Technical sales manager in automated pouch handling

Your week as a Technical Sales Manager? You're getting an early start today as you hop in the car to head to Schiphol: an exciting travel week with lots of customer visits lies ahead. One of the highlights is a meeting to discuss the future of automated pouch handling with one of the world's leading pet food producers. Together with your Sales Engineering colleague, you've developed a solution that perfectly balances innovation, performance and return on investment.

• Together with your Sales Engineering colleague, you've developed a solution that perfectly balances innovation, performance and return on investment.
• Next week, you'll bring the project team together for a handover meeting with colleagues from Project Management and Engineering, ensuring a smooth transition from sales to execution.
• You exchange ideas with the customer, identify new opportunities and further strengthen the partnership for the future.
• Before heading home, you take time to capture the insights gathered throughout the week.
• Customer feedback, competitor activity, market trends and emerging opportunities are translated into actions that help shape Lan's commercial strategy and future product roadmap.

• You have a Bachelor's degree with a technical or business background
• 5-10 years of experience in an international sales role (machinebuilding or food industry)
• A proven trackrecord in gaining new business in a B2B environment
• You are an entrepreneurial, goal-oriented and a true networker!
• Good communication skills both verbal and written (Dutch, English and another foreign language)

• Earn a salary between €4500 and €5700, depending on your experience
• We ask for flexibility because of the travel involved, and we gladly return the favor - whenever you're not needed at a customer site or our production location, you're free to work remote (though we enjoy seeing our colleagues from time to time!)
• A growth path with possibilities in R&D, service, or as a software project engineer
• Work with modern software programs and tech stacks, including Siemens TIA Portal (V15+), Rockwell Studio 5000 (V28+), Rockwell Factory Talk Optix (V1.6+), and KUKA Workvisual (6.o)
• A working environment full of opportunities to keep developing yourself. Good idea? Any wishes regarding training? Discuss it with your supervisor and get started
• Flexible working hours, so you can make time for sports, hobbies or just to take your children calmly to school in the morning
• In addition to 25 vacation days, you also get 13 days of paid leave so you have enough time to do fun things next to your work
• An annual profit-sharing benefit. Because our vision is that we do it together and everyone contributes to a positive result for the organization, meaning you also benefit from a financially successful year
• Join us for a Trabant ride, a tandem ride to the Trappist monastery or shine during one of the other fun activities organized by our staff association
• 8% holiday allowance
• Good travel expenses