Business Development Representative

Jobslim.nl; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Training & development

Quarterly incentives

Company card

Career coach

Flat hierarchy

Job summary

ACT is seeking a Business Development Representative to grow our presence in the UK and Dutch markets by identifying new business opportunities and creating qualified introductions for our Account Management team.

This outbound-focused role is ideal for someone early in their commercial career who is ambitious, proactive, and eager to develop within sustainability and environmental markets, collaborating with Marketing, Trading, and Sales to drive new opportunities.

Qualifications

• Early-career commercial experience or strong interest in business development or sustainability.
• Fluent in Dutch.
• Proactive outbound sales mindset with the confidence to initiate conversations with new prospects.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage corporate stakeholders.
• Highly motivated with ability to work toward measurable activity targets.
• Curious, commercially minded and able to learn across industries.

Responsibilities

• Drive outbound business development activities across the UK and Dutch market to identify and engage prospective corporate clients.
• Build relationships through proactive outreach (cold calls, email campaigns, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Generate qualified meetings and introductions for Account Managers.
• Work toward activity-based KPIs with a focus on outbound calls, conversations and meetings.
• Research prospective companies and decision-makers to tailor outreach.
• Develop understanding of ACT's sustainability solutions and portfolio to confidently introduce capabilities.
• Maintain prospecting activity and pipeline updates in the CRM and internal platforms.
• Collaborate with Account Managers, Marketing and other teams to ensure lead handovers and follow-ups.

Skills

Early-career experience

Dutch fluency

Outbound mindset

Communication skills

Target-driven

Collaborative

Tools

CRM system

Job description

Over de functie

The impact that you will create.

Your work at ACT has a real impact on our company, your colleagues, and the world around us. From day one, you can make a difference, and your contributions will be recognized. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to excellence in everything you do.

Reward your expertise with success.

Deal maker or change maker, why choose? In our dynamic workplace, you have the tools, support, platform, mentorship, and teammates to help you thrive and achieve your goals-whatever success looks like to you.

Your Role in Our Story

As a Business Development Representative, you will play a key role in growing ACT's presence in the UK & Dutch market by identifying new business opportunities, engaging prospective clients, and creating qualified introductions for our Account Management team.

This is a highly outbound-focused role and a strong opportunity for someone early in their commercial career who is ambitious, proactive, and eager to develop within sustainability and environmental markets.

In essence, your role involves:

• Drive outbound business development activities across the UK & Dutch market, identifying and engaging prospective corporate clients across a broad range of industries.
• Build new relationships through proactive outreach, including cold calling, email campaigns, LinkedIn engagement, and other prospecting activities.
• Generate qualified meetings and introductions for Account Managers, supporting the development of new commercial opportunities.
• Work towards clear activity-based KPIs, with a strong focus on the number of outbound calls, conversations, and qualified meetings generated.
• Research prospective companies and key decision-makers to identify relevant opportunities and tailor outreach accordingly.
• Develop a strong understanding of ACT's sustainability solutions and wider product portfolio to confidently introduce our capabilities to prospective clients.
• Maintain accurate and timely prospecting activity, lead information, and pipeline updates within ACT's CRM and other internal platforms.
• Collaborate closely with Account Managers, Marketing, and other commercial teams to ensure strong lead handovers and effective follow-up.
• Build your understanding of sustainability markets, client challenges, and emerging commercial opportunities while developing your sales and business development skills.

Your Expertise

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with the following qualities and attributes:

• Early-career commercial experience or a strong interest in developing a career in business development, sales, or sustainability.
• Fluent in Dutch
• A proactive and resilient approach to outbound sales, with the confidence to initiate conversations and engage new prospects.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly and communicate clearly with corporate stakeholders.
• Highly motivated, ambitious, and comfortable working towards measurable activity and performance targets.
• Curious and commercially minded, with an interest in understanding different industries, businesses, and their sustainability challenges.
• Organised and disciplined in managing prospecting activity, follow-ups, and CRM data.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment where priorities and market opportunities can evolve quickly.
• Collaborative and eager to learn from colleagues across Account Management, Sales, Marketing, Trading, and other teams.
• An interest in sustainability, environmental markets, or the energy transition is beneficial, but previous industry experience is not required.

If you are commercially driven, enjoy opening new conversations, and are looking to build your career in business development within a fast-growing international sustainability business, we encourage you to apply!

Our commitment to you:

• Competitive Remuneration Scheme
• Business and Communication Related Trainings
• Exciting Quarterly Targets Incentives
• NS Business Card
• Career Coach
• Challenging and Exciting Work Environment with a Flat Hierarchy
• Make impact one day or from day one?
• Act on it.
• The path
• to your journey