Circularity Project Manager Intern

6 days ago
Internship
In-person · Paris, IDF, FR... more
Back Market is the world’s leading refurbished electronics marketplace with a team of 650 people, powering operations in 18 countries (and counting!).

Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2019 and again in 2021, our mission is simple: empowering people to consume tech sustainably by offering folks a high quality, accessible, and more eco-friendly alternative to buying new electronics. Why? Refurbished tech helps lower our collective environmental impact. We have indeed contributed to avoid the production of more than 1,000,000 tons of CO2e worldwide since our launch in 2014.

Be part of an exciting and growing international adventure that will change the way the world consumes tech.

Back Market’s Circularity services enable customers to give a new life to their old devices– whether that’s through trade-in or recycling.

This allows the customers to declutter their drawers and earn some cash, This also reduces the accumulation of e-waste in our landfills. Trade-In is a key pillar for Back Market as it allows us to facilitate the sourcing of tech for our refurbishers, who will then repair those devices and resell them on our platform.

As the Circularity Project Manager Intern within the Trade-In team, you will be exposed to a large variety of business topics with a strong emphasis on circularity and environmental impact. You will have daily interactions with members of the Trade-In team, and many other Back Makers, to lead your projects to success, as well as taking part in and contributing to all team meetings and reviews.


Your Mission (If You Accept) :

  • Explore & frame circularity opportunities in all countries and categories. Analyze the legal framework and competitive landscape of recycling, donation and potentially other circularity services, on electronic devices in all countries (FR, DE, US, UK, ES) and benchmark best practices.
  • Identify potential partners by country & category: build the framework and assess strength and weaknesses of potential partners. 
  • Manage the operations of live circularity services (recycling service in FR) Monitor and provide reporting of the performance and quality of the service
  • Ensure continuous improvement of the service
  • Support on additional Trade-in business operations topics as needed

You’re At The Right Place If:

  • You are looking for a 6-month full-time internship from January to June 2025
  • English is a no-brainer (fully professional capability). If you’re extra cool and speak more languages (French, German, Spanish), bonus points for you!
  • You have advanced analytical and data manipulation skills and exceptional attention to written, visual, and quantitative detail
  • You have good project management skills: you know how to structure a project, define an action plan and planning, onboard stakeholders on your project
  • You are eager to test and learn by yourself and to proactively identify areas of improvement and implement solutions

About The Internship: 📜

  • Starting date is in January 2025
  • Duration : 6 months (until June 2025)
  • Location : Paris, France
    • --> You must have an internship agreement provided by your current French school

Recruitment Process:

  • Video-call Interview with the Talent Acquisition Specialist
  • Business case (live) with a member of the team
  • Skills & cultural fit interview with the direct manager

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼

- A meaningful job: through hard work, you will help avoid thousands of tons of electronic waste and fight against planned obsolescence. It counts!
- An attractive salary, multiple benefits (meal tickets, health insurance, etc...), internal events, etc… 
- Be in an environment where you can make a difference: you will have the freedom to innovate and adopt new ideas!
- A booming scale-up: our environment is rapidly growing in Europe, the USA and in Asia!
- We embrace work life balance which includes flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home. 
- A lot of fun: you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, open-minded and friendly environment.  

Back Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer for any minority, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Back Market is helping to address one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. We take this so seriously that we were awarded status as a “Société à Mission”, or company with a social mission, by the French government. We know we can’t tackle a global problem without a globally representative team so we are committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles in every aspect of our organization. But more importantly, being One Loving & Free Spirited Tribe is in our DNA as it is one of the five foundational values of our company since we got started way back in 2014. We are committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know our lofty goals cannot be reached unless everyone has a seat at the table along with the resources and opportunity to grow.