Business Development Representative

Are you looking for an opportunity to get involved in an exciting start-up working to reduce the impact of fashion on people & planet? Minimal might be the place for you! We have developed a data-led ecommerce platform for sustainable and conscious fashion brands to compete on the ethical performace of their products.

The platform is personalised to each customer's requirements and we are already partering with many of the best brands in this space operating in the UK and Europe.

As we gear up for our launch, we are looking for a business development representative who can assist us with market research, partner qualification and initital communication.

Compensation

This is initially unpaid as we are gearing up for our first funding round but we will build stock options and a paid opportunity at the point of funding into your contract.

About you

you want to learn by working on a high impact project and establish yourself in the industry
you are pasionate about environmental and social issues and finding solutions
you want to start your career in sales, account management or partnerships
you are enthusiatic and strive in a startup environment

Responsibilities

1) Market research: Sustainable fashion brands.
Researching sustainable brands globally and identifying suitable prospects for partnership with Minimal based on the
outlined criteria, documenting results in Notion data base, sharing updates with the wider team.

2) Brand partners outreach.
Based on the research, reach out to the brands via email/social media using existing templates. Handle all initial communication with the prospects and introduce them to Minimal team. Schedule a meeting with Minimal management team. Update documentation in a CRM tool. Propose improvements to the existing templates and workflow to drive up efficiency.

3) Partner communication and onboarding.
Communication with existing clients regarding onboarding, technical integration, testing, PR/Branding assets. Propose improvements to make onboarding more efficient by implementing new templates, using recordings etc. Work closely with the product team to channel partner feedback and feature suggestions.