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Are you a dealmaker? A commercial talent with a huge drive? We are looking for a Sales Manager for the UK & Ireland. We would like to grow further in this region with our advanced steel processing machines and could use your expertise there.

What are you going to do?

You will be responsible for expanding our customer base in the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will follow up on leads and effectively get (potential) customers excited about our product portfolio. This means you will spend a lot of time on the road and at our customers. When not travelling you work from your (home) office.

Together with our Sales Director and your two sales colleagues for the UK, you will set targets. To achieve these objectives, you will be given a lot of freedom to use your creativity. Our own travel department is at your disposal to book your business trips and to arrange everything related to welcoming international customers at our showroom in Rijssen (the Netherlands). Partly because of this, you can focus all your efforts on building strong client relationships. It is important that you understand how trade is conducted in these countries and that you have technical affinity. After all, you have to know what you are selling and be able to inform the customer extensively. Naturally, you have a lot of consultation with your enthusiastic colleagues from account management, sales support and sales engineering departments.

The highlights:

  • You look for new sales opportunities and expansion of our customer base, as well as maintaining existing customer relationships;
  • You understand customer needs and processes, identify opportunities and are aware of market trends in areas such as technology, competition and price;
  • You manage and maintain customer files, keep track of visit and sales activities, sales forecasts and targets;
  • You are in close contact with other departments like Product Management, Project Management and Product Development to maintain happy customers;
  • You continue to develop yourself, for example through self-study on product, market and organisational knowledge.

Why work at Voortman

40

VACATION DAYS

FLEXIBLE

WORKING HOURS

FUN

ACTIVITIES

INTERNAL

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

We offer

  • A lot of freedom and responsibility
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Vibrant staff activities - all year round!

We are looking for

  • You are a native English speaker, preferably residing in the south of England;
  • You have an affinity with the steel industry. Experience in this industry is a big plus;
  • You have an enthusiastic personality with a great likeability factor and a great sense of responsibility;
  • You are a go getter and a hunter with sales in your blood.

APPLICATION PROCESS

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WELCOME TO VOORTMAN

WORKING FOR VOORTMAN STEEL MACHINERY

Seeing ideas become a reality: it sounds nice but it really does happen at Voortman. And these are ground-breaking ideas. We make the most innovative machinery and product lines for the steel construction and plate-processing industry and offer the most comprehensive service. For customers around the world. Going through the process with a customer to arrive at a production line that integrates seamlessly into his process. Regardless of how often we do it, it is special each time and provides a great deal of satisfaction.

Meet your colleagues

Jessie Muller

Jessie started as a Mechanical Engineer Projects is now a Project Manager. Together with his colleagues, he makes sure the customer gets exactly what they expect. Take a look at the journey of our projects.

Jack Cater

Jack is a Software Developer at Voortman. Our innovative, cloud-based software helps automate and optimize our customers' production flow. What exactly is Jack working on?

Maarten Wieringa & Tim Schreurs

Maarten and Tim travel the world to make sure our customers' machines stay in top condition. Their job is very varied and technical.

Frank Demmer

Every project undertaken at Voortman is based on an idea from the Engineering Department. Frank is Lead Engineer at Voortman. What does his job entail?

Peter Lanting

What our Software Engineers come up with is made on our own campus. After all, at Voortman we do everything ourselves! Software Engineer Peter shows you this process.

Koen Lubbers

Our Finance department is capable of everything! Koen has been working as Financial Controller since 2021 and will take you around the department. What makes him enjoy being part of the team? 

Valentijn Velten

The colleagues in the Product Management department are constantly asking themselves ‘how can we meet our customers' needs even better? Valentijn Velten talks in about his work as a Product Manager.

Robert Stegeman

Passion for technology and craftsmanship; that's what we are all about. Robert has been working as a Welder at Voortman since 2016. The best thing about his job? "That we build a complete machine from a steel plate."

Wouter Rozenberg

The beating heart of every machine is the electrical control cabinet. The Cabinet Control Production is where these cabinets are assembled from start to finish. How does this work?

Sietse Tempelman & Ramon Annen

Our Installation & Commissioning Engineers are Voortman's adventurers! They travel the world to install or adjust our machines to the customer's process. How do Sietse and Ramon experience that? 

Stef Rohaan

Building a machine sometimes requires thousands of parts. Our colleague Stef gives you a look behind the scenes at the Parts & Consumables department.

Rutger Voortman & Gerhard ten Bolscher

Whether you clean the workshop on Saturdays, graduate with us or work in the office; you are part of the Voortman team! Rutger and Gerhard talk about what it's like to have a side job at Voortman.

Dennis ter Harmsel

Dennis has been with Voortman for more than 10 years and, as Account Manager, is responsible for relationship management with our customers. He will take you along in his role.

Tom Nijhof

In our workplace, we work passionately every day to assemble our machines. From start to finish. Test Engineer Tom Nijhof knows all about it!

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