Apply📍 North America, Europe
🧭 Full-Time
💸 $112,000 per year
🔍 Apparel manufacturing
- 4-6 years in fashion or apparel/textile manufacturing industries, in a partnership management or business development role.
- Exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills with C-suite executives.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to present complex business cases to C-level executives.
- Deep understanding of apparel manufacturing processes, economics, and emerging technologies.
- Ability to collaborate with engineering, operations, and product teams.
- Agility to thrive in a rapidly scaling environment.
- Secure partnerships with 5 key global manufacturing partners, including 2 long-term offtake partners within 12 months.
- Oversee deployment of 15-20 Vega™ machines in partner facilities within 18 months.
- Develop a scalable, repeatable sales and partnership model for manufacturers.
- Build a robust pipeline of potential manufacturing partners, expanding our ecosystem upstream and downstream from yarn suppliers to finishing steps.
- Collaborate with Commercialization and Branding teams to align brands, manufacturers, and our go-to-market strategy.
- Partner with the Operations team to manage manufacturer relationships and execute scale-up plans.
- Travel frequently to manufacturers, industry events, occasionally brands for business development, and some time spent in our Emeryville office.
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Posted 2024-10-01
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