Sales Manager

Octiva; Asten; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Growth opportunities

Team culture

Job summary

Octiva, together with Berkvens Greenhouse Mobility, is seeking a proactive Sales Manager to represent our combined portfolio to growers in your region. You will generate your own leads with strong support from account managers, marketing, and events, then collaborate with product experts to tailor the best robotics and logistics solutions for each customer.

You will work closely with the sales team, Marketing, and Sales Support to deliver top-notch solutions and drive growth for Octiva and

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Agriculture or related field; proven sales experience (bonus points for agri-tech, horticulture equipment, or robotics).
• Understanding of greenhouse operations and agricultural practices is a plus.
• Excellent communicator and people-person with strong relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate your own leads with strong support from account managers, marketing initiatives, events, and personal network.
• Conduct a mix of phone calls and face-to-face visits with growers in your region to understand needs and challenges.
• Collaborate with product experts to tailor solutions from Octiva and Berkvens range for each customer.

Skills

Excellent communicator

People-person

CRM software

Travel readiness

Dutch-English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Agriculture or related field

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

For our Sales team, we're looking for enthusiastic Sales Managers to represent both Octiva and Berkvens Greenhouse Mobility.

Are you ready to make a real impact? In this role, you'll take charge by generating your own leads while getting great support from our account managers, marketing initiatives, events, and your personal network. You'll get to promote and sell our combined portfolio — Octiva's advanced robotic systems and Berkvens' greenhouse logistics solutions — directly to growers in your region, and play a key part in expanding our reach!

Your day-to-day will be a mix of phone calls and face-to-face visits with growers in your assigned region, helping you dive deep into their needs and challenges. Together with product experts you will work out the best solution for each customer, drawing on the full Octiva and Berkvens range.

Collaboration is the name of the game here. You'll work closely with our team of sales managers, Marketing and Sales Support. Together, you'll be empowered to deliver top-notch solutions that drive success for our growers—and for Octiva and Berkvens!

Your profile

You're driven, determined, and passionate about what you do—especially when it comes to the greenhouse sector.

Here’s what we're looking for:

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Agriculture, or a related field. Proven experience in sales (bonus points if it's in agri-tech, horticulture equipment, or robotics!).
• Understanding of greenhouse operations and agricultural practices is a plus.
• Excellent communicator and people-person.
• Motivated, result-oriented, and able to thrive both independently and as part of a team.
• Confident with CRM software and Microsoft Office.
• Ready and excited to travel to meet growers and attend cool industry events!
• Fluent in Dutch and English (spoken and written); other languages are a plus.

Our offer

A central, hands-on sales role with a combined portfolio, in a fast-growing company with global ambition.

The opportunity to represent both Octiva and Berkvens Greenhouse Mobility and shape the full customer journey from first contact to long-term success.

A dynamic, supportive team culture where initiative and follow-through matter.

Competitive compensation and plenty of room to grow with us!

Octiva is a fast-growing robotics company on a mission to help growers succeed through smart automation. In 2025, Octiva acquired Berkvens Greenhouse Mobility, the leading specialist in internal transport solutions for greenhouse horticulture — think scissor lifts, harvesting trolleys and AGVs. Together, we offer growers a complete range of logistics and robotics solutions, combining technical precision with real-world reliability. We work closely with growers, engineers, and researchers to deliver meaningful innovation that transforms agricultural efficiency and sustainability.

We're expanding internationally and building a team of driven, collaborative professionals who want to make a real impact—not not on product performance, but on ...