Stahlhändler / Account Manager DACH (m/w/d) - Remote

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Europe
Experience
3 years

Job description

A remote steel trading role to build and own Vanilla Steel's DACH trading and brokerage business, sourcing, negotiating and closing deals end to end.

At a glance

Work mode
Remote · Europe
Languages
German – native, English – fluent

What you'll do

  • Build and own the trading and brokerage business in the DACH region
  • Be the central contact for German-speaking suppliers and buyers and the trust base of these relationships
  • Acquire, negotiate and close profitable deals, working closely with the operations team to execute them
  • Work with account managers in other regions to close cross-border deals
  • Win and open new accounts when the market slows down
  • Bring market knowledge and a good sense of pricing back to the team

What we're looking for

  • Has traded steel or a comparable industrial commodity and can lead through real deals
  • Can show deals they owned, including sourcing, margin, negotiation, successes and failures
  • Trader's instinct: senses the deal, protects the margin, knows when to push and when to walk away
  • Drive to hit targets and the ownership to do so without daily management
  • Thrives working independently and remotely, creating structure themselves
  • German at native level and fluent English, both non-negotiable
  • Confident using digital tools to execute deals

Benefits

  • Own your deals, market and numbers, with commission on everything you close
  • Fully remote, anywhere in Europe, in a team built for exactly this
  • A fast-growing, well-funded startup truly rebuilding steel trading
  • Lots of freedom, little bureaucracy and the autonomy experienced traders want
  • Competitive fixed salary plus real commercial upside
  • An open, collaborative team that closes deals together

Apply

About Vanilla Steel GmbH

Rebuilding steel trading

A fast-growing, well-funded startup rebuilding steel trading.

Mission

Change how steel is traded, moving it away from phone calls and Excel spreadsheets

Key facts

  • Steel is one of the oldest and largest industries in the world
  • Steel is still traded via phone calls and Excel spreadsheets
  • The company is a fast-growing, well-funded startup

What they value

  • Open, collaborative team that closes deals together
  • Freedom and little bureaucracy