Business Development Engineer

CTRL Engineering; West-Vlaanderen; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Extensive insurance coverage

Extra vacation days

Company car

Friday Fries tradition

Job summary

CTRL Engineering is a high-tech machine builder delivering innovative, custom solutions for automotive, food & beverage, and production technology sectors. As a Business Development Engineer, you will drive commercial growth by identifying opportunities and working closely with our engineers to translate technology into client value.

You’ll generate leads, initiate contact, schedule meetings, and nurture relationships with existing customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical field (mechanics, mechatronics, control engineering, physics, or similar).
• Experience in business development or technical B2B sales.
• Experience in the high-tech sector is a plus.
• Fluent Dutch and English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Generate and qualify new leads.
• Make initial contact and schedule meetings with potential clients.
• Manage and further grow relationships with existing clients in automotive, food & beverage, and production technology sectors.
• Support technical sales processes and quotations.
• Coordinate tenders and RFQs with our engineering department.
• Identify new market opportunities.
• Maintain CRM and follow up on marketing and trade fair contacts.

Skills

Commercially minded

Strong technical foundation

Analytical skills

Customer-oriented

Proactive

Entrepreneurial mindset

Dutch language

English language

French language a plus

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical field

Tools

CRM

Job description

Are you a gamechanger with an instinct for new opportunities and a strong technical feel? Then we’re looking for you as a Business Development Engineer for #TeamCTRL!

Description

Welcome to CTRL engineering, where we develop innovative, custom high-tech machines for a wide range of industries. From test benches for the electric motors of your future car to vision-based quality control or an automatic dosing system for your Sunday pancakes. No challenge is too big!

As a Business Development Engineer, you play a key role in our commercial growth. You’re responsible for creating and following up on new opportunities, working closely with our engineers.

What does this mean?

• Generating and qualifying new leads.
• Making initial contact and scheduling meetings with potential clients.
• Managing and further growing relationships with our existing clients in the automotive, food & beverage, and production technology sectors.
• Supporting technical sales processes and quotations.
• Coordinating tenders and RFQs together with our engineering department.
• Identifying new market opportunities.
• Maintaining our CRM and following up on marketing and trade fair contacts.

Requirements

• You’re commercially minded, with a strong technical foundation: you don’t need to develop software yourself, but you understand how our technology works and can explain it convincingly to clients.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical field (mechanics, mechatronics, control engineering, physics, or similar).
• Experience in business development or technical B2B sales.
• Experience in the high-tech sector is a plus.
• Analytical skills to recognize customer needs and market opportunities.
• A customer-oriented, proactive, and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Fluent knowledge of Dutch and English, French is a plus.
• You’ll join a young but ambitious team, where you have a direct impact on CTRLengineering’s growth. You work closely with our engineering team and are part of the wider CTRL group, active in the automotive, food & beverage, and production technology sectors.
• You’ll get a challenging role with plenty of autonomy, short decision lines, and a family-like atmosphere: your impact on our growth is immediately felt.
• Access to a broad portfolio of training and educational courses, allowing you to grow.
• The chance to be part of a fast-growing company where you can grow in your area of expertise or interest.
• A convenient office location near the highway (E40-E403), the central train station, and the charming city of Bruges, providing a stimulating work environment!
• An attractive salary package with additional benefits such as meal vouchers, extensive insurance coverage, extra vacation days, a company car, and our beloved Friday French Fries tradition.