Benelux Nutraceuticals BD Hunter

Hartmann Young Limited; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartmann Young Limited is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager for the Benelux region. This hunter role focuses on accelerating new customer acquisition across the Netherlands with expansion into Benelux and Northern Europe.

You will identify, engage and convert early conversations into long-term partnerships, working with founders and senior stakeholders to translate needs into development and manufacturing opportunities across European sites.

Qualifications

• Proven new-business sales experience in nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, functional food, sports nutrition or related industry.

Responsibilities

• Identify, approach and win new customers across the Netherlands and wider Benelux region.
• Build a balanced pipeline of larger strategic accounts and smaller, high-potential growth brands.
• Open doors with founders, CEOs, product developers, procurement teams and other senior decision-makers.
• Understand formulations, formats, claims, market trends and customer product ambitions.
• Translate customer requirements into clear development and manufacturing opportunities for European sites.
• Act as the bridge between customers, R&D, product development, operations and commercial teams.
• Partner with the wider European sales organisation on cross-site and multi-format opportunities.
• Maintain a structured, high-quality pipeline and handover process through HubSpot CRM.
• Identify relevant industry events, marketing initiatives and other commercial opportunities to accelerate regional growth.
• Travel regularly across the Netherlands and to European production and commercial sites.

Skills

Hunter mentality

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial acumen

Fluent Dutch

Fluent English

HubSpot CRM

Travel readiness

Cross-site collaboration

Tools

HubSpot CRM

Job description

Hartmann Young Limited is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager for the Benelux region. This hunter role focuses on accelerating new customer acquisition across the Netherlands with expansion into Benelux and Northern Europe.

You will identify, engage and convert early conversations into long-term partnerships, working with founders and senior stakeholders to translate needs into development and manufacturing opportunities across European sites.