Business Developer / BDR (m/f/d)

SMARTVÉLO; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car for visits

Flexible work from home

Real ownership: build a new market

Job summary

SMARTVÉLO, a fast-growing company for sustainable e-mobility solutions, is looking for a Business Developer to build our Netherlands and Belgium footprint from the ground up. Based around Utrecht, you will bring our e-bikes to new customers in delivery, logistics, restaurants and franchises and set up pilots that become long-term fleet deals.

You will generate new business through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach and in-person visits, own the end-to-end sales cycle, and collaborate with the

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of commercial experience with a track record in new business.
• Proven experience with cold outreach by phone or in person.
• Affinity with mobility, e-bikes, fleet, delivery, logistics, restaurants or franchise.
• Hunter mentality: entrepreneurial, practical, direct and accountable.
• Based in or around Utrecht, willing to travel a lot.
• Fluent Dutch and good English; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Generate new business through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach and store visits.
• Set up pilots and convert them into long-term contracts.
• Sell consultatively to customers in delivery, logistics, restaurants and franchises.
• Target last-mile segments: delivery, restaurants, grocery, care services.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with operations and management.
• Coordinate with sales team in Germany and provide market feedback.

Skills

New business generation

Cold outreach

Dutch language

Travel willingness

Job description

SMARTVÉLO is a fast-growing company for sustainable e-mobility solutions. We develop e-bikes that are changing everyday city life, and we stand for top quality and excellent service. Become part of this vision!

As Business Developer (m/f/d), you will build our business in the Netherlands and Belgium from the ground up. You will bring SMARTVÉLO e-bikes to new customers in delivery, logistics, restaurants and franchise chains, set up pilots and turn them into long-term fleet deals. You will be our first person on the ground, with a lot of freedom, short decision paths and direct contact with management.

Generate new business: You create your own opportunities through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach and visiting stores and branches in person

Set up pilots: You bring new customers on board with pilots and convert them into long-term contracts

Consultative selling: Our product is high-end and priced accordingly. You understand the customer's delivery operation and show why it pays off

Target the right segments: You focus on delivery and last-mile, restaurant chains and franchises, grocery retail and care services

Stakeholder management: You talk with operations as well as management and build lasting relationships

Interface to Cologne: You work closely with our sales team and management in Germany and give feedback from the market

Your profile

2-5 years of commercial experience with a real track record in new business (not pure account management)

Proven experience with cold outreach: you have booked meetings yourself, by phone or in person, without waiting for inbound leads

Affinity with mobility, e-bikes, fleet, delivery, logistics, restaurants or franchise

Hunter mentality: entrepreneurial, practical, direct and accountable

Comfortable with targets, rejection and ambiguity. Not every process is set in stone with us yet

Ambition to grow into a senior role

Based in or around Utrecht (or within easy reach of central NL), willing to travel a lot

Fluent Dutch, good English (German is a plus)

What we offer

€50,000 fixed salary plus uncapped bonus: the more e-bikes you sell, the more you earn

Company car for your customer visits

Real ownership: you build a new market for SMARTVÉLO from scratch

Flexible work from home, with at least one team meeting per week

Profitable scale-up from Cologne with strong customers (Flink, Wolt, Domino's) and clear growth plans in DACH and the EU

You don't just want a job, you want to make a difference? Then you've come to the right place!

We look forward to meeting you - make it ride!