Sales Manager

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Are you a results-oriented and people-oriented manager who can inspire his team to get the best out of themselves? Someone who gives the team direction in successfully implementing the commercial strategy and is close to the team to support the professional development of your people. Your decisiveness gets people moving and together you ensure that the ambitious sales plans are realized.

What are you going to do?

Together with your team of 5 account managers, 2 inside sales colleagues and 2 technical trainers, you draw up the annual plans, focused on the target group of contractors. You coach, guide and motivate the team so that the relationship with the target group is further strengthened and expanded. You focus on commitment, motivation, quality and of course on sales targets. You do this in a structured manner, whereby you understand the dynamics with the contractor like no other. In this position, you take a hands-on and active role and regularly work together with your colleagues.

Together with your colleagues from operations, marketing and after sales you ensure the continuous improvement of the customer experience. You report directly to the Director of VELUX Netherlands.

Who are you?

You have a strong commercial focus, you are enterprising and have the ability to quickly bind people to you.

In addition you have;

• Commercial HBO work and thinking level
• Earned your spurs in the construction industry with high-quality products
• Experience in contracting and/or building materials trade, working in an international organization and structuring sales processes
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience as a people manager of a medium-sized team
• Good oral and written skills in English  

Who are we?

Daylight and fresh air to improve the quality of life. That is the passion of VELUX. Creating living environments that are healthy and attractive, working environments that inspire and learning environments that stimulate learning. This has been our driving force for more than 80 years.

We do this by not only naming our VELUX Values ​​but especially by doing them. Our Values ​​are; Involvement, Customer Focus, Courage, Mutual Respect, Social Responsibility and Flexibility. Of course we would be happy to explain these during a conversation,

VELUX Nederland BV has been the sales and marketing organisation of the VELUX Group in the Netherlands since 1988, where approximately 80 employees currently work. Our office with Daylight Advice Centre in De Meern is the base for all activities. The account managers and service engineers work throughout the country.

VELUX Netherlands is a fully autonomous subsidiary of the VELUX Group, which is part of VKR Holding A/S, a public limited company wholly owned by non-profit foundations (the VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. The VELUX FOUNDATIONS annually distribute a large part of the profit to social goals such as various charities, scientific research, education, cultural goals and medical research.

Working at VELUX Netherlands means working at one of the most inspiring companies in the Netherlands. In 2023, VELUX was in a great 20th place in the top 40 of most inspiring.

We offer you

VELUX Nederland offers you the environment in which you can grow. We have an extensive range of training courses. There is room to colour in your own function, matching your qualities. You work for an international company with a great social responsibility and knowledge, experience and support are available in-house.

In addition to a competitive salary, VELUX Netherlands offers a very favorable package of secondary employment conditions, including:

• A representative company car (EV)
• A fixed expense allowance per month
• There is a bonus scheme throughout the organization, depending on the joint and individual results achieved
• A future-proof premium-free pension scheme
• A place in a nice team with a lot of enthusiasm and drive
• Great freedom to make your job a success
• Flexible working hours
• 26 vacation days and 4 ADV days
• Half a day per year to be spent on volunteer work of your own choice

Apply and contact

You can find more information about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com, including details about how our company works and what you can expect from our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and resume as soon as possible. We will consider all applications and schedule interviews on an ongoing basis, so please do not delay in responding. All responses will be treated confidentially.