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Business Development & Growth
International B2B development, key account management, commercial negotiations, partnerships and customer projects.
SIAL PARIS 2026 · OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES
AM I YOUR NEXT
COMMERCIAL HIRE?
I'm Volker, an international business development professional with 15+ years of experience in sales, marketing and entrepreneurship. I've helped bring plant-based food innovations to market and I'm ready to help ambitious vegan brands grow.
International Business Development | Key Account Management | Plant-Based Food
15+ years of B2B experience · Entrepreneurial background · International markets · German / English / French / Spanish
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01 / WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLEEXPERIENCE MEETS INITIATIVE
Commercial experience.
Entrepreneurial mindset.
A genuine passion for plant-based food.
- €20M
From greenfield to commercial production
Helped bring a new plant-based protein facility (approx. €20M investment) into operation.
- Global
Food industry leaders acquired
Won international food manufacturers as new customers, from first contact to contract.
- 100s t
Contracted annual volumes
Customer projects with several hundred tonnes of production per year.
- +120%
B2B revenue growth
In the university segment at the tech startup Lecturio.
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Marketing & Go-to-Market
Brand positioning, campaigns, digital marketing, product launches and translating strategy into execution.
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Plant-Based Food
Professional experience in the plant-based protein industry, combined with a long-standing personal commitment to veganism.
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International Communication
Working across cultures and markets. German, English, French and Spanish.
02 / SELECTED EXPERIENCE
A few chapters of my
professional journey
Different perspectives.
One commercial thread.
2020–2024
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · PLANT-BASED PROTEINS
Moulins de Kleinbettingen
Helped bring a plant-based protein production site into commercial operation. International B2B development, industrial key accounts, negotiations and customer projects from trials to production, with hands-on TVP and HME experience.
2017–present
FOUNDER · BRAND ACTIVATION · EVENT MARKETING
Muckebox
Built a business spanning brand activation, event marketing and international client projects. Clients include international FMCG companies and some of Germany's most renowned music festivals. Operations are fully delegated; only minimal administration remains outside regular working hours.
2016–2021
BRAND · DIGITAL MARKETING · DIGITAL BUSINESS
Villeroy & Boch · CosmosDirekt
Brand and campaign projects and digital business development. Strategy, customer journeys, communications, agency coordination and cross-functional delivery.
2011–2016
TECH STARTUPS · B2B SALES · MARKET ENTRY
Lecturio · Locca
B2B sales and key accounts, international market entry and strategic partnerships in technology startups.
Food & retail
FOOD · GROCERY RETAIL · FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Globus Markthallen · Vegan Foodtruck
Grocery retail experience at Globus Markthallen, plus a vegan foodtruck concept I developed and operated based on my Master's thesis.
03 / WHY VEGAN FOOD?
Not just another
industry to me.
14 yearsVEGAN. AND COUNTING.
For me, the future of food is vegan.
I've been vegan for 14 years. My interest in plant-based food is both professional and personal. I've already worked in the plant-based protein sector, and I'm now looking for an opportunity to combine my commercial experience with an industry I genuinely believe in.
I'm particularly interested in ambitious vegan food brands looking to expand internationally, build stronger commercial partnerships and bring great plant-based products to more consumers.
04 / THE PRACTICAL DETAILS
Muckebox runs independently.
Fully available for
my next full-time role.
Muckebox runs independently through its team and project partners. I have no day-to-day operational duties, only minimal administration outside regular working hours. My focus and availability are fully on a new full-time role in vegan and plant-based food.
Based in Saarland.
Open to opportunities
beyond borders.
I'm based in Saarland, Germany, and I'm open to remote and hybrid positions with regular travel for meetings, customers, projects and team collaboration. Relocation isn't part of my plans, but working across locations and borders absolutely is.
AVAILABILITY
Available from November 2026 · Based in Germany · Open to international travel
LET'S FIND A COMMON LANGUAGE
- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
OPEN TO THE NEXT CHAPTERSIAL PARIS 2026
Hiring for the
vegan future of food?
Let's find out whether we could build something meaningful together.
vstraesser@gmail.com