Account Manager Technology Partners

Do you want to be part of a company that has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Global Water Awards for “Water Technology Company of the Year” for its significant contribution to sector innovation? Do you want to contribute to the worldwide roll out of these innovative water technologies? If you have a technical account manager profile, based in the Netherlands, and looking for a new challenge in a dynamic and international environment, please read on!

What you do as an Account Manager Technology Partners

As an Account Manager for Technology Partners, you will be responsible for managing and growing relationships with our key water technology partners. You will collaborate closely with these technology partners to identify how their solutions can enhance value for our customers within our projects. Additionally, you will develop strategic plans for growth and ensure the successful implementation of these technical integrated solutions for our water technology products.

We are looking for an experienced technical water professional to join our team. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage accounts for our water technology products partners, including overseeing contracts and financial agreements, and providing detailed reporting. The position also includes supervising the qualification process, ensuring overall project delivery, and supporting our partners in managing leads and sales.

As part of our enthusiastic team, you will also collaborate closely with our sales and product development teams. The role is predominantly focused on account execution and management (90%), with a smaller portion dedicated to business development (10%). Given our significant scaling efforts, this position offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement.

Where you will work

Royal HaskoningDHV is a worldwide independent engineering, project management, and consultancy firm which integrates 140+ years of engineering expertise with digital technologies and software solutions. Our 6,000 colleagues are working from offices in more than 25 countries across the world. Through our mission “Enhancing Society Together”, we take responsibility for having a positive impact on people, our living environment, and the economy through our clients and partners. As an Account Manager Technology Partners, you will become part of our Nereda team, delivering projects globally.

The Business Unit (BU) Water Technology Products (WTP) of the Business Line Water & Maritime delivers water technology products like Nereda®, Ephyra® and Aquasuite® all over the world. With the ambitions of growth of our technology portfolio, we are looking for a colleague to strengthen Nereda team for these exciting projects. We are a very international oriented BU, with almost 100 colleagues of more than 20 nationalities working in different countries around the world.

What you bring

• BSc or higher degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or other related fields
• A BSc degree related to business with an educational background in wastewater is a plus
• 5 years or more relevant experience
• Proven experience in account management, preferably in the water and wastewater sector
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Creative, entrepreneurial mindset, self-starter, self-organizing, and a team player
• Availability for short international trips (3-5 times a year) as we work globally
• Fluent in English; knowledge of other languages is an advantage

What we offer you

The chance to work with leading technology partners and cutting-edge solutions. We offer a collaborative and innovative work environment, dynamic, and internationally-driven atmosphere. We value our culture and people. We reward people based on performance and personal competences. You will work together with colleagues with great consultancy skills and strong in connecting industry, environment, and society. This role perfectly fits with RHDHV’s focus of ‘Enhancing Society Together’. In addition to that, we are one of the largest Dutch engineering firms: innovative and realistic, perfectionistic and decisive, surprising, and reliable.

Within our company, you will be able to develop yourself while working on challenging projects, both in the Netherlands and worldwide. In detail, we offer you the following:

• a good primary salary and pension accrual through our own pension fund
• 28 holidays based on a 40-hour work week
• bonuses based on company profit
• a good work-life balance (hybrid working arrangement with work from home allowance and work equipment)
• personal budget which you can use to buy extra days off, to buy a bicycle or just to have some additional salary
• a workplace in any RHDHV office in the Netherlands and travel allowance or a NS-Business Card
• lifelong learning by offering you plenty of training and development opportunities (example: access to LinkedIn learning or taking part of learning weeks organized by our HR Talent Management team or external trainings)
• have access to and apply state-of-the-art techniques and knowledge in the fields of wastewater treatment
• see the (high-quality) output of your work applied to customers across the world
• growing your career in a dynamic workplace with development opportunities and support on your career path
• our challenging Young Professional Program in which you focus on developing your hard and soft skills, together with other young professionals within the organization (depending on years of experience)
• Young Royal HaskoningDHV that organizes inspiring events, workshops, and excursions with colleagues inside and outside the Netherlands (up to 35 years old)