Full-Time

Director of Sales Recycling & Feedstock

Updated on 7/22/2026

FAIRMAT

FAIRMAT

51-200 employees

Closed-loop recycling of CFRP waste

No salary listed

Salt Lake City, UT, USA + 2 more

More locations: Paris, France | Nantes, France

Hybrid

Hybrid role; periodic on-site presence in Paris, Nantes, Salt Lake City or Shanghai.

Category
Sales & Account Management (2)
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Required Skills
Sales

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Requirements
  • You have a proven track record of building and scaling B2B businesses in advanced materials, industrial manufacturing, recycling, chemicals, aerospace, energy or similarly complex industries.
  • You have personally led and closed strategic commercial agreements representing more than €10 million in annual revenue and/or built an order book exceeding €50 million.
  • You are comfortable navigating complex organizations and engaging senior decision-makers in international industrial groups.
  • You have experience recruiting, leading and developing high-performing commercial teams.
  • You thrive in entrepreneurial environments, are comfortable operating in ambiguity and enjoy building organizations, processes and partnerships from scratch.
  • You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and are willing to spend significant time in the field with customers and partners.
  • You are comfortable working across multiple cultures and geographies and communicate fluently in English.
  • Experience in composites, carbon fiber, advanced materials, circular economy or industrial waste valorization is a strong advantage.
  • You are excited by the opportunity to build a new industrial category from the ground up.
Responsibilities
  • Define and execute Fairmat's commercial strategy across existing recycling accounts.
  • Identify, develop and close expansion opportunities across new waste streams, geographies and business units.
  • Negotiate commercial and contractual terms for new projects and long-term agreements.
  • Develop trusted relationships with decision-makers across customer organizations.
  • Drive customer satisfaction, retention and long-term partnership growth.
  • Build and maintain a qualified pipeline capable of delivering more than 1,000 tonnes of additional annual feedstock opportunities.
  • Identify, engage and convert new feedstock holders across target industries and geographies.
  • Lead commercial discussions from initial engagement through project launch and operational onboarding.
  • Coordinate with Product and Technical Leaders to advance opportunities through qualification and industrial validation.
  • Negotiate commercial terms and partner with Legal to structure and execute Long-Term Agreements (LTAs).
  • Monitor project ramp-up and delivery performance while ensuring strong feedback loops between customers and internal teams.
  • Lead, develop and scale the Recycling commercial organization.
  • Act as the executive owner of Fairmat's global feedstock strategy.
  • Partner with the CEO and leadership team to define growth priorities, resource allocation and market expansion plans.
  • Bring a data-driven perspective on feedstock availability, customer needs and competitive dynamics to strategic decision-making.
  • Represent the voice of the market in Fairmat's product, industrial and investment roadmap.

Fairmat recycles carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) waste to close the loop in manufacturing. It takes end-of-life CFRP items, processes them into reusable carbon fiber materials, and supplies these recycled materials back to industries for new products, along with services like sustainability consulting. This is done through a closed-loop system that reduces landfill waste and lowers carbon footprints. The company differentiates itself by focusing on CFRP recycling at scale and partnering with major clients (e.g., Dassault Aviation, Decathlon, Siemens Gamesa, Siux) to cut raw material costs and boost sustainability credentials. The goal is to advance circular economy practices in heavy industries and enable decarbonization by turning waste into usable materials for new applications.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$114.5M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • €50M+ contracted revenue with blue-chip clients like Hexcel, Decathlon, and Airbus drives growth[1]
  • Expansion into China and US enables near-infinite recycling for aerospace and automotive markets[1]
  • 50% lower carbon footprint in construction fasteners advances sustainable building materials[2]

What critics are saying

  • Syensqo partnership may give direct supply chain control, marginalizing Fairmat as service provider[1]
  • Hexcel exclusive agreement locks Fairmat into single-source dependency, limiting flexibility[1]
  • EU Circular Economy Act amendments could require 50% virgin fiber content, making 100% recycled non-compliant[1]

What makes FAIRMAT unique

  • Fairmat uses patented cold atmospheric plasma to recycle carbon composites indefinitely without performance loss[2]
  • AI-powered robotics cut and reassemble chips into high-quality sheets, recovering 90% of waste material[1]
  • Fairmat operates closed-loop ecosystem transforming aerospace and wind waste into scalable chips and plies[4]

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Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-4%