Account Manager (Intern)

Vanilla Steel GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanilla Steel GmbH is seeking an commercially curious, AI-enthusiastic intern to join the Trading team in Berlin. You will own real accounts in the DACH region, work closely with the Head of Sales and a Steel Trader, and gain hands-on exposure to live steel deals from day one.

From day one you will manage real accounts, coordinate deals with our Operations team, and progressively take end-to-end ownership. A direct path to a permanent Account Manager role awaits high performers in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Must be a native German speaker with business-level English
• Passion for AI and technology; actively use AI tools
• Entrepreneurial mindset; self-driven and structured
• Based in Berlin or willing to relocate
• Available full-time (40h/week)
• Nice to have experience in sales/trading or B2B client-facing roles

Responsibilities

• Manage and support existing DACH client relationships with growing autonomy
• Coordinate active deals with Operations to ensure smooth execution and logistics
• Conduct targeted outbound outreach (cold calls, emails) to expand the DACH client base
• Maintain and manage your pipeline in HubSpot with a clean CRM
• Analyze pricing inputs and market signals to support deal decisions
• Use AI tools actively to improve workflows, research, and client communication

Skills

German (native)

English (business)

AI enthusiasm

Entrepreneurial mindset

Based in Berlin

Full-time availability

Tools

HubSpot CRM

Job description

We're looking for a commercially curious, AI-enthusiastic intern to join our Trading team and take real ownership of client relationships across the DACH region. You'll work directly alongside our Head of Sales and our Steel Trader, getting hands-on exposure to live steel deals from day one.

This is not a shadow programme. From the start, you'll be managing real accounts, coordinating active deals, and gradually taking end-to-end deal ownership as your skills grow. For the right person, this is a direct path to a permanent Account Manager role.

You Can Expect To:

• Manage and support existing DACH client relationships - buyers and suppliers - with growing autonomy over time
• Coordinate active deals with our Operations team to ensure smooth execution and logistics
• Conduct targeted outbound outreach (cold calls, emails) to expand our DACH client base
• Maintain and manage your pipeline in HubSpot - clean CRM is non-negotiable
• Analyze pricing inputs and market signals to support deal decisions alongside the trading team
• Use AI tools actively to improve your workflows, research, and client communication

Your profile

Must-haves:

• Native German and business-level English
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and technology - you actively use AI tools and want to build with them
• Entrepreneurial mindset - you create your own structure rather than waiting for one
• Based in Berlin or willing to relocate
• Available full-time (40h/week)

Nice to have:

• First experience in sales, trading, consulting, B2B, or client-facing roles
• Familiarity with HubSpot or similar CRM tools
• Interest in commodities, industrial markets, or supply chain

Why us?

• Real deal ownership from day one - not a slide-deck internship
• Direct mentorship from Head of Sales and Steel Traders
• AI-first culture: we use and build with AI tools, and we expect you to as well
• Clear path to permanent: perform in 6 months and the Account Manager role is yours
• Hybrid work format, office in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
• Regular team events, company breakfasts and Friday drinks.

About us

We are a Berlin-based startup that has successfully established a leading digital-first trading company for industrial metals across Europe.

The multi-billion-euro metal trading industry is operated on Excel, PDF and Email. Our mission is to integrate smart technology and data to drive every decision, transaction, and workflow in the steel industry. Our technologies & services increase liquidity, accelerate transactions, reduce scrapping rates and enhance trading convenience for hundreds of steel and metal distributors across Europe.