Ready to shape how brands and agencies grow in the DACH eCommerce scene? As our next Account Executive for the DACH region, you’ll work at the heart of the fast-moving e-commerce and digital marketing landscape, helping agencies (performance-, social marketing, eCommerce), brands and retailers unlock new levels of performance with our tool. The DACH market is one of our top growth priorities, and you’ll play a key role in defining our go-to-market strategy, supported by a strong marketing and partnerships network.
You are a full-cycle Account Executive building pipeline and closing deals from start to finish. Alongside your team members in the German market (Alina, Tom & Lea) and reporting to your Team Lead Sales (Franca), you will be developing and securing new business opportunities with brands, online retailers, and marketing agencies. You understand the buying process for B2B and how this impacts you as a seller. In the era of the dark social we don’t have to tell you to build your personal brand, align with marketing and work together to attract the right people.
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Go-To-Market: Execute the go-to-market plan for the DACHs, collaborating with marketing and partnerships to localize campaigns, events, and initiatives. You bring ideas to the table and actively contribute to their success.
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Own Your Numbers: You'll demonstrate ownership and consistently achieve your sales goals. Given that the DACH region has a lot of potential, exceeding your quota will be very feasible, and you'll be energized to score even higher.
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Become a Customer Expert: You understand that selling is built on trust. The better you know your customer's world, the more effortlessly you'll connect. That's why you'll enjoy attending industry events, or even hosting your own roundtables, partner dinners, or webinars, to expand your network within the e-commerce space.
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Build a Personal Brand: You recognize that customers prefer to engage with experts. You’re eager to grow your reputation as a trusted e-commerce advisor by sharing insights on LinkedIn or at local events.
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Master Product Expertise: You are intrinsically motivated to learn about the dynamics of the e-commerce industry and every update in our tool. You are self-motivated to stay up to date and seek new knowledge whenever possible. You also serve as a sparring partner for the product team to develop our tool further.
Sales & Growth Mindset:
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Experience with B2B sales or consultative selling, ideally in SaaS or digital marketing/e-commerce
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A drive to exceed goals and directly impact business growth
Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
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Strong storyteller who connects logic with emotion
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Comfortable engaging with various stakeholders and identifying customer needs
Proactive & Ownership:
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Self-motivated, resilient, and results-driven
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Persistent when things don’t go as planned
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Enjoy working on products that require deep product understanding, combined with technical knowledge
Collaboration & Teamwork:
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Collaborative by nature – you thrive in a team
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Organized, communicative, and open to improving processes together with your team
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Ready to work closely with marketing, support, customer success, and product teams
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You are a top performer in an inside/mid-market sales role with 2+ years of experience closing new logos., ideally in SaaS or in a digital marketing agency.
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You have a strong eCommerce or marketing agency background with a relatable network.
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You are tech savvy, a user of CRMs, sales engagement platforms, AI and other tools, which makes your job easier.
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Ability to consult clients and translate their challenges into actionable strategies.
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Great people skills, high curiosity, and the ability to adapt to diverse buyer personas.
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Strong communicator and storyteller.
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Your language skills include excellent written and spoken English and German at a C1-C2 level, and if you speak an additional EU language that would be awesome!
Some practical things we expect from you:
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You are living in Utrecht or at least within travel distance to our Utrecht office.
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You are willing to come to our Utrecht office for minimum two days a week.
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You are available for at least 32 hours per week (minimum 4 days/week).
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You are available to travel at least once per quarter.
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You have a valid work permit for the Netherlands or EU citizenship.
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Ownership, autonomy, and clear growth potential within a fast-scaling international SaaS company
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Supportive, collaborative culture with marketing, partnerships, and product teams by your side
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Opportunity to become a recognized voice in the DACH e-commerce space
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Accelerated commissions for high performance
Being part of our team means working with diverse and fun people who trust and help you along the way. Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht. We are now a strong team of 320+ diverse individuals, more than +40 nationalities, and a brand new and vibrant HQ in Utrecht, serving customers all over the globe. We're also operating from other offices including New York City, Berlin, and Aarhus.
Joining Channable means you’re looking for a bit more than just a job. We like spending time with each other. Be that in the office, our Channabar, or in one of our internal chats. We’re open-minded and down-to-earth people. We’re super proud that everyone adds their own special spice to Channable’s culture. Diverse as we are, we all share our love for growth, to help, to take ownership, and create an awesome journey together. Feel free to take a further look at our Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn! Give our Culture Playbook a read.
Channable is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that offers a fully integrated way to market your products online. We empower marketers and online businesses to manage, scale, and optimize their marketing.
The OTE salary ranges from €5.253 to €5.629 gross per month based on a 40-hour workweek. A breakdown of this structure is provided below.
Base salary
The base salary is gross between €3.677 and €3.940 (70%) per month based on a 40-hour workweek. The salary is determined based on experience.
Performance bonus
OTE (On Target Earnings) consists of 70% gross base salary according to the indicated level and 30% commission (paid out quarterly). Example: If the monthly gross salary is €4.000 (70%), the monthly bonus is €1.714 (30%), resulting in a total monthly package (OTE) of €5.714 gross.
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8% holiday allowance - 8% of your yearly salary, which is paid together with the May salary.
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Annual L&D budget of € 1000 to spend on anything you want to learn. You can take full advantage of this to grow professionally.
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Saving for old age - we have a saving scheme for old age which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary.
Traveling to our office? No problem, we got you covered. (NS Business Card, or €0,25 per km if you decide to use a different means of transport)-
Our beautiful, fully renovated historic office in central Utrecht offers a hybrid working policy, requiring just two days in the office per week.
Since you can work from home, we will provide home office supplies. ️- ️
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26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours.
We offer a 3-week-long workcation; and an additional 3 weeks, if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!
Having flexible working hours means starting your day between 8.00 - 10.00 am. - ️
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We want you to feel good - please feel free to use our discounted Urban Sports Club subscription.
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You have free & anonymous access to the OpenUp platform and psychologists. This free service is also available to your family members.
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Are you going to become a parent? We think it is important that you spend time with your newborn. Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave!
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At Channable, our Chef and Commis Chef prepare fresh meals Monday to Thursday, catering to all dietary needs - including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free - to keep our team fueled and inspired! To round out the week, Fridays feature delicious ordered-in sandwiches and salads. Or, you can go to the city center to get the lunch of your choice.
Channaweekend - Every year we go for a long weekend with all our colleagues from all over the world-
Additional working conditions like massages, in-office bar (Channabar), parties, even personal training sessions at our Channagym, video games, and many more!
Are you interested? Please apply by clicking on the "apply now" button below. Please send your application in English.
Interview steps:
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If it's a match, Judit will get in touch with you for an introduction call (25 minutes).
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After that, you’ll be invited for an interview with Franca & Tom / Alina for an online conversation (60 minutes).
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Next, you'll have an assignment interview with Franca & iEva (60 minutes). You’ll also have a lunch / coffee chat with the team in our Utrecht office (30 minutes).
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Please note that after the interviews, and before the offer stage, we’ll conduct reference checks
We look forward to hearing from you!
Contact by job agencies and recruiters will not be appreciated. Each recruiter or headhunter who approaches us agrees with a donation of €250 for Make-A-Wish.
At Channable, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration. We believe in diverse and inclusive teams.
