Jobs at German American Chambers of Commerce

Leads membership, events, communications, and marketing strategy for a regional international business organization. Oversees a 6–8-person team, member and stakeholder relationships, event planning, sponsorships, budgets, revenue targets, communications, brand visibility, CRM and analytics systems, KPIs, recruitment, and process improvement. Represents the organization externally and collaborates with senior leadership and regional teams.

Develop North American customer and application opportunities for advanced composite materials and prepregs. Work with OEMs, fabricators, processors, distributors, and engineers to understand requirements, support material selection, testing, qualification, and commercialization, and build long-term accounts. Provide technical presentations, proposals, quotations, pricing support, and negotiations while coordinating projects across international teams. The role requires advanced composites expertise, strong customer communication, commercial interest, self-direction, and 50–70% travel.

Manages day-to-day accounting operations, including financial transactions, reconciliations, invoicing, accounts payable and receivable, collections, month-end close, journal entries, and financial reporting. Supports audits and annual tax return preparation, ensures US GAAP compliance, responds to auditor and tax advisor inquiries, and collaborates across departments while meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail.

Manages fundraising plans, donor cultivation, stewardship, grants, sponsorships, events, and development budgeting. Creates multilingual communications and storytelling across web, email, social media, print, and donor channels. Maintains donor records, tracks performance, collaborates with school stakeholders and volunteers, supports community engagement, and reports strategic recommendations to school leadership and the Board of Trustees.

The intern will support investor attraction through market research, email campaigns, presentations, and administrative tasks, requiring fluency in English and German.

Lead and grow the U.S. sales office: develop and execute sales strategy, drive business development, provide technical consultation, manage key accounts and pipeline, liaise with German engineering/production, represent the company at trade shows, and oversee daily operations with support staff.

Drive nationwide U.S. business development for a premium insect screening product portfolio. Responsibilities include acquiring B2B customers and channel partners, developing relationships across the fenestration and window-and-door industries, managing opportunities from sampling through repeat orders, attending customer meetings and trade shows, maintaining CRM pipeline data, monitoring market activity, and providing customer insights to international leadership. Regular nationwide travel is required.

Plan, coordinate, and execute membership and events for GACC Midwest, including logistics, sponsorships, budgets, vendor/contracts, CRM data management, member outreach, reporting, and mentoring interns while collaborating with marketing and accounting teams.

Lead day-to-day operations for a small nonprofit, implement strategic priorities, manage finances, HR, technology, governance, and event support. Drive operational improvements, create SOPs, oversee budgets and reporting, coordinate leadership and cross-functional projects, and supervise 2-4 staff to support sustainable growth and member services.