Sales & Growth Manager

COME WORK WITH USNetlight strives to be a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organization. Regardless of who you are, what personality, background, and experience you have, you enrich our culture through your values. Netlight’s purpose is to unleash full potential, realize great careers, and fulfill personal growth. To achieve this, we have a highly engaged network organization, where every employee gets a mentor, delivery coach and personal communities. The key to our continued success is trust and personal responsibility, diverse experiences, challenging opportunities and developing from personal values. Every Netlighter is an active part of building and shaping this culture, which leads to a clear correlation between personal growth and the growth of Netlight. ABOUT USNetlight provides a full range of premium IT-consulting services at the forefront of the digital industry and stands out for its product- and technology-independent expertise in a wide range of industries and clients. We are a network organization of more than 2000 role models making aspiring digital leaders successful in their business-critical IT projects. Netlight has been awarded several times as top employer, as well as for growth, continued profitability and engagement for diversity, equity and inclusion within the IT industry. Today we are growing all across Europe, currently with 11 active international offices. THE ROLEWe are looking to strengthen our Sales & Growth team in Cologne. You will be part of building up our 1 year-old office combined with your main responsibility around sales, business development, account management & customer success. You will be finding and establishing new clients and engagements, maneuvering existing client engagements, as well as collaborating closely with consultants at Netlight to find a great match between Netlighters and client engagements. You will create business collaborations and drive digital change by taking end-to-end ownership of every part of the client engagement lifecycle together with your passionate team. Your main responsibilities include:Exploring the Cologne tech scene, identifying potential clients and their needsReaching out to potential clients and owning the full sales cycleMeeting and networking with local industry leaders with the aim of building strong, genuine and sustainable relationshipsWorking closely together with clients, your passionate team, and our IT consultants across officesNote: At Netlight, the internal name for this function is Engagement Search/Engagement Management. WE OFFERPossibility to be part of growing one of the most successful tech consultancies in the industryAccess to an international network of highly talented individuals and a diverse client landscape, incl. some of the most innovative tech companiesCompetence development is core and realized through a culture of knowledge sharing, feedback, mentorship, and coachingAn international working environment with a central and modern office spaceCompetitive and transparent salary and attractive benefits (e.g. company shares) The desired starting date is in April 2024 DON’T BE SHY – GET IN TOUCH WITH US!Please read the required qualifications carefully and note that fluency in the German language is a necessary requirement. If we find that your profile matches what we are looking for, you will hear from us within two weeks of applying.

Requirements

• Recently graduated / Young Professional
• Relevant Master's degree (or Bachelor's degree + full-time experience)
• Business-level fluency in written and spoken German and English
• Passion for sales, tech, networking, and entrepreneurship
• Relevant experience in sales, business development, start-ups, consulting, or similar, ideally in a tech-heavy environment, through internships, working student jobs, or full-time experience (up to 2 years)

Application: Your application will be reviewed. We will get in touch within 2 weeks if we find that your profile matches our requirements. Before applying, carefully read through below qualifications.