Head of Sales

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Head of Sales Benelux

As market leader in the Netherlands, 2Solar has made a great impact on the Netherlands, rising to the top of the list of countries when it comes to sustainability. 2Solar is on a mission to become the #1 software platform for the sustainable energy market in Europe. With our Sustainable Business Platform, we are the backbone of many organizations accelerating the energy transition. We are currently active in 4 countries and want to grow that towards 10 by end of 2024.

In this exciting and challenging role, you will directly influence the further success and growth of 2Solar. You do this together with an international team of colleagues. Are you stepping on board our scale-up and helping to accelerate the energy transition in Europe? 

Full-time · Amsterdam/ Heerlen/ Zwolle

About the job

As our Head of Sales, you lead, guide and motivate the Benelux sales team towards developing strong(er) customer relationships, ultimately resulting in an increase in sales revenue. You are able to develop sales plans, drive performance and operational excellence and ensure we achieve our sales KPI’s, as well as contributing to the greater vision and strategy of the 2Solar organization. In this role, you will be reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with all departments of 2Solar.

What are the challenges?

  • Create a culture of ownership and accountability rather than just working with sales development representatives. Everyone in the organization helps to build pipelines; 

  • You are going to ensure that the training, coaching and mentoring of the sales team is effective. This way, we guarantee continuous personal development of our salespeople;

  • Assess where the flow of the process needs to be adjusted. Subsequently, make the necessary adjustments, so the objectives are achieved in the best possible way;

  • Provide forecasting and summarizing reports for our management team and use the data to analyze the market and competition and to create strategic steps accordingly;

  • You will establish and communicate current/future sales quotas for the team;

    You are going to assist in the execution of the hiring plan for 2023 and beyond. Our expansion plans are ambitious, so we need all the help we can get. Your network might just be the key to our growth;

  • Facilitate a strong brand story, so our customers understand the ROI of the product;

  • Maintain Executive Buyer relationships whilst also satisfying the stakeholders;

  • Supporting the setup of processes and workflows for new markets. 

About you

  • 7+ years of sales experience, of which most in SaaS of which 4+ years in sales leadership, managing a team in the Europe region; 
  • Bachelor's or higher, in a relevant working field. Preferably in Business, Economics or Marketing/Sales;
  • Extensive experience in scaling and managing a team in Europe/EMEA-region; 
  • Broad experience with (sales) metrics and (value drive) sales processes; 
  • Deep technical understanding of web services/API’s and system integrations (SaaS). 

What's in it for you?

  • Working with a team of professionals who want to impact the world of sustainability 
  • We find it very important that you have enough room to develop and challenge yourself. A personal development program is created by People & Culture together with you;
  • Plenty of room for personal input;
  • Good salary and good pension arrangement;
  • A company laptop of your liking;
  • 25 holidays on full time basis;
  • Fresh lunch every day;
  • A healthy workplace: daily fresh fruit at the office, as well as an ergonomic workplace with sit/stand desk;
  • An informal, dynamic, inspiring and professional working environment;
  • Quarterly meetings, team events and celebrations;
  • We are easily accessible by road and public transport;

Our mindset

We are working in a close team of young and ambitious people.

We are pioneers and so are you. At 2Solar software you will receive independence, which enables you to do your job to the best of your ability. You won't be monitored every minute. We prefer to look at quality, which translates to proper solutions for our customers;

We are working as hard as we can to accelerate the energy transitions for a better world. At 2Solar you are given an opportunity to contribute to a more future-proof and sustainable world, a job with sustainability guarantee!

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