
(Senior) Sales Manager - Netherlands (m/w/x)
Key Skills
Job Description
Your mission
Sales of Rail-Flow platform solutions in Europe:
- Generate and qualify leads through cold and warm acquisition, which we obtain from marketing campaigns, trade show visits, and similar activities.
- Prepare, conduct, and follow up on customer meetings remotely and on-site, with and without product demonstrations for all management levels of our potential customers.
- Create proposals, negotiate, and finalize customer contracts.
- Identify and close cross-selling opportunities between the solutions of our platform for the same customer.
- Account management of your own customers after the implementation phase.
Sales management, product, and partner development:
- Target new customers and generate a sales pipeline.
- Identify opportunities for further development of existing products to increase product benefits and revenue, and develop corresponding concepts together with internal contacts (Product Owners).
- Create partnerships with suitable partners to expand the marketing or use of Rail-Flow solutions.
Your profile
- At least 3 years of professional experience in selling B2B software (e.g., transport management solutions).
- Strong team skills, negotiation skills, and persistence are crucial for the success of this position.
- You are highly motivated and able to work independently.
- Ability to build and maintain customer relationships.
- Excellent listening, presentation, and communication skills at all business levels, as well as good interpersonal sensitivity.
- Knowledge in intermodal logistics is a plus.
- Very good written and verbal communication skills (Dutch and English
Why us?
- Help shape the future by shifting traffic from road to rail
- Work on cutting-edge marketplace and software solutions that impact the entire logistics industry
- Become part of a dynamic, international team where senior management brings extensive experience from both corporate and startup environments
- International work environment with locations in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Izmir, and Rotterdam
- Enjoy a high level of creative freedom and decision-making power, supported by an attractive overall package that includes:
- Hybrid working options, including fully remote work for several weeks
- Budget for your professional development
- High-quality IT equipment of your choice
- Various team events
About us
The freight tech scale-up Rail-Flow, with over 170 employees, is revolutionising efficiency and access to rail freight and intermodal transport. The innovative Rail-Flow-platform offers customised solutions such as marketplace, collaboration, CRM and transport management tools that optimise all processes along the rail logistics value chain.
By speeding up processes and increasing the competitiveness of rail transport, Rail-Flow makes a decisive contribution to shifting transport from road to rail and thus to reducing CO2 emissions. Over 500 companies - which include rail freight companies, rail freight forwarders, intermodal operators and shippers - already rely on Rail-Flow's solutions.
Core Responsibilities
You will be responsible for acquiring new customers for Rail-Flow products and managing the entire sales cycle from lead generation to contract closing. Additionally, you will identify cross-selling opportunities and collaborate with product teams to further develop existing solutions.
Requirements
The role requires at least 3 years of professional experience in selling B2B software, preferably within the transport management sector. Candidates must possess strong negotiation skills, the ability to work independently, and fluency in both Dutch and English.
Benefits
- Hybrid working options
- Fully remote work for several weeks
- Budget for professional development
- High-quality IT equipment
- Team events
About Rail-Flow GmbH
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 51-200 employees
With more than 100 employees, we as a freight-tech scale-up simplify access to rail freight and intermodal transport and increase its efficiency. The Rail-Flow platform offers an innovative marketplace, collaboration- and transport management solutions along the entire value chain. This accelerates processes, strengthens the competitiveness of rail and supports the reduction of CO2 emissions by shifting traffic from road to rail. Over 500 customers from railway undertakings, rail forwarders, intermodal operators, shippers and truck forwarders already rely on our solutions in their value chains.