Lead the Future of Flow Control – Become Our Sales Manager
Join a role where your expertise drives innovation and customer success. As a Sales Manager for Control Valves, you'll shape business growth, build strong customer relationships, and deliver solutions that make a real impact in our customers in Belgium & Luxembourg. You'll collaborate with global teams, influence key decision-makers, and ensure Valmet remains the preferred partner in the industry. Ready to take ownership and lead with confidence? This is your chance to make a difference.
The location of the position will be Waddinxveen, Netherlands.
Your responsibilities
* Lead the sales process for control valves, ensuring technical and commercial excellence.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with key customer decision-makers.
* Identify customer needs and create winning solutions by combining Valmet technologies and services.
* Collaborate with international Flow Control sales offices to drive business growth.
* Ensure Valmet is positioned as a preferred vendor through proactive engagement and negotiation.
Expectations for you
* Bachelor's or master's degree in related technical field.
* 5+ years of proven experience in sales within industrial markets.
* Previous experience in valves business is seen as an advantage.
* Fluent Dutch, English and French skills, both verbal and written; other languages are a plus.
* Open social attitude and communication skills enabling multi-cultural interactions externally with customers and internally within own organization.
* Able to work independently, take initiative, and confidently drive results.
* Willing to embrace challenges, aim for ambitious targets, and see every opportunity as a chance to grow and develop.
* Open-minded, creative, and confident in networking and influencing.
To succeed in this role
You'll need a solid understanding of customer drivers and market dynamics, combined with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills. Technical expertise and commercial acumen are essential to deliver value and achieve growth.
We also expect you to align with Valmet's Leadership Principles—practical behaviors that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:
Take Accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through
Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly
Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety
Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value
Want to know more?
Ready to take the next step? If you have questions about the role, please contact Kees van der Giessen
Country Manager, Benelux Sales and Services, Flow Control,
Please fill in the electronic application form as soon as possible, but no later than 25/1/2026. Please attach your CV and salary request. Please kindly note that we do not accept applications or CVs via email.
We'll use a variety of selection methods in the recruitment process, e.g. video screening, personality questionnaires, ability tests and interviews.
When everything works together
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers; we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. Join the team – and lead the way with us