10 Oct
Winnow
Dubai
About us
Food waste is a $1 trillion problem – costing the world over 1% of global GDP. We’re dead set on solving the problem and looking for people to help us achieve our mission. We, at Winnow, believe that food is far too valuable to waste, and that technology can transform the way we produce food. Our team is made of people who all share a passion for food and technology.
Winnow was founded in London in 2013 to help the hospitality industry prevent food waste through internet of things tools in the kitchen. We have worked with hundreds of sites and are operating in over 70 countries around the world supported by our offices in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Singapore, Romania and North America.
We are a rapidly growing company with a strong base of clients who are rolling out our system globally. We have blue-chip customers including Accor Hotels, IKEA, IHG, Marriott, Compass Group and many others.
Winnow’s clients on average reduce waste by over 50% by value and sustain savings. Winnow has now worked with hundreds of sites to reduce food waste, including hotels, universities and schools, staff restaurants, event/hospitality kitchens, buffets, pubs, and high street restaurants. Where the system is permanently adopted, pre-consumer waste value is reduced by 50% - 70% with no detrimental impact to the perceived quality or value of the offer to their customers. This represents a typical improvement of food cost savings of 3% to 8% on total food cost spend.
As the global leader in addressing food waste, we are committed to continue pushing the envelope on what technology can do to solve this problem. Winnow Vision, our new artificial intelligence-based technology,
is trained to automatically track all food waste thrown away. It has won awards at the World Economic Forum and has been received tremendous enthusiasm from our clients and the industry. You can read more about it on our website and this article in Forbes.
We are passionate about living our values and place them at the centre of everything we do. We are excited about like minded talent who share these values, joining us in our mission:
Equal parts head and heart . We’re both passionate and measured. We carefully balance the need for quick solutions and pragmatism with the ability to step back, take in the bigger picture and build for the long term.
Bravely honest. With each other, that means we’re a transparent organisation where healthy, respectful debate is encouraged. With our customers,
we challenge them if we don’t think they’re achieving their goals, whether they be environmental or financial.
People of action. Done is better than perfect, and we learn by boldly doing then rapidly improving. We’re breaking new ground, so we know things might go wrong. But we judge ourselves and each other on our reaction and our resilience.
Bound by food. We’re a diverse bunch, but our belief in the value of food is the common thread in everything we do. With each other, we celebrate through our love and respect for food. With our customers, it means we work hard to develop creative tools to make it easy for chefs to value food.
Hungry and humble. Our product is revolutionary, our people are impressive, and we’re hungry for change. But,
we’re just the catalyst for a bigger movement. We stay humble regardless of our success, and make chefs the heroes in this journey.
About the role
An exciting opportunity exists for a talented and driven German speaking Business Development Manager to join the team to drive business growth in the DACH region for an initial 6 month fixed-term contract.
This role will be based in Dubai and be one of an international team (consisting of sales, marketing, tech and account management professionals spread over 5 locations).
Key objectives
- Lead the end to end sales process with hospitality customers in the DACH region
- Develop strategies for winning and growing our business with clients,
ensuring we obtain the buy-in of the full decision making unit
- Manage and build the sales pipeline, providing solutions-based sales and service offering to customers
- Develop deep relationships with key influencers in the market to help build a demand for our products
- Nurture new accounts, highlighting early successes and advocating for scaling of our technology across their business
- Expand existing accounts, building on past successes to roll out across entire portfolios
- Identify routes into our target clients and build C suite-level relationships
Requirements
- You will be experienced in SaaS sales with proven success in navigating end to end sales cycles and creating urgency to drive sales swiftly to a close (and if it's within hospitality and hotels, even better!)
- You will have a strong track record of closing deals with well known brands
- You will be experienced in operating in a high-performing sales team where exceeding sales targets is the norm for you
- You are likely to be degree educated
- You must be fluent in German language
Personal attributes
- You are results driven and can demonstrate how you have delivered effective solutions at pace
- You can demonstrate success in collaborating cross-functionally in order to deliver the best to your customers. You value the need to build strong partnerships internally and invest time in this activity
- You are transparent and act with integrity at all times
- You are able to organise self, including effective scheduling, prioritisation and time management skills,
managing multiple tasks in parallel and completing tasks to tight deadlines
- You demonstrate excellent communication skills. You are a confident and articulate presenter to audiences small and large. You communicate clearly in both written and spoken language. You listen attentively; you process and comprehend what you hear
- You have a track record of identifying and understanding complex problems, analysing options and deploying sound and sometimes tough decision-making skills
- You have strong analytical skills and are proven in using data to quickly get to the root cause of an issue from which you can start to work on a solution
Our shared attributes
- You are both passionate and measured.
You carefully balance the need for quick solutions and pragmatism with the ability to step back, take in the bigger picture and build for the long term
- You are transparent in approach and enjoy healthy, respectful debate. You work hard to build open and honest collaborative relationships
- You get things done and seek to continually improve. Your customers want you on their team
- You are passionate about the value of food and are committed to the fight against food waste
- You are humble in approach and quick to pitch in if you see someone struggling
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Eligible for sales commission
- 2 Wellness hours per month, plus 204 AED monthly wellness allowance
- Private health insurance
- 22 days of paid annual leave in addition to national holidays (pro-rated for the fixed term contract)
- Where possible, we try and finish up at 3PM on Fridays
- You will love what you do – waking up every day solving one of the biggest social problems of our generation
- Committed team members with broad experience who share a common passion to build a world class business
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▶️ Business Development Manager (German Speaker) - 6 months fixed term contract
🖊️ Winnow
📍 Dubai