3️⃣ Lead client pitches and build new customer acquisition campaigns to target CPG companies of different sizes in a variety of sectors
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<aside> 4️⃣ Collaborate with the Business Development Director and Managers to chart out our overall strategy for engaging all brands across the BD pipeline as well as train and mentor Business Development Associates
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<aside> 5️⃣ Liaison with the Community Engagement and Marketing teams to make continuous improvements to both our pitches and our decks, as well as to keep the entire Business Development team in the loop about new developments in the industry
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<aside> 6️⃣ Own and actively nurture crucial partnerships globally to ensure consistent high-quality value-added experiences
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<aside> 7️⃣ Build in-depth knowledge of our target markets and become rePurpose's ambassador in global forums and leading industry associations to drive partnerships that can scale our community’s reach and impact
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