Business Development Associate - Benelux - Growing Impact Scale Up

Simvia; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Make an impact

Grow rapidly with the company

Warm & supportive people

Inclusive environment

Daily lunches & team activities

Flexible work options

Amazing office location

Job summary

Simvia is recruiting a Business Development Associate to drive lead generation and meetings in the Benelux region. You will identify prospects, initiate targeted outreach, and hand off qualified opportunities to our sales team. This is an early-career role with a growth-minded, collaborative culture.

You will work in a hybrid setup, joining our Amsterdam office and engaging with teams across the Benelux to build a robust pipeline and contribute to a sustainable food-supply network.

Qualifications

• Native-level Dutch spoken daily and used for outbound outreach.
• 1+ years of experience in a similar role (sales, marketing, or business development).
• Curious and eager to learn new skills in a fast-growing SaaS environment.
• Team-oriented mindset with a proactive, results-driven approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication for engaging decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Identify and research leads in Benelux to create new opportunities.
• Outreach via cold calls, emails, social channels to engage decision-makers.
• Schedule meetings for Account Executives and manage a steady pipeline.
• Maintain and update CRM to track opportunities and progress.
• Continuously develop industry knowledge with support from the team.

Skills

Dutch (Native)

Communication

Prospecting

Cold outreach

CRM experience

Job description

Job Description

Join us in Revolutionizing Supply Chains

We're a fast-growing SaaS scale-up on a mission to shape a sustainable future for the food industry. With four years of continuous 100% year-on-year growth, we’re looking for a passionate Business Development Associate to help drive innovation in global food supply chains across the Benelux. Join us and shape the future of food sustainability with us!

About Simvia

We are committed to transforming global food supply chains, making them more transparent, sustainable, and safe. Our team is building the world’s largest food and beverage network to empower buyers, retailers, and wholesalers with insights that ensure food safety and sustainability. Together, we are simplifying compliance for a better world and having fun doing it.

Role Overview

As a Business Development Associate, you’ll proactively identify and reach out to potential leads. Through cold calling, emailing, social and targeted outreach, you’ll connect with key decision-makers in the Benelux, introducing Simvia’s solutions and securing meetings for our sales team. Your work ensures that our Account Executives have full schedules of high-quality opportunities, setting the foundation for meaningful partnerships that drive sustainable impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead generation: Proactively identify and research potential leads in Benelux markets to create new opportunities;
• Cold outreach: Initiate cold calls and targeted outreach to engage decision-makers and introduce Simvia’s solutions;
• Appointment setting: Secure meetings with prospects, ensuring a steady stream of qualified opportunities for the Account Executives;
• Pipeline management: Maintain and update the CRM system to track leads, ensuring a full pipeline for the sales team;
• Continuous improvement: Building industry knowledge and developing your skills supported by an experienced team around you.

Job Requirements

• Motivated to grow and learn: You are a curios, excited about learning new skills and building a career in sales;
• Early career growth: 1+ years of experience in a similar role, ideally in marketing, client services, business development or sales;
• Native-level Dutch (must-have): You speak Dutch at a native level. The role involves daily cold calling and building relationships with clients and stakeholders across the Benelux, so you need to hold natural, fluent conversations in Dutch. Unfortunately, we can’t consider applications without native-level Dutch.
• Team-orientated mindset: A desire to contribute to building a strong foundation for Simvia’s future growth, together with the team.
• Strong communicator: You express yourself clearly and warmly, and feel comfortable picking up the phone to build genuine rapport with decision-makers.
• Proactive hunter mentality: You take ownership of your outreach, with a focus on cold calling and being consistent to secure meetings with potential leads, ensuring the Account Executives have a steady pipeline;
• Organise & result-oriented: Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits Of Joining Simvia

• Make an impact: Contribute to a meaningful cause, creating sustainable and safe food supply chains
• Grow rapidly with the company: As the company scales rapidly so can your career
• Warm & supportive people: Join a team that celebrates collaboration and innovation, with hackathons, team events, monthly Thirsty Thursday, boat parties, Simvia Dance Event, and much more!
• Inclusive environment: We cherish diversity and aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive;
• Daily office lunches & loads of team activities: Daily office lunches together and regular team gatherings that foster a strong sense of community;
• Flexible work options: We offer the possibility to work from our office in Amsterdam or partially remotely a minimum of 3 days per week in the office;
• Amazing office location: Work from our office in the center of Amsterdam with the best view from our very own rooftop terrace and compensation for traveling to the office when applicable (travel distance +10km)

Disclaimer:

We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible, so candidates who can start immediately or at short notice are preferred.

Diversity & inclusion at Simvia

We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. No matter your background, identity, or beliefs, you are welcome here.

Join us on our journey

If you are excited about the prospect of making a significant impact in the food industry and growing with a forward-thinking company, we'd love to hear from you.

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please reach out to our People & Culture Team, via [e-mail]