AccountManager - Sales (Dutch speaker) New Netherlands

Banyan Software; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Company laptop

Room for initiative & growth

Dynamic, friendly team

Job summary

Banyan Software, Zoetermeer, Netherlands, seeks an Account Manager (32-40 hours) to grow our European cybersecurity sales. You’ll drive new business, demo the Arda platform, and ensure customer happiness, with opportunities for growth in a fast-growing scale-up.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in B2B/IT sales, fluent Dutch, CRM familiarity, and a commercial mindset. Hybrid work with 1–2 days in Zoetermeer is supported.

Qualifications

• Around 1 to 3 years of work experience in B2B or IT sales.
• MBO or HBO working and thinking level.
• Commercial talent, enthusiasm and persuasiveness.
• Fluent Dutch; English is a plus.
• Experience with CRM systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Proactively approaching new customers across the Dutch market.
• Organising market targeting with the call agency.
• Generating leads through campaigns.
• Giving online demos of the Arda platform.
• Fulfilling customer needs and issuing quotations.
• Keeping the CRM up to date with notes and follow-ups.
• Following up on quotations until the deal closes.

Skills

B2B IT sales

Customer-focused

Education

MBO/HBO level

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.

Vacancy: Account Manager (32-40 hours)

Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Are you commercially driven, customer-focused, and do you already have a few years of experience in B2B or IT sales? Do you enjoy speaking to new people every day, closing deals and helping customers within cybersecurity? Then this position as Account Manager at Arda is a good fit for you.

You bring around 1 to 3 years of experience in B2B or IT sales; experience with training or lead generation is a plus.

Who are we?

We are Arda. An enthusiastic team behind the online platform of the same name. Through online learning, (video) productions and serious gaming, we make people and organisations aware of their role in cybersecurity and topics such as information security, privacy and AI. More and more organisations are discovering the power of Arda. That is why we are looking for an Account Manager to strengthen our sales team.

What will you do?

You are the commercial heart of Arda. You make sure customers are happy, quotations go out on time and leads are converted into orders.

• Proactively approaching new customers across the Dutch market.
• Making arrangements with the call agency for selecting markets and prospects.
• Generating leads through campaigns.
• Giving online demos of the Arda platform.
• Making customers happy by fulfilling their needs with our security awareness platform.
• Preparing and issuing quotations.
• Keeping the CRM up to date, maintaining notes and follow-up actions.
• Consistently following up on quotations and pursuing the prospect until the deal is closed.

What do you bring?

• Around 1 to 3 years of work experience in B2B or IT sales. MBO or HBO working and thinking level.
• Commercial talent, enthusiasm and persuasiveness.
• You live in the Netherlands and speak and write fluent Dutch, this is a requirement. English is a plus.
• Experience with CRM systems is a plus.
• Experience with training or lead generation is a plus.
• Affinity with, or interest in, cybersecurity, or in selling to CISOs and privacy officers, is a plus.
• Experience with public tenders is a plus.

What do we offer?

• A base salary between 3,000 and 5,000 euros per month, depending on experience.
• The chance to help build a fast-growing scale-up in the European cybersecurity market.
• A working week of 32 to 40 hours.
• Room for your own initiative and professional growth.
• A dynamic and friendly team.
• The freedom to work partly from home; 1 to 2 office days per week in Zoetermeer is recommended but not mandatory.
• A company laptop.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

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