(Junior) Sales Engineer

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Veghel; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 vacation days (20 statutory + 20 €)

Flexible working hours

Hybrid workplace (40% work from home)

Health & Wellbeing budget €300/year

Commuting allowance

Working from home allowance

Pension scheme

On-site health centres with gym

Vanderlande Academy

Company restaurant and coffee bar

Job summary

Vanderlande is seeking a (Junior) Sales Engineer to join its Airports Sales Engineering team in Europe LATAM. You’ll work with Sales Managers and technical specialists to translate customer needs into competitive solutions, developing concepts and balancing trade-offs across performance, cost and lifecycle value.

Expect cross‑functional collaboration and customer interaction from early conversations through handover.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent
• Experience in Sales Engineering, Solution Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar
• English proficiency; German or another European language is a plus

Responsibilities

• Translate customer needs into smart, competitive solutions
• Develop and compare solution concepts balancing performance, availability, sustainability, cost and lifecycle value
• Facilitate workshops, present solution concepts and explain trade-offs
• Contribute to cost estimates, business cases and proposals, and identify risks early

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in engineering

Job description

Job Title (Junior) Sales Engineer Job Description

What will you be doing?

As a Sales Engineer Airports, you work at the intersection of customers, technology and business. Together with Sales Managers and multidisciplinary specialists, you translate customer needs, operational processes and tender requirements into smart, competitive solutions. You develop and compare solution concepts, balancing performance, availability, sustainability, cost, risk and life-cycle value. Throughout the sales process, you bring together expertise from areas such as Layout Engineering, OT, IT, Service and Procurement, while creating clarity on scope, assumptions and responsibilities. Customer interaction is a key part of your role. You facilitate workshops, present solution concepts and explain technical and commercial trade-offs in a clear and convincing way. You also contribute to cost estimates, business cases and proposals, and help identify risks early. From the first customer conversation through contract award and handover, you help ensure that the proposed solution is valuable for the customer, commercially competitive and technically executable.

About the team

You will join the Sales Engineering team within Vanderlande’s Airports business in Europe LATAM, working alongside colleagues from Sales Engineering, Layout Engineering, Sales Consultancy, Structural Engineering and other technical disciplines. You will be part of an open, international environment where colleagues share knowledge, challenge ideas and collaborate on solutions with real operational impact. The role gives you broad exposure to customers, technology and commercial decision‑making, with opportunities to develop through on‑the‑job learning, experienced colleagues and the Vanderlande Academy.

Your profile

We are looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems while keeping sight of both the customer and the bigger picture. You bring:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in industrial, mechanical, logistics or another relevant technical discipline, or an equivalent level gained through professional experience
• Experience in Sales Engineering, Solution Engineering, Systems Engineering, concept development or another technical, customer‑facing role. Both early‑career candidates and more experienced professionals are welcome
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the curiosity to understand how technology, processes and customer needs connect
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and collaborate across different disciplines
• Commercial awareness and an interest in solution costing, business value and risk
• Experience with complex bids, tenders, automation or international customer projects is an advantage
• Professional proficiency in English. Knowledge of German or another relevant European language is a plus

What do we offer?

In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry‑leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

This position offers a competitive salary depending on background and experience: Bachelor starter (no experience): €3.432 gross per month Master starter (no experience): €3.806 gross per month

Besides a competitive salary, we offer:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days)
• Flexible working hours
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office)
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport
• Working from home allowance
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance
• On‑site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista

About Vanderlande

As one of the world's leading providers of tailor‑made and process‑automated solutions, Vanderlande reliably creates the most innovative, effective, and sustainable processes and systems for every individual customer requirement. With over 11,000 employees globally, we support over airports, parcel service providers such as DHL, UPS, and FedEx and global e‑commerce companies like Zalando.

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it. From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving.

Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide. Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably.

Behind every solution are the people who make it happen. At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver. Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers. Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow. Explore what is possible at Vanderlande and discover how you can make an impact. Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together.