Global Sales Manager - Petfood

Location: Hamburg/Lisbon (remote-friendly within Europe)

We are looking for a Global Sales Manager to drive MicroHarvest’s growth in high-potential petfood markets. By building partnerships with petfood producers and distributors, you will make our sustainable protein a reality in products that feed millions of pets worldwide.

You will work on an exciting opportunity to create impact: bringing sustainable, high-quality ingredients into the fast-growing petfood industry, and proving that natural fermentation can change what pets eat for the better.

You’ll join a passionate, international team of entrepreneurs, scientists, and commercial leaders — all united by a mission to deliver better protein.

Tasks

What You’ll Do

• Open doors: Identify and connect with petfood producers, distributors, and brand partners.
• Build partnerships: Engage with customers on how our products translate into clear business benefits.
• Grow sales: Guide customers from first contact to signed deals, supported by our technical experts.
• Further improve our value proposition: Work with our Marketing Team to create new compelling product presentations, samples, and campaigns.
• Be the customer’s voice: Partner with our Head of Commercial, Operations, and I&D to ensure customer needs translate into real product value.
• Build actionable insights: Work closely with Business Intelligence to further shape our strategy, by tracking market trends and understanding customer needs.

Requirements

Who You Are

• Experienced in petfood or animal nutrition sales (2–4 years), ideally with a strong network.
• Experienced in building relationships, closing deals and delivering customer value.
• Able to translate product technicalities into clear business benefits.
• Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.
• Willing to travel (20–30%).
• Excited to work at a startup pace: proactive, hands-on, and adaptable.
• Driven by making a real-world impact with your career.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

At MicroHarvest, we’re not just another company. We are:

• Impact-driven: Our mission is to deliver better protein, today: Sustainable. Nutritious. Scalable.
• Fast-growing: Backed by leading investors, we’re scaling fast and we will drive that together with you.
• Collaborative: You’ll work side by side with our founders, scientists, and commercial leaders, and learn every day.
• Unique culture: An international, supportive, and fun team that values diversity and curiosity.

Here, your work doesn’t just grow a business. It changes an industry.

​​​​​​ At MicroHarvest_, we value diversity and as such we do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable laws._ MicroHarvest respectfully encourages people from all backgrounds and under-represented groups to apply for this position.

MicroHarvest is a fast-growing startup that is going to provide better, healthier, and tastier protein produced sustainably using the power of microorganisms. With that, MicroHarvest contributes with a sustainable solution to the global challenge of feeding the world. Enjoy the extraordinary mix of a young, dynamic working environment and the professionalism of the team with decades of experience in biotechnology, business, and product development.