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Business Developer
East FlandersHybridHours negotiable<3months
An organization works daily towards a clear goal: a world free of waste by 2040. As an impact company, it combines data, network, and craftsmanship to continuously improve its clients' waste management process, resulting in cost savings, improved service levels, and reduced ecological impact. Its products and services deliver sustainable and economic value to clients.
What you do
- Responsible for a professional and effective sales process in sustainable waste management.
- Actively pursue new deals through cold and warm acquisition and independently build a strong client portfolio in the Benelux.
- Ensure an expert, client-focused approach and effectively convert opportunities into results.
- Responsible for the entire sales trajectory: from cold acquisition and relationship management to negotiations and closing the deal.
- Identify market needs and strategically position the value proposition accordingly.
- Convincingly present the organization's value and demonstrate how business and sustainable impact are made.
- Play an important role in the tender process, responsible for timely and adequate follow-up of relevant tenders.
- Identify opportunities and act quickly to connect new partners and close deals.
- Ensure a professional and efficient contract management process.
- Timely coordinate commercial proposals before engaging with prospects.
- Monitor the accuracy and quality of agreements and ensure a timely and adequate transfer of agreements to the account manager.
What they ask
- Minimum 5 years of proven success in acquiring new business in a B2B environment, with responsibility for the entire sales trajectory.
- A proactive networker (internal, external, online, and offline).
- Presents the value proposition in an effective, distinctive, and consistent manner.
- Strategically and conceptually well-grounded.
- Excellent communication skills in Dutch and French; English is a plus.
- Ability to connect and build support at various levels.
- HBO or academic working and thinking level.
Practical
- Daily rate of €500 per day as a freelancer.
- A sustainable, comprehensive, and flexible mobility plan.
- Regular discussions with the manager about ambitions and personal development.
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