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Sales Director- Energy Trading Platform Company – Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Maryam Salman · April 23, 2024 ·

Exceptional career opportunity for an experienced senior Sales professional to join as Sales Director for an Amsterdam based Energy Trading Platform company, which is scaling from a team of 40 FTE, to 60 FTE.

The opportunity

The Sales Director will further support growth, report to the CEO and develop an effective international sales organization, levering direct sales as well as partnerships and strengthen the company as a leader in the industry with targeted marketing.

Your responsibilities:

Hire, train & lead an international sales team. Build a Sales function.
Set sales targets and compensation scheme and support the team in achieving them.
Implement and validate marketing measures.
Review and continuously develop pricing strategy, offerings and legal sales framework.
Negotiate customer and partnering agreements.
Continuously develop and implement effective sales controlling.
Develop and maintain the CRM platform, HubSpot.
Lead from the front, with a hand-on mentality.

Role requirements & what you bring on the table:

Proven Enterprise Sales and Team Management experience.
Strong people leadership skills & experience in building and leading international sales teams.
Mentality of taking ownership, proven ability to build and manage teams.
Customer centric attitude, strong interpersonal skills.
Fluent and excellent command of English (written and spoken) including presentation skills. Fluent in German and Dutch language a plus.

In addition, it would be amazing if you have:

Start-up / Scale up company experience.
Trading Platform/Exchange experience.
Experience within the energy transition industry.
Experience selling technical solutions.
Enterprise software experience.

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Marketing & Brand Manager – Ecommerce Mobility Company Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (Hybrid)

Maryam Salman · October 9, 2023 ·

Exceptional career opportunity for a Marketing & Brand Manager to join a D2C eCommerce mobility company established in 2010, based in Amsterdam and with retail units across Europe and the USA.

Reporting to the CEO, you will develop and execute the marketing calendar and increase brand awareness through PR, Social Media (Owned) and collaborations (influencers, platforms, outdoor, expert panels, partnerships etc.) and campaign & brand management.

Managing a small and growing team, your responsibilities will be to:

Develop a multi-channel marketing calendar to increase brand awareness. We aim to be the top Premium eBike brand in The Netherlands and Germany and continue establishing our position as a market-leading Urban eBike Brand in the USA.
Develop a brand strategy per region.
Develop and execute the multi-channel marketing calendar for the European and USA markets.
Develop a stellar marketing team to support you and achieve your vision on brand strategy.
Have a content vision that you can translate to the content team and support them in executing your vision.
Develop a ‘branded’ PR strategy, creating at least one significant PR moment each quarter in both regions (Europe and USA).
You activate and centralise their hubs (Brand Stores) and apply a city-take-over strategy to increase local brand engagement and utilise their local presence in an omnichannel-focused marketing strategy.
Develop a network of influencers across the Dutch, German and US markets.
Work closely with the eCommerce team to understand, identify and steer performance by identifying customers, analysing the customer journey and reporting on NPS and overall customer satisfaction.

Ideal career experience:

Experience with the creation and management of KPI-driven content & multi-channel marketing strategies.
Retail D2C eCommerce sector experience.
Experience in a start-up / scale-up company is preferred.
A creative and structured way of planning and executing.
A natural project manager: You set clear paths and include milestones leading to assessment, reflection and optimisation.
5+ career experience in Marketing, Brand Management, PR in a similar role.
The managerial experience to lead the Creative content team (both internal and external) and the vision to build your marketing team.

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Ecommerce Manager – Ecommerce Mobility Company – Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (Hybrid)

Maryam Salman · October 9, 2023 ·

Exceptional career opportunity for an experienced eCommerce Manager to join a D2C eCommerce mobility company established in 2010, based in Amsterdam and with retail units across Europe and the USA, to lead their online D2C channel – supported by brand stores in key regions.

Reporting to the CEO, you will work closely with management and the operational team and be responsible for setting up a world-class eCommerce-driven sales organization.

