Project Manager - Material Science and Circularity Research

Location:
Hybrid (The Netherlands)
Employment:
Full time
Start date:
About the job

We are looking for a Project Manager with experience in the field of material science, supply chain management, polymer production or any related field along the life-cycle of a product. The position entails a perfect mix of thematic work and project management experience with research and writing components.

You will work at the nexus of EU research on circular economy, text production and project management. In this role, you will be responsible for following the developments around sustainability and circularity optimization of supply chains. You will be engaging in European multistakeholder consortia in setting up interesting project ideas and the management of these projects. This involves cooperation with leading industry partners & universities across Europe.

Your future Company

Circularise is a supply chain traceability start-up founded in The Netherlands in 2016. We believe that end-to-end traceability holds the key to overcoming major challenges that society faces in areas such as Circular Economy, Environmental Pollution and Carbon Emissions. Therefore, it’s our mission to bring traceability to global supply chains and to accelerate world’s transition to a Circular Economy.

Circularise is disrupting industries by changing how companies trace their products and materials and share information about them, enabling sustainable practices at an unprecedented level. We achieve that with a blockchain-based open protocol that enables sharing of information about products and materials while retaining privacy over sensitive information.

We are not your typical startup and would love to invite you to get involved. You can learn more about Circularise at circularise.com/latest or check out our whitepaper.

Scope & Responsibilities
  • Manage EU projects and coordinate with stakeholders.
  • Liaise with research institutions and business partners in setting up technology demonstrations, meetings or research.
  • Coordinate internal actors, measure project status, report progress & execute end-to-end project delivery. 
  • Work with customers in the respective industry or material-use of your expertise in order to a) translate industry, material and sector-needs into requirements for our software
  • Develop content on linking points to your sector-knowledge
  • Following technical research projects with material design or supply chain focus and familiarizing yourself with scientific analysis conducted by other partners
  • Draft new project ideas and formulate project proposals in cooperation with other partners in multi-stakeholder consortia
Requirements
  • A minimum of 4 years of experience in a technical or scientific field, i.e material science, chemistry, product design, supply chain management, recycling
  • A university degree in a relevant field to the position e.g. natural sciences or sustainability-related
  • Impeccable organizational, customer engagement and intercultural skills
  • You are a great communicator (both written and verbal) and collaborator
  • You are a structured thinker who is able to put concepts and idea on paper and explain them from different points of view
  • Ability to travel within the EU 20%
Why choose us?

Circularise has an open, informal and growth-oriented culture. A place where you get a lot of freedom and responsibility right away and your opinion counts from day one. You get to work with an amazing group of people.

We offer you an environment in which you can grow and your impact will be of great value. 

  • Competitive salary; depending on experience  the range for this role starts at €45,000 with a maximum of €55,000
  • Hybrid position with flexible hours alongside an amazing diverse team
  • Travel Allowance
  • 25 paid vacation days (+7 official Dutch holidays)
  • All the tools you need to be a high performer including state of the art  MacBook to work your magic;
  • We're a hybrid company, but our HQ is located in The Hague (in case you miss your colleagues)
Everyone belongs at Circularise

We strive to hire people from all walks of life. Circularise is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Each person is evaluated on the basis of personal skill and merit. We are continuously working hard to develop and build a culture of inclusivity & diversity.

Notice to third party agencies

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

We break our hiring process into the following stages:

  1. Initial Introductory Call  (15-30 minutes)
  2. A technical interview to assess your capabilities
  3. A cultural fit interview to assess whether your working style/fits with our values & culture
  4. Final interview with one of our Co-Founders to determine whether you are up to the challenge

Everyone belongs at Circularise

We strive to hire people from all walks of life. Circularise is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and candidates without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Each person is evaluated on the basis of personal skill and merit. We are continuously working hard to develop and build a culture of inclusivity & diversity.

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All applications from employment agencies will be ignored.
Circularise will not pay any fees for unsolicited resumes.