Key Facts

Remote From:

Netherlands

Category: Account Manager

Full time

Dutch, English

Hard Skills

Account Management Customer Relationship Management Organizational Structure

Other Skills

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Sales
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Relationship Building
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Open Mindset
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Communication
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Self-Motivation

Roles & Responsibilities

Experience in sales, account management or a commercial customer-facing role
Strong relationship-building and communication skills
Commercially curious with a proactive mindset
Self-motivated and organised

Requirements:

Build strong, long-term relationships with customers across trade, hardware, automotive and industrial sectors
Identify and unlock new business opportunities within your region
Manage and grow existing accounts through structured planning and regular engagement
Deliver compelling, solution-led sales conversations that drive value for customers

WD-40 Company

About WD-40 Company

Founded in San Diego, California U.S.A. in 1953, WD-40 Company is a publicly traded, global sales and marketing company. The blue and yellow can with the little red top and yellow “shield” carries with it positive brand equity - the brand is memorable, easily recognizable and known for its superiority in quality and reliability to end users across 62 unique channels of trade in more than 176 countries. Our maintenance products currently make up ~90% of net sales and homecare and cleaning products ~10%. WD-40 Company's corporate headquarters and Corporate Brand Support Center are located in San Diego. Our ~500 highly engaged tribe members in our 15 offices throughout the world are caretakers of our brands and innovators of our future. Our “Why” We exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do. We solve problems. We make things work smoothly. We create opportunities. Our “How” We create positive lasting memories by cultivating a tribal culture of learning and teaching which produces a highly engaged workforce who live our company’s values every day. Our “What” Our mission is to deliver unique, high value and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs in workshops, factories and homes. We market and distribute our brands across multiple trade channels in countries all over the world. In the company's 70 year history, there has not been a reduction in force. We work diligently to ensure that our approach to workforce planning and hiring is conservative to ensure sustainable workforce in good times and bad. We invest carefully and our people and take seriously the commitment we make to hiring, developing and retaining. This aligns with our people first strategy: our people are not disposable.

Founded: 2018

Company size: 501 - 1000

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Job description

Position Overview:

Ready to take the next step in your sales career?

WD-40 Company is looking for an ambitious Regional Account Manager to join our Benelux team and help grow our business across North East Netherlands. Ideally this person will be located within the Zwolle, Heerenveen, Assen or Groningen region, with regular travel throughout North East Netherlands.

In this field-based role, you'll manage customer relationships, identify new business opportunities and work with customers across the hardware, automotive, industrial and trade sectors. You'll have the freedom to own your territory, build strong partnerships and make a real impact on the growth of our business.

Responsibilities:

Build strong, long-term relationships with customers across trade, hardware, automotive and industrial sectors
Identify and unlock new business opportunities within your region
Manage and grow existing accounts through structured planning and regular engagement
Deliver compelling, solution-led sales conversations that drive value for customers
Plan and manage your territory effectively, including customer visits and route planning
Use CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce) to track activity, insights and opportunities
Collaborate closely with marketing, supply chain and wider commercial teams
Represent WD-40 Company as a trusted partner and brand ambassador in your region

Qualifications:

Experience in sales, account management or a commercial customer-facing role
Strong relationship-building and communication skills
Commercially curious with a proactive mindset
Self-motivated and organised
Experience within DIY, hardware, automotive, industrial or FMCG sectors is an advantage
Fluent Dutch and English