Sales Engineer

Job Title

Sales Engineer

We are looking for a motivated Sales Engineer to serve as a key link between technical expertise and commercial success. The role encompasses supporting the entire sales process from identifying customer needs to developing tailored concepts and ensuring a smooth handover to project execution.

• Collaborate with the Sales Manager and Sales Engineers during the pre‑contract phase to identify and analyse customer needs, translating them into a successful sales concept and ensuring a successful project sale.
• Provide solutions to complex technical and business issues, particularly through data and process analyses and concept development during the offer phase.
• Lead and coordinate the development of concepts and quotations within the team, ensuring the creation of a competitive and high‑quality quotation.
• Convert Material Flow Diagrams into layouts in cooperation with a Sales Layout Engineer and translate layouts into detailed pricing specifications.
• Manage pricing specifications for multiple projects and set up technical specifications for procurement items.
• Participate in the handover phase to operations and the project implementation phase on‑site, ensuring smooth transition and implementation.
• Prepare quotations and compliance lists and act as an expert on key‑account‑specific requirements.

• Completed degree in mechanical engineering, logistics or a comparable field of study.
• First experience with complex sales processes, ideally within the automated material handling industry or a related industry and a focus on carbon‑footprint measurement and reduction strategies.
• Strong analytical skills – able to create concept solutions based on analysis and understanding of customers’ logistics processes.
• Well‑developed influencing skills, both internal and external.
• Strong communicational skills and a creative, efficient approach to building professional client relationships.
• Experience working within an international professional environment, preferably a project‑driven organization.
• Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

• Salary: €4,300 to €4,900 gross per month (full‑time).
• Annual holiday allowance of 8% (paid annually).
• 40 vacation days per year (20 statutory + 20 flexible).
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangement (2 days from home, 3 days in office).
• €300 Health & Wellbeing budget per year.
• Commuting and home‑working allowances, including full reimbursement of public transport.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• Vanderlande Academy training and development programmes.
• On‑site health centre with gym, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists at the Veghel campus.
• Company restaurant and coffee bar at the Veghel campus.

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

For this position a background screening may be conducted. Screening may include checks such as verification of identity, qualifications or other relevant records, which may include criminal background or sanctions list checks, in accordance with our internal policies and applicable laws. Any job offer may be extended under the condition that the screening does not give a reason to reconsider the hiring decision.

Candidates will always be informed about the process and their rights before any screening is initiated.