Account & business development manager

Do you have a passion for building lasting relationships and sustainable buildings? Do you get energy from advising architects, contractors and distributors? Do you see yourself as the link between innovative building materials and progressive designs?

Your challenge as an Account & Business Development Manager

In this strategic, hands-on role, you will be the face of the organization in Flanders, with a focus on East & West Flanders region. You will build bridges between design and execution, between architects and contractors.

Specifically, you will:

  • Identifies and develops new market opportunities

  • Follows up on projects from the design phase

  • Builds lasting relationships with architects, installers, distributors and contractors

  • Thanks to your commercial flair and technical insight, ensure that the organization is involved early in the project process

  • Working closely with your colleagues in Belgium, while your real area of work is primarily the marketplace

Who is our customer?

Swisspearl is a global leader in fiber cement building materials. With more than 2,400 employees worldwide and a presence in Europe, the USA, Canada, and Australia, Swisspearl is committed to sustainable innovation and creative solutions for roofs, facades, interiors, and outdoor spaces.

The Belgian team combines the strength of an international group with a warm, no-nonsense culture. You will join a close, driven team that believes in cooperation, initiative and helping each other move forward.

Why do we want to get to know you?

Because you:

  • Have 5 to 7 years of experience in B2B sales, preferably in the construction, materials or architecture industry

  • are a strong relationship manager with a fine sense of commercial opportunities

  • Are technically-commercially savvy and can translate complex products into tangible customer value

  • Communicates fluently in Dutch and English (French is a plus)

  • Know the Belgian construction landscape and its stakeholders well

Do you recognize yourself as a strategic doer with a positive, proactive attitude? Then we’d love to talk to you.

What makes this role special?

You won’t have a fully mapped out path, but you will have the space to shape it yourself.
You will help build the growth of a strong brand in a market that is in a state of flux.

What to expect:

  • A warm, people-oriented environment with international clout

  • Lots of autonomy, room for initiative and colleagues you can count on

  • Attractive terms of employment and advancement opportunities within an international context

  • A culture centered on performance and job satisfaction

Does this sound like your next step?

Then we would like to get really acquainted.

Contact us

At M18, we understand that you’re looking for more than just a job. You are looking for an opportunity to reach your full potential, to grow and flourish in a work environment that suits you. And that’s what we’re here for.

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