Head of Marketing

Collo, an Industrial IoT and sensor technology company on the path to unicorn
status, is now looking for a marketing rockstar to lead them in their ambitious journey to scale their business exponentially! Could it be you?

Collo is dedicated to enhancing the performance, quality, safety, and sustainability in the manufacturing of Food and Beverage products. Their revolutionary (dielectric) liquid analyzers work with any liquid, detecting nearly any change in liquid properties through a unique liquid fingerprint. By combining the company’s core sensor technology with machine learning and advanced analytics, Collo provides actionable insights via their cloud and IoT platform. Collo’s solutions enable smart manufacturing: reducing food waste, carbon dioxide emissions, wastewater, and potable water usage while ensuring consistent product quality, increased food safety, and higher process efficiency.

The F&B manufacturing industry is on the cusp of transformational change, driven by the need to meet ambitious environmental targets while maintaining profitability and competitiveness. Collo’s customers, leading brands in dairy, beverage, and food, are demanding new technologies to navigate this change.

As the Head of Marketing at Collo, you'll have the exciting opportunity to elevate their B2B marketing efforts to new international heights, with a primary focus on Europe. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing comprehensive marketing strategies that align perfectly with Collo's ambitious business goals. Imagine leading Collo’s brand journey, managing a dynamic marketing budget, and overseeing a wide range of activities, including collaborations with external partners in addition to managing your team. Most importantly, you'll be the driving force behind building the foundation for a strong and successful customer base, and making a name for Collo. In this dynamic role, you'll be part of the management team. Join Collo and be the catalyst for the company’s next big leap!

The ideal candidate for this position has a demonstrated history of crafting and implementing powerful marketing strategies that fuel substantial business expansion. Collo also values individuals who excel at prioritizing crucial marketing initiatives, possess strong communication and collaboration abilities, and can articulate complex topics clearly and effectively to diverse audiences. A sales-driven approach, initiative-taking mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, and proactive work ethic are also highly appreciated traits at Collo. Above all, we're looking for a strategic visionary who not only leads but also takes action, adeptly conveying Collo’s vision and propelling their marketing endeavors to unprecedented success.

What Collo offers you:

• An opportunity to join an exciting journey to grow and scale their business, and be a key player in that adventure

• Meaningful product to work with and a possibility to make a positive impact on the environment

• An international work environment

• A loosely coupled and highly aligned organization with talented and skilled professionals as colleagues

• Base pay, bonus plan and opportunity for stock options

What Collo requires from you:

• Several years of experience in B2B-marketing, ideally within a multidisciplinary marketing role

• A broad skill set and understanding of different B2B-marketing tools, channels, and activities, including trade shows, PR campaigns, digital marketing, and social media

• A proven track record of building a marketing machine that has delivered significant results against the defined KPIs

• A full working proficiency in English

What Collo considers as an asset:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in marketing

• Understanding of / experience from high-tech products targeting industrial customers, manufacturing technology, or industrial IoT

• Previous experience from a marketing agency, startup, or scaleup (ideally SaaS, PaaS)

• Other language skills, such as Finnish, German, French, Italian or Spanish

Practicalities:

This is a full-time and permanent position, in which you will be employed directly to Collo. The ideal starting date for the position is in September / as soon as possible. The role is based either in Finland or the Netherlands and ideally the city would be either Tampere or Amsterdam but Collo might also be open to other cities. The role however requires willingness to travel approximately once a month or every other month to these locations.

Would you like to join Collo’s ambitious journey?

Great! Please submit your CV and motivation letter in PDF-format by the latest 22nd of July via our application system. Please also mention your salary request and the earliest possible starting date in your application documents. Remember to use the application system, as we do not accept applications sent by email. We will begin reviewing the applications after the application period has ended. The first stage of the process is an interview with aTalent, after which the process continues on Collo's end in August.

You can familiarize yourself with Collo here: https://www.collo.fi/. For more information about the recruitment process contact aTalent’s Team Lead & Senior Talent Sourcing Manager Miili Reponen (+358504754889, miili.reponen(at)atalent.fi) between July 1st, 2024, and July 12th, 2024 and Team Lead & Senior Recruitment Manager Roosa Lönnqvist (+358 50 421 0255, roosa.lonnqvist(at)atalent.fi) between July 16th, 2024 and July 22nd, 2024.