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Business Development Manager

Herengracht Amsterdam, 36 - 40 hours
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Are you a driven Business Development Manager with sales background in the digital marketing and/or e-commerce industry? With a minimum of 6 years of experience and a fervent passion for solution-based selling, are you on the lookout for an opportunity to elevate your sales prowess?

At Yellowgrape, we're in search of an enthusiastic Business Development Manager to join our team. Serving both startups and established brands, Yellowgrape is dedicated to fostering growth and enhancing optimization. It’s an ideal setting for sales experts aiming to propel their career to new heights.

As a Business Development Manager at Yellowgrape, you play a pivotal role in driving and augmenting our sales initiatives. You're at the forefront of discovering new business prospects and collaborate closely with the Account team to deliver specialized, successful e-commerce solutions to both prospective and current clients. This presents an excellent opportunity to establish and grow a sales team, thereby significantly contributing to our continued expansion and prosperity.

Yellowgrape is a culture-centric organization, where over 45 colleagues, each talented in their own right and united by a shared enthusiasm for e-commerce, growth, data, and innovation, tackle challenging campaigns and projects daily.Beyond work, there's ample space for enjoyment, including sports activities, fun get-togethers, and memorable team outings. This emphasis on a healthy work-life balance and a positive team atmosphere is key to our ethos.

This is what you're passionate about

  • Passionate about digital marketing/e-commerce;
  • You adeptly transform client visions and requirements into strategic solutions aligned with their aspirations and objectives;
  • You excel at capturing commercial prospects and effortlessly converting them into compelling proposals;
  • With a knack for surpassing sales benchmarks and exceeding expectations;
  • You're focused on proactive expansion of your professional network while pinpointing lucrative business openings;
  • Your adept negotiation skills play a crucial role in the efficient closing of deals;
  • Collaborating across diverse fields, including working alongside developers to enhance the product;
  • You're proficient at promoting and presenting our offerings to potential clients;
  • Additionally, you possess the leadership and vision necessary to build and oversee a successful sales team.

This is where you recognize yourself

  • Exceptional communication skills, adept at articulating the value of products/services;
  • A fervent enthusiasm for e-commerce and digital marketing;
  • Keen awareness of digital trends, current affairs, and market movements;
  • Entrepreneurial spirit, diligent work ethic, and effective coaching abilities;
  • Proven experience in handling inbound sales calls;
  • Sociable and vibrant personality;
  • Solid background in sales within an e-commerce setting;
  • Higher vocational education (HBO/WO) level of working and thinking;
  • Minimum of 6 years of sales experience;
  • Fluent in Dutch, both spoken and written;
  • Eager to contribute to a dynamic and dedicated team;
  • Availability for events and networking outside standard office hours.

What else are you looking for in a job?

  • A dynamic role within an engaging and supportive work environment, offering substantial responsibility and ample opportunities for personal initiative;
  • A positive work environment fostered by a dedicated and driven team, located in the vibrant heart of Amsterdam of Berlin;
  • Working at a Great Place to Work and Best Workplace certified company;
  • Coffee from freshly roasted beans;
  • Daily fresh healthy lunch;
  • Gym subscription and personalized bike plan;
  • A salary based on the Baarda remuneration model, ensuring market-aligned, fair, and transparent compensation for your contribution;
  • Extensive training and growth opportunities;
  • Further develop your talents and competencies with the TMA Talent Management Program;
  • Comprehensive pension plan;
  • Possibility to use the Yellowgrape Mortgage package;
  • Monthly coaching sessions with the team;
  • Friday afternoon drinks, parties on the Yellowgrape boat and team events.

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How does your application process work?

If there is a match based on your resume and profile, a short telephone intake will first take place. A first meeting will then be scheduled where we will get to know each other further. Does it click on both sides? Then we will invite you for a personality questionnaire and an ability test or we may ask you to prepare a short case. In the second interview, we will include the results in the conversation. In addition, other interlocutors will join to get an even better picture of the atmosphere and colleagues at Yellowgrape. If all signals are still green and both parties are enthusiastic, an employment conditions interview will finally take place.

Why are you a Great Place to Work?

Yellowgrape has reached the list of Best Workplaces in the Netherlands for the second time in a row. We are extremely proud of that! This is because the score is entirely determined by our colleagues, and earlier this year, Yellowgrape was named a Great Place to Work for the third time in a row. The fact that this score is also good for a spot in the Best Workplaces list for a second time is the absolute icing on the cake. The Great Place to Work score is based, among other things, on the Trust Index: how much do people enjoy working at Yellowgrape? Here, questions are asked on the basis of five themes. On average, our colleagues give Yellowgrape a 9.0 on these themes at the Trust Index. The sub-themes Connectedness, Competence and Training and/or Development Opportunities score the highest.

Can I keep developing?

At Yellowgrape, we strive to let you work as much as possible from your talents and motives. This is because this is the most motivating and gives the best chance of success. We then mainly focus on all your talents and make use of them. That's why we work with the Talent Motivation Analysis (TMA) at Yellowgrape. This method provides a detailed insight into your talents and competencies and predicts the extent to which you can develop specific competencies. The method can make this prediction because there is an active link between talents and competences. In this way, we continuously support your development based on your own talents, motives and development potential.

What do my future colleagues say about the work environment?

Tom Suurling - Senior Campaign Developer “I've been working at Yellowgrape since the beginning of 2018. On my first day, my own Yellowgrape sweater, laptop and a small handwritten card were already waiting on the desk. As soon as you step into the beautiful canal house, there is a relaxed atmosphere/vibe. Even during Covid 19, I was regularly surprised at home because a delivery person was at the door with a full breakfast or a bottle of Cava. Especially at the beginning of this pandemic, I could use a boost at home! Not only personal attention is well organized. Management has a clear vision and employees are regularly informed about this. Extra attention has also been paid to the Pension Plan and employees can make use of a Mortgage arrangement. These are just a few examples of why I think Yellowgrape is a great company to work at.” Berend Jonckers - Senior Campaign Manager “Thanks to the team's responsibilities, training and overall drive to lead, I will continue to develop myself at Yellowgrape. The challenging projects, friendly atmosphere and activities outside of work ensure that I enjoy going to work.”