Jr. Business Developer Product Innovation

Who are we looking for?:
You just love what you do

You are *passionate *about it. You live and breathe it and you want to deploy and *develop *your *skills *in the team that creates an *impact *in the lives of people.

Entrepreneur

Not everything is set in stone. As the team and company grows, everyone still needs to be comfortable being curious, taking initiative, working independently, and growing Verhaert to the global brand we want it to become.

Strong positivism

Our independent product innovation team is a fun but *challenging *environment. A positive mindset and being resilient goes a long way.

To help us achieve this mission, we are looking for a* business developer* to join us. If you want to work on exciting products that have an impact on the lives of people,... you should talk us. You will work side-by-side with Joris, Frederik, Wouter,who will help you to succeed in growing the business.

Jr. Business Developer Product Innovation: Your Role:

• You actively *look for opportunities with *large enterprises by inspiring, consulting, guiding and indicating the value of innovation projects.
• You are in charge of your prospection *and proactive *lead generation.
• You identify *opportunities *for prospects and evaluate the value with them.
• You maintain strong relationships *with prospects and clients by providing *information *and *recommending *new opportunities and consult them to achieve their *growth.
• You will work closely together with the* sales & marketing team* throughout the organization to build compelling *solutions *and proposals that fits your client’s needs.
• You *inspire *clients during networking events, seminars and webinars with innovative product development insights.
• Your *enthusiasm *will open doors to potential clients.
• You know how to *enlighten *them to start a project with us.
• You become a trusted adviser to the world of Verhaert.

Experience we look for:

• You have a *first *experience in service or *consultancy *towards large organizations
• You already touched worked in multi stakeholder environments (both internal and
• external)
• You have an *analytical *mindset and you’re able to pick things up quickly
• You’re a problem solver, you thrive on *understanding *and solving complex problems
• You’re a fluent, *authentic *and transparent communicator and *relationship *builder.
• You love working in a *team *player role that doesn’t settle for good but only aims for the best.

Competenties:

• The development of your *skills *you need for any further career that benefits from product innovation.
• An awesome *team *with company events, joy and laughter, work hard - play hard mentality etc...
• An *inspirational *and innovative environment working on fantastic customer projects.
• A competitive salary package.
• * Flexibility *when you work / where you work in our different hubs.
• Opportunities as the team & company grows.
• Being part of our company: we all take part in making our environment a place of inspiration, we know that the people of our company make our company.
• But most importantly : the ability to make an *impact *in people’s lives.

What do we do?:
Verhaert is a dynamic product development *company which develops innovative smart products and systems* for our customers and guides and supports them in their strategic and innovation policy. We are a group of driven, multidisciplinary high-tech professionals who work in many different domains: smart consumer goods, life sciences, industry, smart home and city,...

The “Product Innovation” team is a technology driven product and engineering agency. In collaboration with our ambitious clients, we design and build new products and engineering solutions. We help our clients to be ready for the future. We live in very exciting times with endless *technological *possibilities, groundbreaking *innovations *and genius answers to challenges that haven’t even been formulated yet.

We are currently expanding our business development team to help us grow. For this we are seeking exceptional professionals right away who will help us in realizing our *European *growth ambitions (Focus on BE, NL, CH, DE).