Internship: Founders Associate

Internship: Founders Associate

Your Mission

Your Impact

Procurement Specialist

• You source agricultural parts from Eastern & Southern European suppliers.
• You handle one-off procurement requests and turn them into repeat, contractual supplier relationships.
• You identify, qualify, and onboard new suppliers, with a focus on reliability, pricing, and availability.
• You gain experience negotiating pricing, lead times, and commercial terms.
• You build and maintain strong supplier relationships - negotiation and long-term value creation come naturally to you.

• You support brand and marketing initiatives across digital channels.
• You create and adapt content for social media, website, and marketing materials.
• You assist with campaign execution and optimisation (email, social, basic paid or organic campaigns).
• You conduct market and competitor research to support positioning and messaging.
• You own and deliver small campaigns end-to-end, with guidance from the team.
• You work closely with the Business Development team to refine messaging and go-to-market assets.

• You support lead generation and outbound outreach to German-speaking B2B customers.
• You run early-stage sales conversations: qualifying leads, understanding customer needs, and presenting Partao's value.
• You build trusted relationships with customers through strong communication and commercial awareness.
• You assist with CRM updates, pipeline management, and improving outreach workflows.
• You gather customer insights to refine messaging, targeting, and sales strategy.
• You work closely with the BD team on email campaigns, LinkedIn outreach, and follow-ups.

• You analyse financial, sales, marketing, and operational data to support decision-making.
• You build and maintain dashboards and reports to track key business metrics.
• You develop automations and AI-assisted reporting to improve business insights.
• You identify trends, anomalies, and performance drivers across functions.
• You work with teams to define metrics, KPIs, and data requirements.
• You support data cleaning, validation, and documentation.
• You work alongside founders to help drive company direction.

• You support the launch of new logistics lanes across domestic and European routes.
• You analyse shipping options to optimise cost, speed, and reliability.
• You benchmark carriers and transport modes to improve pricing and transit times.
• You support carrier onboarding and lane setup (rates, lead times, constraints).
• You assist with shipment tracking and performance analysis.
• You identify bottlenecks and propose process improvements.
• You work closely with Operations, Procurement, and Sales to align logistics with customer needs.

Your Talent

• You're a student or recent graduate in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Data, Engineering, Economics, or a related field.
• You have strong English; German or French business fluency (C1) is a plus.
• You can operate in a fast-moving startup environment.
• You're curious, proactive, and have a growth mindset.
• You're a strong communicator and collaborator.
• You're excited to learn and contribute wherever a startup needs you

Our Offer