Country Manager Netherlands

Solenis LLC; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Solenis seeks an experienced Country Manager Netherlands to lead and grow our Dutch business as the top local executive. You will own strategy, drive profitability, and develop a high-performing team across sales, service, and operations in the Netherlands.

As the senior leader in-country, you will align regional priorities with local execution, manage the full P&L, shape pricing and growth, and build strong relationships with customers and partners to ensure sustainable success.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading commercial organizations with full business responsibility.
• Strong track record in B2B environments, ideally within industrial, technical, service, or professional sectors.
• Experience managing P&L and delivering profitable growth.
• Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams.
• Strong commercial acumen and customer focus.
• Experience in business transformation, organizational development, or change management is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Netherlands growth strategy in alignment with regional priorities.
• Identify new market opportunities, customer needs, and competitive advantages.
• Lead strategic planning and ensure successful execution of key business initiatives.
• Drive sustainable growth, profitability, and market share expansion.
• Own the full P&L, including revenue, profitability, and overall business performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
• Drive commercial excellence across sales and service teams.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with key customers and strategic accounts.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, and growth initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional organization.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent.
• Lead organizational and business transformation initiatives where needed.
• Represent the company in the Dutch market with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with regional and global teams.
• Ensure alignment between local execution and broader organizational objectives.

Skills

P&L management

B2B leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Commercial acumen

Change management

Stakeholder management

Dutch & English fluency

Job description

Lead a Market. Drive Growth. Build High-Performing Teams.

We are looking for an experienced Country Manager Netherlands to lead and grow our Dutch business. As the most senior leader in the country, you will have full responsibility for business performance, combining strategic leadership, commercial excellence, and organizational development to deliver sustainable growth and profitability. You will work closely with regional leadership while leading local commercial and service teams, ensuring strong execution of strategy and exceptional customer outcomes.

What You'll Do

Strategy & Business Leadership

• Define and execute the Netherlands growth strategy in alignment with regional priorities
• Identify new market opportunities, customer needs, and competitive advantages
• Lead strategic planning and ensure successful execution of key business initiatives
• Drive sustainable growth, profitability, and market share expansion

Commercial & Financial Management

• Own the full P&L, including revenue, profitability, and overall business performance
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities
• Drive commercial excellence across sales and service teams
• Develop and strengthen relationships with key customers and strategic accounts
• Support pricing, margin improvement, and growth initiatives

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional organization
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent
• Lead organizational and business transformation initiatives where needed

Stakeholder Management

• Represent the company in the Dutch market with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders
• Build strong relationships with regional and global teams
• Ensure alignment between local execution and broader organizational objectives

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience leading commercial organizations with full business responsibility
• Strong track record in B2B environments, ideally within industrial, technical, service, or professional sectors
• Experience managing P&L and delivering profitable growth
• Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams
• Strong commercial acumen and customer focus
• Experience in business transformation, organizational development, or change management is an advantage
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent Dutch and English

Why Join Us?

• Lead a strategically important market with significant growth potential
• Shape business strategy and influence long-term success
• Work closely with senior regional leadership
• Build and develop high-performing teams
• Join an international organization with ambitious growth plans

Solenis is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents.

Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media.