
Hoofddorp, North Holland, Netherlands
5000 - 7000
32 - 40 hours
Account Management & Sales
Make an impact within Smart Industry at HeadFirst Group
Do you get energy from building customer relationships in a sector where technology, talent scarcity, and scalability converge? And do you feel at home in a commercial role in which you help organizations find future-proof solutions for external hiring and workforce strategy?
As an Account Manager Smart Industry at HeadFirst Group, you will be responsible for managing and expanding accounts within the Smart Industry sector. You will work with organizations active in logistics and transport, retail, manufacturing, and software development, among other areas. For these clients, you will be the commercial and substantive point of contact in the field of external hiring and workforce solutions.
In this role, the focus is on deepening and broadening existing customer relationships. There is great commercial potential within Smart Industry: many organizations are currently working with limited volumes, while the structural need for specialized professionals is increasing. You recognize this potential and know how to translate it into sustainable commercial growth. Depending on your seniority, you will mainly operate at a tactical level or take control of strategic accounts and sector-wide growth.
Your impact at HeadFirst Group
In this role, you will actively contribute to the further growth and positioning of HeadFirst Group within Smart Industry. You will build long-term customer relationships and know how to translate customers' hiring strategies into suitable and scalable solutions, ranging from broker and MSP light constructions to more complex MSP processes.
You will have a direct impact by advising clients on market developments, scarcity, and the deployment of external talent. Your commercial insight and consultative selling approach will ensure structural growth, higher customer value, and a solid anchoring of HeadFirst Group as a strategic knowledge partner within the sector.
What will you do?
Managing and expanding accounts within the Smart Industry sector;
Developing and implementing account and growth strategies;
Advising clients on external hiring strategies, market developments, and shortages within their sector;
Conducting commercial and strategic discussions at a tactical level and working towards positioning at management and C-level;
Collaborating with recruitment, sales, and operations to successfully realize propositions;
Focusing on quality, performance, and customer satisfaction;
Contributing to sector strategy and supervising MSP processes (senior);
Coaching and supporting colleagues within the account team (senior).
About HeadFirst Group
HeadFirst Group is a leading international service provider in the field of external hiring and workforce solutions. We help organizations maintain control in an increasingly complex labor market by intelligently connecting talent, technology, and services. From MSP and broker services to staffing and strategic advice.
Within Smart Industry, we collaborate with organizations in logistics and transport, retail, manufacturing, and software development, among others. These are sectors where technological innovation, talent scarcity, and scalability converge. We explicitly position ourselves as a knowledge partner that looks beyond today and works with clients to build future-proof hiring and workforce solutions.
Working at HeadFirst Group means working in an entrepreneurial environment where ownership, collaboration, and making an impact are key.
You are a commercial professional who feels comfortable in a complex B2B environment and gets energy from building customer relationships. You combine commercial insight with a substantive interest in technology and industry and know how to capitalize on opportunities in a sustainable manner. In addition, you bring the following to the table:
HBO or WO working and thinking level;
Experience in account management or commercial services within a complex B2B environment;
Affinity with technology, industry, logistics, or software development;
For senior profiles: experience with strategic accounts, complex customer environments, and MSP processes;
Strong stakeholder management at tactical and strategic levels;
A consultative selling approach and commercial drive;
Ability to achieve sustainable growth and long-term customer relationships.
Are you ready to make a commercial impact within Smart Industry and help HeadFirst Group grow further? Then we would love to hear from you.
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