Join a fast-growing, listed company with a purpose! Fastned owns and operates a growing network of more than 300 fast charging stations across Europe, allowing electric vehicle drivers to charge their car with 100% green energy in just 15 minutes. Our mission is to accelerate the transition towards sustainable mobility by giving freedom to electric drivers. Our goal is a European network of 1000 fast charging stations in prime locations, where all electric vehicles can charge with renewable energy from the sun and wind. We have recently been awarded “Best Charging Network” in the UK, France and the Netherlands. If you want to make a difference and work in an informal, international scale-up environment with future prospects, then read on!

• ️Your role

We are looking for a Sales Support, based in Amsterdam, to join our Commercial Development team.

As Sales Support at Fastned, you are responsible for optimising our sales and commercial partnership efforts through the analysis and prediction of sales performance and market development trends. You’ll work closely with our Commercial Activation Managers and support their sales and partnership building effort by analysing sales data, building business cases and scanning the market for competitor practices. Based on the insights and analysis, you will provide advice to develop sales proposals, suggest strategies to increase sales and enhance customer engagement and propose partnership improvement ideas.

So what specifically are you going to be working on?

• Analysing sales data, preparing regular sales reporting and comparing actual sales data to revenue projections and expectations

• Building sales and partnership business cases based on past deal performance and client needs, co-creating the deal proposal with sales/commercial activation managers

• Scanning the market and analysing market and competitor data, identifying best practice

• Developing projections and forecasts and defining budget needs required to deliver on sales and partnership targets

• Identifying deals and partnership areas that require improvement (e.g., deviation between actuals and projection, late payments) and challenging the status quo based on data and analytics insights

• Collaborating closely with Pricing and Data teams on building data reporting and dashboards

• And lots more!

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  ️Who we are looking for

Even though you might not have worked in the EV sector before, an affinity for our mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility is key. At Fastned we hire dreamers with a can-do attitude - you are therefore a true entrepreneur! You are hands-on and want to do bold things while at the same time looking at the impact and effectiveness of what you are doing. This mindset helps you to make sound commercial and financial proposals. Additionally:

• We think that proven internship and/or work experience in a relevant role (e.g., sales analyst/support, account management, consulting) is needed to succeed.

• You have a strong affinity to data, numbers and insights

• Your curious mindset helps you to continuously learn, challenge the status quo and make improvements based on your ideas.

• Your organizational skills help you to manage the various projects efficiently and take commercially sound decisions

• You should have experience working with interdisciplinary teams with the ability to manage different stakeholders, both internally and externally

• Because we are an international company, fluent English is necessary, ideally you also speak one of the other relevant languages: Dutch, German, French.
  

Electric mobility is new territory for you? No problem! As part of your onboarding, you will participate in a series of exciting workshops where you will learn everything important about electric driving and fast charging infrastructure. This role is situated in our Amsterdam office, where you will join a team of fun & driven colleagues who are passionate about creating freedom for electric drivers. We are looking forward to welcoming you to our innovative and rapidly growing company!

• ️Join us in building a better future

We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We put a focus on work-life balance, provide you with genuine work flexibility, and have family-friendly policies in place. Our benefits include:

• Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;

• A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;

• Daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks are provided at our office locations;

• Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;

• Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;

• Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice

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  ️Interested in making an impact?

We would love to have a conversation with you! Apply now, send us your CV and explain in your motivation letter why you’re excited about joining Fastned. Here’s the next steps of the hiring process:

• Screening call with one of our recruiters,

• Online meeting with the hiring manager, the Commercial Development Director, and a Commercial Activation Manager,

• Onsite case interview with the hiring manager and 2 other team members,

• Team fit interview with the Director of the Commercial department and your future colleagues!

Then, it’s time to welcome you on board to Fastned! If you have questions or need further information regarding your application, please contact our recruitment team via recruitment(at)fastned.nl

Fastned stands for equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, neurodiversity, disabilities, parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.