Sales Manager (m/f/d) Battery Material B2B

Your mission

• You manage the sales of our products and battery raw materials in the B2B environment and actively drive our growth in target markets.
• This includes lead generation as well as building and continuously developing the sales funnel in our CRM system.
• Together with Key Account Management, you strengthen long‑term customer relationships and build sustainable partnerships.
• You further develop our sales structures and processes, strategically leveraging analytical and digital solutions.
• You implement commercial excellence and ensure that customer centricity is lived across all areas.
• With your strong market awareness, you analyze industry data, prices and competitive developments and prepare insightful reports.
• You work closely with our Business Management, Production, Public Relations and Marketing teams to promote innovation and align product development with customer needs.
• At trade fairs and conferences, you represent cylib and inspire customers and partners with our products.

Your profile

• You hold a degree in Business Administration, Raw Materials or Industrial Engineering, or a comparable field of study.
• You have 3–5 years of experience in B2B sales of technical products, ideally in raw materials trading.
• You demonstrate strong analytical skills and enjoy working on complex technical and business‑related topics.
• You use AI tools with ease and creativity and are experienced in applying and shaping AI assistants in your daily work.
• You impress with a confident presence, clear communication and excellent negotiation skills.
• You act entrepreneurially, think solution‑oriented and enjoy taking an active role in shaping new ideas.
• You work in a structured, team‑oriented manner and place great value on the quality of your results.
• Flexibility and adaptability are among your strengths, ideally supported by prior experience in a dynamic start-up or scale‑up environment.
• Excellent German and English language skills round off your profile; additional languages are a plus.

Why us?

• You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
• You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
• You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
• You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
• You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.

About us

cylib is a research-based German scaleup for holistic battery recycling - starting from discharging to recovery of all components of the lithium battery - that was founded in Aachen in 2022 by three visionary founders, including a female CEO.