As a Business Developer, your job description is very broad, challenging, and varying. You search for new clients and make them more competitive and more sustainable. Together with the CEO and the management team you set up the sales strategy and with the help of the marketing department you continuously improve the sales material to boost lead generation.

In your role as a Technical Sales, you:

• Complete proposals, write up sales orders, prepare sales documents, and negotiate contract terms

• Scout the market for new sales opportunities, and you build long-term relationships with partners, customers, and prospects

• (Potential) Customers are located within B2B and B2G both nationally and internationally

• Provide post-sales support: you discuss and troubleshoot any problem with a purchased product, arrange minor adjustments or repairs, and log issues to be discussed with the production team

• Participate at events, trainings and seminars, where you discuss products and learn about industry trends and sales techniques

Skills

The perfect Technical sales:

• Has a technical background: preferably as a civil or industrial engineer

• Is a business developer: loves to find and attract new customers quickly and effectively to build long-term relationships

• Has strong communication skills in Dutch, English and French: from demonstrating products to preparing sales reports

• Is organised & structured in his/her work and understands the need for thorough reporting

   

Attitudes

• Enthusiastic and persistent but knows how to make the customer feels comfortable

• Confident and commercial: not afraid of cold calling to attract new potential customers

• Teamwork

• Persistent and solution-driven

You will feel like a fish in our water if…

• You like honest, straightforward, and to-the-point communication in Dutch or English (open feedback make us all better)

• Integrity is one of your key values

• A ‘work hard-play hard’ culture in a pleasant and dynamic start-up drives you

• You are socially engaged and you believe in the power of ‘business as a force for good’

• You don’t take yourself too seriously

   

You’ll love us for

• Changing the world for the better and giving you the chance to be a part of it

• Investing in you: we believe talent like yours needs to be fostered and watered regularly for it to grow  

• Providing you with opportunities: our company is growing and so will you  

• An attractive and creative remuneration package for a job with impact  

• A flexible schedule in place and time: you schedule your work as it fits you, to be at your best