At REHAU New Ventures, we aim to create new businesses by solving challenges in the construction sector - with sustainability at the forefront. We are the company builder to the REHAU Group, the leading polymer manufacturer for the construction industry, and therefore, we have a high interest in circularity. We want to contribute to our environment by reducing waste, enabling reuse and improving recycling. Thanks to extensive research in this area and our links with the industry, we have identified several challenges and validated their opportunities. We are looking for co-founders to take on one of the challenges relevant to us: Compliant Waste Management: As regulatory requirements increase, including in waste management, ensuring compliance along the whole waste/ material stream is crucial. Applying transparency from CO2 tracking to disposal and recycling drives REHAU as a global polymer player with various touch points along the value chain from raw material distribution to production and recycling. Digital Building Assessment: Dismantling is the starting point before any major renovation project. Analyzing the building substance in advance is the basis for effective reuse, recycling and waste management concepts. Today, this is often done through physical inspections at the beginning of the planning process. Much potential remains untapped and too much valuable material is sent to incineration or landfill. A digital assessment of the building before renovation could be the basis for an effective waste management and reuse concept. Recycling Material Analysis: Today, the use of virgin polymer material is still the standard for extruded or injection molded polymer products. Substituting virgin material with recycled material is crucial for lowering the ecological footprint of polymer products and meeting regulatory requirements. This poses a challenge to polymer manufacturers, as compounds containing recycled material can vary greatly, affecting the performance of the material. The quality and composition of the recycled material is critical. Analysing the additives used and selecting the right ones for compounding is also important and challenging. We are now looking for YOU to work on one of these challenges as part of our Ne w Ventures Building Program. Together with a co-founder, you will aim to turn a challenge into a business idea and a successful company. While we provide you with expertise, operational and strategic support, you design every building block of your start-up yourself. Your tasks: Ideation: Lead the process of creative ideation and develop innovative concepts for a digital solution tackling a challenge above. Founding and Building : Start your own venture From product development to realizing your business model and defining the value proposition – you are the creator from hour zero. Customer Focus: Test initial prototypes and MVPs in the market to obtain direct customer feedback and validate your ideas. Sales and Marketing: Define a go-to-market strategy, increase awareness of your product in the target segment, and generate initial revenues. Networking : Build relevant networks and partnerships with external stakeholders, investors, and industry experts to sustainably grow our green startup. Investor Relations: Present your venture to strategic partners and potential investors for the realization of new financing rounds and growth visions. Your profile: The challenges surely can and must be solved in many ways. That is why we are open to different profiles and professional backgrounds. Startup Mindset: You have demonstrable experience in a leading (and founding) role in a rapidly growing startup or a similar role in a fast-paced, highly complex, and dynamic environment. Impact-Driven: You are passionate about sustainability and climate protection, and have the spirit to integrate your vision in an entrepreneurial way. Industry Expertise: You understand the construction or recycling sector and how sustainability fits into it. This can come from both professional or personal experience. Technological understanding: You are familiar with current technologies and IT trends and can translate them into a digital solution. Communication: You are fluent in English and conversational in German, enabling you to communicate successfully with internal and external stakeholders. Location : You are based in Germany with the opportunity to meet the team and stakeholders in person on a regular basis. What You get with us: Majority shares of successfully founded company for you and your co-founder. Freedom to realize your ideas and build something meaningful from the ground up. Guidance and coaching in the growth of your idea and access to a dynamic and supportive ecosystem of experienced professionals, resources, processes, and shared services at REHAU New Ventures. Pre-Seed investment of up to 500.000€ upon successful validation. Support of your business model by the REHAU Group to accelerate your business idea. Access to our attractive locations in Munich and Nuremberg, as well as remote working and flexible working hours. A contract with the same duration as the financing of the venture (6 months). After a successful founding, you will move into a leading position within the venture. Contact Please apply until November 11th. With receiving your application, we will send you a set of questions to reflect on. Afterwards, you will get feedback if and how we will proceed with the application process. About us L ittl e things make a big difference We are REHAU New Ventures, the independent venture builder of the REHAU Group, here to achieve sustainable and profitable growth by establishing new businesses in the areas of Digital Construction. Our work always centers around customers. Combined with the strong entrepreneurial backing of the REHAU Group, REHAU New Ventures makes for a competent and reliable partner. Our team in 6 locations worldwide between Washington DC and Shanghai works in an agile and iterative way along the entire process, from problem identification until the growth phase of the ventures emerging from our innovations. Become part of a team full of possibilities.