VP of EMEA Sales

The organisation

The organisation is a global provider of application platform as a service for the enterprise.

The position

The VP of EMEA Sales is responsible for building and managing the sales organization in the EMEA region. He/she is an experienced sales manager with a hands-on, "player-coach" attitude. He/she is expected to recruit, manage, develop and retain a word-class international sales team but at the same time, closely involved in key deals/accounts, making the difference where possible.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Help define and execute the growth strategy in EMEA
• Find, recruit and retain word-class sales team of A-players
• Management of all sales and field marketing activities in EMEA
• Manage team of inside sales, account executives, partner managers and sales engineers, work closely with VP Marketing and Head of Professional Services
• Accurately forecast and achieve sales targets per region
• Act as Player-Coach, working with the team in key deals and accounts

Candidate profile

• University degree
• Strong international track-record in solution sales of enterprise application and/or platform solutions
• Successful track record as enterprise C-level dealmaker
• Proven track-record building strong sales teams and channel organizations
• Strong international sales management track record, minimal 10 years sales management experience, developing and implementing strategy
• Hands-on, player-coach
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience being part of international management team
• Experience in growth-stage software company environment preferred
• Experience in managing SaaS sales teams preferred
• Willingness to travel
• Fluent in English and Dutch

Salary conditions

Competitive compensation package.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by following the link below. For more information, please contact Pearl Borst Pauwels - Chew at +31 (0)73 615 47 00 or at +31 (0)6 31 99 32 23.