About us
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is looking for a Sales Secretary (0.6 fte) for their Sales Area Benelux
Family owned business Damen Shipyards Group has been in operation for over ninety years and offers maritime solutions worldwide, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. Damen operates 35 shipyards in 18 countries. We offer direct employment to more than 11,000 colleagues, bringing together a total turnover of 2.5 billion euros and delivering 143 ships in 2021.
The sales department is divided into 7 country groups, namely the Benelux, North, West & South Europe, East & South East Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The diversity between sales activities and the consequent market approach in the 7 country groups is extensive because of the differences in product types, distribution, types of customers, collaboration with agents, political influences, government regulations, method of project funding etc.
The role
As a Sales Secretary you will work closely with the colleagues within Damen’s Sales Area Benelux. You will work in a position with a strong commercial focus supporting the Sales team. You will be deeply involved in every aspect of supporting the commercial process of selling ships from beginning to end, which includes providing day-to-day support. You will prepare acquisition trips for the Sales Manager to one of his designated countries, register new sales opportunities, host client visits, prepare offers and provide assistance in contractual preparations.
Required key capabilities include a (commercially) relevant education, a positive, yet assertive attitude, customer sensitivity, efficiency and effectiveness.
Key accountabilities
Your activities and responsibilities as a Sales Secretary include:
- General support towards the Sales team
- Responsible for confidential and commercial correspondence and documents in Dutch and English
- Preparing offers
- Managing (input into) the digital sales systems
- Organizing acquisition trips
- Preparing and organizing meetings, company visits, events
- Supporting contractual preparations
Skills & experience
You will deal with a number of sales processes and sales contracts at the same time, which requires a high level of efficiency, accuracy and excellent organization skills. As a Sales Secretary you need to feel comfortable interacting with a wide spectrum of people at all organizational levels.
Besides that, you recognize yourself in the following profile:
- Commercially educated (MBO+)
- Relevant experience in a similar field of work is a plus
- Excellent spoken and written command of Dutch and English
- Ability to feel comfortable and work with people from different countries, cultures and different layers of society
- Knowing how to anticipate workload and willing to take initiative
- Representative, service oriented, flexible, decisive, team player, organizational skills, reliable and accurate
What we offer
At Damen we realize that supporting and managing many talented individuals is of great essence. We understand that the key to success is to find the right person for the right job. That is why we continuously invest in your development. Damen offers you (in case of full time employment):
- a dynamic international working environment focusing on technology and innovation
- a competitive salary
- 40 days of annual leave (on a full time basis)
- a homeworking policy
- travel allowance
- profit sharing & pension allowance
- continuous focus on professional and personal development through our Damen Academy
- an active social environment such as events and sports
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A working week of 3 days, will allow weekly one day of working from home.