Business Development Manager – Global Beverage

High Tech Campus Eindhoven; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + pension + ESOP

Professional growth path

International team culture

Industry-changing technology

Job summary

inPhocal is seeking a Business Development Manager – Global Beverage who wants to do more than sell technology. You will build a market, engaging with leading beverage producers and packaging companies worldwide to define and capture opportunities, turning innovation into lasting partnerships.

You will be a trusted partner, navigate complex production environments, and drive the adoption of our groundbreaking marking technology across global markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B sales experience in Food & Beverage or packaging industries.
• Proven success in generating new business opportunities from scratch.
• Strong English communication, written and spoken; Dutch a plus.
• Willingness to travel globally for customer meetings and trade shows.
• Experience selling technical capital equipment or industrial machinery.
• Direct experience in the coding and marking industry.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets and contribute to profitable growth.
• Promote patented products to expand market presence.
• Develop new business and build long-term customer relationships.
• Manage and grow existing customer base and identify expansion opportunities.
• Lead commercial negotiations and understand customer needs.
• Build and manage a strong sales pipeline with lead generation.
• Share customer feedback, market trends, and competitive insights with Sales & Marketing.
• Travel worldwide to meet customers and represent the company at trade shows.

Skills

B2B sales

New business generation

Negotiation

English fluency

Travel willingness

Industry experience

Job description

Business Development Manager – Global Beverage

Jobs

We are looking for a Business Development Manager – Global Beverage who wants to do more than sell technology. We are looking for someone who has the drive to build a market.

Define the Future of Food & Beverage Marking with inPhocal

We are not entering the market to follow it. We are here to change it. At inPhocal, we are revolutionizing industrial laser marking. Our patented technology delivers an ultra-long focus depth, enabling high-speed, high-precision marking on complex and curved surfaces without refocusing a capability unmatched by conventional marking systems.

Our machines are already in production, our customer base is growing rapidly, and we are scaling globally. Our ambition is clear: to make inPhocal the global innovation leader in beverage marking, setting a new industry standard with our groundbreaking technology.

To achieve this, we are looking for a Business Development Manager – Global Beverage who wants to do more than sell technology. We are looking for someone who has the drive to build a market.

The opportunity

You will become a trusted commercial partner to leading beverage producers, packaging companies, and strategic partners worldwide. You will understand their operational challenges, demonstrate what is possible with inPhocal, build the business case for change, and turn opportunities into long-term partnerships.

This is a role for someone who can engage with senior decision-makers, navigate complex production environments, challenge established thinking, and create confidence in a technology that can fundamentally transform the industry.

How you’ll make an impact

You will own the commercial relationship from opportunity creation through negotiation and account growth, making inPhocal from a breakthrough technology to a global market leader.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Achieving sales targets and contributing to profitable growth.
• Promoting our unique, patented products and services to expand our market presence.
• Developing new business and building long-term relationships with key customers.
• Managing and growing the existing customer base, identifying opportunities for expansion.
• Understanding customer needs and leading commercial negotiations.
• Building and managing a strong sales pipeline, including hands-on lead generation and outreach.
• Gathering and sharing customer feedback, market trends, and competitive insights with the Sales & Marketing team.
• Traveling worldwide to meet with customers and prospects, as well as representing inPhocal at international trade shows.

Your Mission: We are not looking for someone to simply manage a territory; we are looking for someone who wants to build one.

If you want to be part of making inPhocal the company that defines the future of beverage marking, we want to meet you.

What you’ll bring

• Experience: 5+ years of B2B sales experience, with a proven track record of selling technical capital equipment or industrial machinery directly into the Food & Beverage or packaging industries.
• New Business Focus: A relentless drive and proven success in generating new business opportunities from scratch.
• Communication: Strong communication, influencing, negotiation, and presentation skills, with fluency in both spoken and written English.
• Mindset: A hands-on, practical, and proactive approach, combined with a passion for technology and building lasting customer relationships.
• Travel: Willingness to travel globally for customer visits and industry trade shows.
• Direct experience in the coding and marking industry
• Fluency in Dutch and other languages

What we offer

• Compensation: A competitive base salary, pension plan, and participation in our Employee Stock Option Program (ESOP).
• Growth: A clear development path supported by continuous learning, internal training, and personalized coaching.
• Impact & Culture: The chance to make a significant impact within a fast-growing, international team with a great workplace atmosphere, social gatherings, and team events.
• Innovation: The opportunity to commercialize groundbreaking, sustainable technology that is transforming an entire industry.