Sales Manager Yachting
Sales Manager Yachting
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This position focuses on driving commercial growth within the superyacht sector while combining strong technical insight with strategic sales responsibilities. You guide clients from first contact through to handover to the project team.
As a Sales Manager you are the main point of contact for both existing and new clients within the yacht-building market. You handle newbuild and refit requests, manage the entire quotation process and ensure the proposal fully aligns with client expectations. Working closely with engineering, project management, procurement, service and calculation departments, you translate customer needs into a conceptual design which forms the basis for technical specifications, cost estimation and commercial proposals. You promote commercial growth, prepare presentations, sales analyses and strategic plans, identify new opportunities and represent the organisation at trade fairs and networking events. After securing a project, you ensure smooth transfer of all sales documentation to the project team. You also initiate improvement proposals that strengthen competitive positioning.
You will join a leading electrical system integrator in the Dutch superyacht industry, active across the full lifecycle of onboard systems from power distribution to advanced technological experiences. The environment combines high-end engineering, innovation and sustainability, reflecting the rapidly evolving technical landscape within yacht building. The culture is open and informal with strong focus on collaboration and wellbeing. The organisation applies the latest sustainable technologies and operates under a steward-owned parent company committed to broader social impact.
- Salary aligned with experience under the applicable technical installation collective labour agreement
- Holidays including 25 vacation days and 13 additional days on a fulltime basis
- Travel, overtime and home-working allowances above industry norms
- Profit sharing scheme
- Collective pension plan
- Study allowance for children via the TBI study fund
- Annual activities promoting health and wellbeing
- Fiscal benefits for bicycle or fitness purchases
- Continuous professional development within a strong learning culture
- Active staff association with activities throughout the year
- Pleasant and collaborative working environment
- Participation in prestigious and technically complex projects with sustainable impact
- Employee discounts on products, insurance and leisure activities
- High quality tools and digital equipment
- Backing of a financially strong parent organisation with multiple subsidiaries
- Higher professional education level with an electrical engineering background
- Several years of experience in installation technology within the maritime sector, yacht-building preferred
- Strong analytical ability, methodical approach and assertive mindset
- Flexible, resilient and focused on customers and results
- Able to work independently with strong commercially oriented communication skills
- Experience in preparing sales plans and leading quotation processes
- Possession of a category B driving licence
- Strong command of Dutch and English in spoken and written form
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