Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager Passionate about international business development and project sales? Do you enjoy building long-term customer relationships? As Area Sales Manager at Deprez, you develop tailored solutions that help growers and processors optimize the handling of field crops. As Area Sales Manager, you are responsible for developing international markets across the agricultural sector with a focus on potato-onion and carrot processing in Europe and North America. Following your onboarding period, you take full ownership of your sales territory. You manage and further develop existing customer projects while actively identifying new business opportunities and building long-term partnerships. Key Responsibilities • Build strong relationships with prospects, customers [PV2] in the United States and Europe. • Identify and approach potential customers to generate new business. • Analyse customer processes and translate their needs into customized automation solutions. • Manage long-term, phased sales projects involving various stakeholders. • Work closely with Concept Engineers to prepare technical proposals and quotations. • Represent Deprez at international trade fairs and customer events. Profile This role is ideal for an international sales professional who enjoys consultative selling and building lasting customer relationships. You are commercially driven without being a traditional "hard seller”. You enjoy understanding customer challenges, asking the right questions and working with colleagues to develop the right solution. You are comfortable with longer sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders. You recognize yourself in the following qualities: • Relationship Builder: You create trust and build sustainable customer partnerships. • Consultative Sales Professional: You listen first, analyze customer needs and sell solutions instead of products. • International Mindset: You enjoy travelling and working across different cultures. • Driven & Determined: You pursue opportunities with energy and stay focused in longer sales cycles. • Team Player: You believe successful projects are built together and actively collaborate with colleagues across departments Your Qualifications • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Economics or a related field. • You have 5+ years of international commercial experience in roles such as Key Account Manager, Sales Manager, or Product Manager. • You have experience with solution selling, consultative sales or project-based sales. • You have an affinity for agriculture and a keen interest in its markets and developments. • You communicate fluently in Dutch and English; additional languages are an asset. Offer • At Deprez, you join a financially healthy and ambitious family business where people genuinely work together and where innovation drives everything they do. • An international sales role with significant autonomy and responsibility. • A solid onboarding program with extensive product and market training. • Close collaboration with highly skilled project teams. • A warm, down-to-earth company culture with short communication lines. • International exposure through customer visits and trade fairs. • A competitive salary package complemented by attractive fringe benefits. Download bijlage(s) • Deze vacature als PDF