Outside Sales Engineer
On-siteRijswijk, South Holland, The Netherlands
Job Summary
Achieve sales, bookings, and gross profit targets within assigned accounts while owning bookings forecasts and mitigating risks proactively. Negotiate contracts within Delegation of Authority and build strong customer understanding to promote tailored solutions. Develop and execute account growth plans, track progress in CRM, and effectively communicate value propositions to maximize business opportunities. Share success cases, customer feedback, and measurable results internally while building and expanding stakeholder networks across customer organizations. Maintain regular customer engagement through in-person and virtual channels, collaborate with internal teams to develop differentiated solutions, and ensure all leads are captured and followed up with sales management support. Monitor competition, define strategies to defend and grow market position, and share market trends with leadership. Map installed base and drive lifecycle opportunities with Service teams, optimize sales cycle efficiency, and align monthly action plans. Contribute to annual sales target setting and leverage data analytics to drive growth. Ensure clear internal communication of customer activities, drive customer satisfaction while protecting company interests, and collaborate with operations and service teams to deliver on commitments. Ensure compliance with business ethics and trade regulations.
Required Qualifications
- STEM degree or comparable technical education (BSc / MSc level)
- Demonstrated experience selling technologies to customers in the relevant industry
- Results driven
- Interest in new technology and open mind for innovation
- People person, high interpersonal skills, relationship builder, networker
- Comfortable with change and able to succeed in contexts of uncertainty
- Ability to manage conflict and deal with complexity
- Excellent persuasion skills and ability to communicate with all levels of the customer's organization
- Outstanding negotiation skills
- Business acumen and understanding of commercial contracts
- Excellent communication and presentation skill both in English and local language
- Willingness to travel (50% to 75% of time)
- Driving license
Desired Qualifications
- Application knowledge of the assigned customer's industry(ies) highly desirable
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