Founder Associate (Strategy & Operations)

About the job
🔷 About Tocco & the mission

We have created this Founders Associate role specifically for recent graduates or students pursuing their master’s degree looking for an alternance opportunity to work alongside the founders on a wide-ranging of subjects, with a focus on content business development and operations.

🔷 Scope of work

• CEO’s right arm in business and operations.
• Ops Lead in internal process, collaboration efficiency and SalesOps.
• Organise community-based events and webinars.
• Business development in suppliers acquisition and buyers acquisition.
• Account management (partial) in support of our Sales team.

This is a unique chance to gain hands-on experience and contribute to the early stages of startup building while getting a bird's-eye view of how a startup functions. More importantly, this role will accelerate your learning by giving you unparalleled access to the founders' insights.

This position is also built to help you evolve and grow with the company. By working on a multitude of aspects in the startup operations (strategy, fundraising, product, marketing, sales, operations, finance, HR, legal, etc.), we think it’s a fantastic opportunity to quickly gain a panoramic view of how a company’s various functions work, fulfill your curiosity and help you evolve your career aspirations.

Last and definitely not least, we expect the joiner will grow with the role to eventually become one of tocco’s future leaders.

🔷 what you bring along

• You are about to graduate, just did or currently pursuing a master’s degree, and are looking for fast-growing learning opportunities, both business development and operations focused.
• You are open to working full-time for more than 12 months.
• Full fluency in English (French / APAC languages are a significant plus; other languages are also welcome)
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively
• A genuine passion for sustainability and climate action (a specialization in the domain is a plus). Knowledge about the materials & decarbonization subject is a big plus.
• You have worked in a startup / lean environment before, and you take initiatives and thrive under less structured organisations
• A preference for action over antagonization, and a belief in the power of human ingenuity to tackle challenges.
• You enjoy learning about new topics, absorb information like a sponge, and are able to condense your learnings swiftly.
• You have high standards in thinking and communicating clearly. You display and expect clarity in ideas, plans and actions.

The ball is in your court 🎾 Write to us: [email protected]