Area Sales Manager

AEGIR-Marine BV; Wijk bij Duurstede; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AEGIR-Marine BV is expanding across Europe and seeks an Area Sales Manager to strengthen and grow our client base, working with local agents and cross-functional teams. You will drive turnover across our full service and product portfolio and lead regional sales initiatives with a focus on relationship-building and service excellence.

You bring 5–10 years in maritime sales, strong negotiation and presentation skills, and a track record of developing long-term partnerships.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of sales experience in maritime or technical services.
• Understand customer needs and market dynamics.
• Guide clients through complex quotations with clear legal and financial insight.
• Communicate with clarity and impact, building trust and long-term partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional sales strategies and budgets.
• Engage new clients while maintaining strong relationships with existing ones.
• Support local agents commercially and technically.
• Monitor market and competitor developments.
• Lead acquisition efforts and follow up on quotations.
• Collaborate with internal Sales Engineers and Service Coordinators on complex quotations.
• Share and leverage networking contacts across regions.
• Manage and prevent client claims.
• Provide functional leadership to the regional team.
• Ensure client satisfaction through proactive service and communication.

Skills

Maritime sales

Negotiation

Customer relations

Presentation skills

Tools

CRM

Job description

As Area Sales Manager, your purpose is to strengthen and expand AEGIR-Marine’s client base across Europe, in close collaboration with local agents. You will be responsible for driving turnover across our full service and product portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing regional sales strategies and budgets;
• Engaging new clients while maintaining strong relationships with existing ones;
• Supporting local agents commercially and technically;
• Monitoring market and competitor developments;
• Leading acquisition efforts and following up on quotations;
• Collaborating with Internal Sales Engineers and Service Coordinators on complex quotations;
• Sharing and leveraging networking contacts across regions;
• Managing and preventing client claims;
• Providing functional leadership to the regional team;
• Ensuring client satisfaction through proactive service and communication.

Your profile

You are a committed and commercially driven professional with an understanding of the maritime industry. With a genuine passion for supporting ship owners and operators, you thrive in client-facing roles where building trust and long-term relationships is essential. Guided by transparency, service, and reliability, enabling you to work effectively both independently and as part of AEGIR-Marine’s regional team.

To be successful in this role you bring:

• Already have experience (5 – 10 years) in sales within the maritime or technical services sector;
• Understand customer needs and market dynamics and know how to position AEGIR-Marine’s product portfolio;
• Can guide clients through complex quotations and negotiations by applying clear legal and financial insight;
• Communicate with clarity and impact, by using strong presentation and negotiation skills to build trust and long-term partnerships;
• Put the client first: always acting with transparency, reliability, and a commitment to quality service;
• Bring energy and accountability, ensuring promises to clients are followed through and results are delivered;
• Combine energy, accountability and teamwork, taking ownership while contributing to shared success;
• Remain flexible and proactive, you are open to change and continuous improvement;
• Are willing to travel to be present and available for customers where they need you the most.