Account Manager

• Ensure strong follow-up of existing customers and build sustainable customer relationships.
• Listen to needs, brainstorm with customers, and identify opportunities for further collaboration.
• Actively take the lead in prospecting and specifically search for new customers and markets.
• Thoroughly prepare prospecting and work structured by region and sector.
• Build a clear and active sales pipeline and follow it up consistently.
• Create professional offers tailored to the specific needs of the customer and ensure correct and timely follow-up.
• Represent the company at fairs, events, and other networking moments to create new contacts and commercial opportunities.
• Closely monitor the market and relevant developments within your domain and further develop your substantive and technical knowledge.
• Report to the Sales Manager and regularly align on prospecting, customer follow-up, and commercial strategy.
• Actively contribute to achieving the set revenue and sales targets.

What they ask

• At least 5 years of experience in a similar commercial role, preferably within a B2B environment.
• Be independent and highly organized, manage your own agenda, plan customer visits efficiently, and take responsibility for your region.
• Work structured, logically, and goal-oriented, and quickly identify the right contact persons within an organization.
• Be a driven sales professional who knows how to convert commercial opportunities into concrete results.
• Possess strong problem-solving skills and enjoy thinking along with customers to arrive at suitable solutions.
• Ensure the CRM system remains correct and up-to-date and also handle the necessary administrative follow-up.
• Be energized by targets, work independently and result-oriented, always keeping the agreed commercial objectives in mind.
• Be positive, empathetic, and customer-focused, understand customer needs, and translate them into tailor-made solutions.
• Be willing to stay overnight in France regularly, on average about 5 nights per month, to efficiently visit customers and further develop commercial relationships.
• Excellent knowledge of French and able to express yourself fluently in Dutch and English.

• You live within a 30 km radius of the company's location.

• You work on the basis of a management fee or a fixed contract.
• You can count on a fixed monthly amount, supplemented by an attractive and motivating commission system linked to the results achieved.
• You will have all the necessary tools and resources to successfully perform the role, including a company car with fuel card, laptop, iPad, iPhone, and the necessary support from the company.
• You will join a young and dynamic team with ambitious goals.
• You will be given the space to take initiative, and your ideas and input will be valued.
• You will be part of a family business with a pleasant working environment, short communication lines, and a strong team spirit.
• You will have access to the necessary technical expertise and support.