Vacancy
Commercial Director

As a Commercial Director, your responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Contribute to the development of the sales strategy and policies, business needs and external market developments;
• Develop and strengthen relations with customers and other government and law enforcement customers;
• Track and analyse the market developments,
• Initiate relationships with potential (key) customers and detect and acquire new business opportunities;
• Ensure and optimize market and industry intelligence regarding customer’s needs, high-level trends, and opportunities in close cooperation with the product & proposal department;
• Build and maintain a network of key internal and/or external stakeholders, represent company's division, initiate, and execute marketing activities in line with business needs, policies, and external developments;
• Initiate market activities in line with business needs and external developments;
• Evaluate and/or continuously optimize sales processes, procedures and systems;
• Initiate & implement changes, and improvements;
• Manage or lead negotiations with (potential) high value customers;
• Preparing proposals and contracts, in close collaboration with other department.

• MSc in Management or other relevant discipline;
• Extensive experience with complex sales (related) positions;
• Setting-up and managing government related contracts & broad knowledge within shipbuilding industry;
• Proven track record in (technical) commercial management;
• Good command of the Dutch and English language both written & verbal;
• Competences: customer, market & results orientation, flexibility, quality orientation, leadership, entrepreneurship, judgment, decisiveness, and networking.
• EU citizen