Account Manager New Business | Europe | Amsterdam |Retail | Amsterdam
Your new opportunity
As Account Manager New Business (B2B Europe), you will be responsible for finding, approaching, and closing new clients, and for growing them into repeat customers afterwards. New business is the main focus and target, but you won't start from zero: you'll take over a number of existing accounts, plus a group of potential clients who haven't been actively approached yet.
Your responsibilities include
- Finding opportunities yourself, in your own market/branch: corporate gifting resellers, museums, sports clubs, loyalty programmes, retail, and anything else you identify
- Managing the full sales cycle: from first contact to quotation, from closed deal to aftersales
- Advising on design, order size, and application, and preparing proposals
- Growing existing accounts through upsell and repeat orders
- Following up on inbound leads within your own branch and country
- Contributing to commercial actions, sales strategy, and trade fair presence
Your profile
- B2B sales experience, preferably in retail. Other sectors are of interest as well, but your track record matters.
- A hunter mentality, but not pushy deals here range from a quick order closed in two weeks to a licensing trajectory of half a year with four stakeholders
- A commercial, convincing approach, sharp on the client's needs
- Fluency in English (the office's working language); Dutch is not required, but fluency in the language of your target market is a plus German would be great
- Affinity with HubSpot and AI tools, or the ability to pick these up quickly
Salary and benefits
- Base salary €3,500 – €4,500 gross per month, depending on experience
- Uncapped bonus with accelerator
- 25 holiday days (based on 40 hours)
- Lunch provided by the company
- Company laptop and travel expense reimbursement
- Budget for trade fairs and client visits abroad
- Currently full-time office based, moving to 4 days office / 1 flexible day per week after onboarding
The role
The growth ambition lies in European countries. In practice, this mainly means (video) calls and email, supplemented by around 4 trade fairs a year and occasional client visits abroad. Everyone has their own branch and country, so inbound leads always land with the right person. The team works with Apollo for prospecting and list building, and HubSpot as CRM. A distinguishing factor is that a custom concept mock-up can be made within a day using AI, with a physical sample sent out the same day upon approval.
The company and team
The company designs and sells reusable bottles that end up in museum shops, the fan shops of major football clubs, and on the desks of employees at international brands. It is a fast-growing, international scale-up with a small office team based in central Amsterdam, on a mission to replace single-use plastic with a reusable alternative.
The office currently counts 2 people: one colleague responsible for sales in Spain and France, plus social media and email marketing, and the founder, who covers the rest. The team is small, but the goal is to grow to 4–6 people in the office over the coming year.
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and are you ready for this challenge? We'd love to get to know you. Apply via the button!