Inside Sales Specialist 80%

Kangaroot; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Kangaroot in Belgium is seeking an Inside Sales professional to drive renewals, quotes and customer follow-up. The role starts as a temporary contract with a real prospect of becoming permanent.

You will follow up licenses and renewals, support account managers in preparing quotes, manage leads and opportunities, help with invoicing and contract management in Odoo, and assist in tender preparation and office coordination.

Qualifications

• Realist hands-on doer with drive to move things forward.
• Strong Dutch and English communication skills, with French nice to have.
• Independent and reliable with initiative and follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Renewals and licenses management and follow-up.
• Assist account managers in preparing quotes.
• Follow up leads and opportunities, including cold calls.
• Administrative support including invoicing and contract management in Odoo.
• Support bid files and maintain certificates for public tenders.
• Backup for office management and event support.

Skills

Dutch language

English language

Communication skills

Independent and reliable

Proactive attitude

Tools

Odoo

Job description

For 26 years, Kangaroot has been the open source and Linux specialist in the Benelux. Since 2000 we have been designing, implementing and supporting IT infrastructures built on Linux and open source software — for customers in the public sector, finance, healthcare, industry and beyond.

We are vendor-independent by conviction: we advise on what genuinely fits, not on what someone else wants to sell. Today more than 25 colleagues work across our consulting practice, our managed services brand Kangarun and our security practice Kangasec, from Belgium and the Netherlands, as part of the Tech Tribes collective.

That longevity says something about how we work with people too. We are Great Place To Work certified, colleagues stay with us for years, and everything here revolves around open source, Linux and the people who help our customers move forward every day.

To strengthen our commercial team, we are looking for an Inside Sales who will become the driving force behind our renewals, quotes and customer follow-up.

The context

Our workload has grown considerably, and we need an extra pair of hands to keep our commercial engine running smoothly. This role starts as a temporary position, but given the continued growth in work there is a real chance that it develops into a permanent place on the team. You start on a temporary contract, with a clear prospect of a lasting collaboration.

What you will do

• Renewals and licenses. You follow up on our software renewals and licenses, keep track of timing and deadlines for both standard renewals and public tenders, and take part in meetings with vendors and customers.
• Quotes. You support the account managers in preparing quotes. You challenge requests critically and think along: you are the intelligence behind the quote.
• Leads and opportunities. You follow up proactively, including cold calling and the triage of incoming requests.
• Administrative backbone. You help handle invoicing and processing in our systems, and partly contract management through Odoo.
• Tenders. You support our bid files and keep certificates and attestations neatly in order — essential for our participation in public tenders.
• Office backup. You act as backup for office management, taking over day-to-day office coordination whenever the office manager is away. Now and then you help out at events.

Who you are

• A real doer with a hands-on mentality, someone who likes to see things move forward.
• Eager to learn above all: product and domain knowledge can be taught, it is your drive to learn that makes the difference.
• Independent and reliable: you keep the overview, take initiative and follow up without anyone having to chase you.
• A strong communicator in Dutch and English. French is a nice to have.
• Steady and level-headed: you stay calm and structured, even when things get busy.

Practical

This is an 80% position. You work mostly at the office, four to five days a week (in proportion to the 80% schedule). A temporary role to start, with a real prospect of a permanent contract given the growing workload.

Interested?

Do you recognise yourself in this profile, and does a varied commercial role in an open source environment give you energy? Then we would love to hear from you.