Managing a growing team, your responsibilities will be to:

Define, develop and execute D2C strategies to enhance online sales and brand engagement.
Own the end-to-end experience of our D2C channel, ensuring seamless customer experiences.
Unleash the power and potential of the brand stores and smoothly connect the online and offline channels and activities.
Forecast and measure the channel performance and adjust priorities where necessary.
Partner closely with the Brand and Marketing team, the regional business units and business developers, and the finance team to deliver against your vision of the customer experience and business goals.
Build, manage and mentor a team, including in-house performance management, data analysis and operation resources to execute an eCommerce-driven sales organization.
Establish and manage the right processes for your team and cross-functional partners to execute and optimize flawlessly and efficiently.

Ideal career experience:

Proven track record in D2C – of managing and exceeding eCommerce revenue targets, P&L management and budget planning.
Experience in leading an eCommerce team.
Strong knowledge of eCommerce KPIs, user experience (UX), online sales techniques and experience with data and analysis to, bring a data-driven approach to decision-making and prioritization of resources.
Experienced in operating both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced and agile environment in the DTC field.
Experience in a start-up / scale-up company is preferred.
Experience working in a Shopify eCommerce environment and Google Analytics.
Team-orientated with the ability to interact with partners across the organization at all levels; ability to negotiate and influence peers and members of a cross-functional team.
Dynamic and creative leadership skills with excellent business acumen, interpersonal communication skills, with a can-do attitude.

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Senior Finance Manager – Recruitment Solutions (Payroll) – Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (On-site)

Maryam Salman · March 1, 2023 ·

About the job

Exceptional career opportunity for an experienced Senior Finance Manager with team management and growth experience to join an internationally recognised recruitment solutions company with 600+ interim contractors on their books.

We are looking for a senior hands-on finance professional to manage the Dutch finance team (6 FTE). Good communication is key for success, as communication to and stakeholder management of the finance team, business leaders (responsible for the recruitment operations) and Group Board is required. Working closely together (‘in tandem’) with the group controller on delivering reporting and improving processes linked to finance is essential.

We are looking for a person that has the potential to grow to a Finance Director role, which would expand the responsibility to e.g. finance operations of newly acquired businesses and/or operations support.

Any experience within the recruitment industry and/or payroll is considered a huge benefit, as a large part of the Dutch revenue comes from contracting, in which the process around payroll is essential.

Responsibilities include:

Responsible for the efforts and results of the financial department. Strong focus on managing the Finance team (both people management and management on day-to-day activities) in the Netherlands.

Prepare all company accounts for all the NL Group entities.
Provide input to and assist group controller in preparing monthly and annual financial reports, trends, and financial forecasts
Manage cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal reports
Prepare Margin analysis and Balance Sheet monthly reconciliation per GL account
Prepare Payroll data for the external field employees and internal employees.
Suggest updates and improvements for accounting systems, including payroll and invoicing
Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported
Prepare budgets and financial plans for the NL group companies
Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to look for cost reduction opportunities
Report to the Business leaders & Group CFO with timely and accurate financial information
Assist the Group CFO in presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders, and board members.
Establish good working relationship with stakeholders incl. Bank, auditors and Group Controller.
Motivate and lead Finance staff for NL group entities by supporting their activities and providing helpful feedback

If you are potentially open to consider this career opportunity, we have full job description to send you a more about the company including a link to their website to review.

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Chief Technology Officer – Integrated Photonics Company Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands On-site Software Company

Maryam Salman · July 1, 2022 ·

About the job

Exceptional opportunity for a CTO to join an established Netherlands based Integrated Photonic Sensing company.

The opportunity is to lead and guide the research, innovation, development and engineering teams to define and execute on the technology roadmap, create a strong IP position and scalable portfolio of technology building blocks for winning customer applications.

The CTO is part of the Management Board of the company.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, define and evangelize the leading vision on integrated photonics sensing.

• Translate current development initiatives to concrete standardized modules, configurable systems

• Identify and manage knowledge creation, competence and skill development and clear succession planning for the technology teams.

• Build and maintain a network of world leading institutes, universities, and consortia to build sustainable access to the forefront of innovation and drive agenda setting in worldwide photonics research.

• Structure and maintain their vast technology heritage, leverage and productize past applications and translate these into a strong and defendable IP portfolio.

• Manage technology development budget and timeframe while predictably delivering on scheduled milestones.

• Build, manage and inspire a world class team delivering on our innovation leadership promise.

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