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Drive change that matters. Build the partnerships shaping a sustainable future.

As a Sustainability Principal focusing on client relationships, you’ll drive business development at a strategic level across the Fashion & Sporting Goods sector in Germany. You will build and maintain high‑impact client relationships, lead large‑scale projects, own business development strategies for your sector and lead one or more key accounts. You’ll develop long‑term client partnerships, secure high‑value contracts, and drive strategic growth within the firm.

You will contribute significantly to the company’s revenue growth and market presence in the sector by developing an innovative offering and building a strong external profile.

You’ll design and implement account strategies aligned with client priorities, ensuring high‑quality, consistent delivery in collaboration with internal experts.

You’ll be a line manager for a team to supervise the work of your team members and to support their growth and development. You will also be expected to mentor and help develop other colleagues at various levels in other teams.

Quantis, a BCG company, is a leading sustainability consultancy tackling the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our expert team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform industries and shape an economy that thrives in harmony with nature. We guide companies from business as usual to business at its best by uniting the latest science with strategic insights, helping them reduce impacts, implement solutions, and operate within planetary boundaries.

United by a common purpose, our 250+ professionals embody a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative, impact‑oriented, science‑driven, and we are Quantis.

Learn more about Quantis and our mission.

• You’re eager to apply your sustainability experience, business development, client relationship and consulting capabilities, and leadership skills to our mission of aligning businesses with planetary boundaries.
• For 8‑12+ years you have been working in strategy consulting and/or in the Fashion, Textile Retail, Sporting Goods, Luxury sectors, with significant exposure to and interest in corporate sustainability. You have a strong knowledge of the sector, understand the challenges and needs, and have a significant network.
• You have a successful track record in sales, bringing on new clients and building strategies for clients.
• You have solid experience providing effective and visionary peer and team leadership, and strategic decision‑making.
• You have demonstrated strong influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• You have strong project management experience and skills.
• You bring a Master’s or PhD degree or equivalent experience that equips you to guide companies to understand and design transformative and science‑based strategy (Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Economics…).
• Whatever your background, you’re intellectually curious, have a science‑based mindset, and motivated to learn and grow.
• You bring an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoy co‑creating innovative solutions with your team.
• You’re confident using generative AI tools, while maintaining a critical and thoughtful mindset.
• You communicate effectively in fluent English and German.

• Additional knowledge in further corporate sustainability topics and/or sectors other than your specific sector.
• Exposure to/experience with topics related to corporate/product footprinting, nature (biodiversity, water), climate strategy & risk, land & agriculture, ESG reporting and stakeholder engagement and other relevant sustainability topics.
• Good knowledge of sustainability frameworks relevant to your sector and expertise.

As you drive business development, lead large scale, transformative projects and contribute to the growth of the team, you’ll build your commercial platform, providing visionary leadership in business development. Your next step will be Sustainability Senior Principal, where you’ll shape Quantis’ strategic direction in your sector.

• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Berlin or Munich, hybrid scheme. You might be expected to work at the client’s office and/or to travel there at times.
• Optimal start date: Q22026
• Punctual collaboration with other Quantis branches via web‑conference
• Ability to travel occasionally

At Quantis, Unlocking Potential means empowering our employees to thrive, enabling them to drive our mission and manifesto forward—creating meaningful impact for people and the planet.

We aim to achieve this by nurturing a culture rooted in collective action, and shared purpose, where diversity is cherished, inclusion is lived, mental wellbeing is supported, and opportunities are open to all.

This extends to our clients, their clients, and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate.

This is how we commit to our people, live our manifesto, and shape a sustainable future – together.