Commercial Manager - Subsea Cables

Working at Boskalis is about creating new horizons and sustainable solutions. In a world where population growth, the increase in global trade, demand for (new) energy, and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to make your mark in finding innovative and relevant solutions for complex infrastructural and marine projects.

Within a vibrant company culture, you will work as part of a diverse, international team of experts. We offer you the opportunity to realize your full personal potential and expand your professional career by creating new horizons. Together!​

Make your mark as Commercial Manager for Boskalis Subsea Cables! As Commercial Manager you have an appetite for establishing and maintaining relationships with our present and future clients, market parties as well as internal stakeholders. You actively monitor opportunities in the Offshore Renewables and Interconnector market. Your main goal will be to acquire new projects for Boskalis Subsea Cables. You have a drive to contribute to the continuity and further development of our market approach.

Imagine starting the first contact in order to finally see your colleagues execute various international and ‘one of a kind’ projects which often get media exposure, such as:

• Hollandse Kust West Beta with a contract scope that comprises the installation of two 65-kilometer-long export cables that will connect the planned Hollandse Kust West Beta 700 MW offshore wind farm to TenneT’s onshore grid in the Netherlands.
• Baltic II, with a project scope that comprises the transportation and installation of 107 array cables with a total length of more than 150 kilometers in addition to four 275 kV export cables with a total combined length of nearly 300 kilometers.

Your responsibilities as Commercial Manager:

• You are fully up to date on Renewable developments and target relevant new business opportunities;
• You like to understand what is driving our client and work along with them to make a success;
• Negotiating contracts with substantial complexity;
• Challenge the tender team to tailor the client’s need;
• Maintain and manage external as well as internal relationships.

Your qualities

You can make your mark as Commercial Manager if you:

• Have at least 5 years of work experience in a sales/commercial position (preferred) tender / procurement;
• Have experience in approaching clients in the Offshore Energy industry;
• Experience working in an international playing field;
• Excellent English communication skills (written and spoken);
• Are willing to travel worldwide.

The following competencies are also important for the role of function:  

• Building sustainable relationships and networks within our organization and with your stakeholders and clients to search business opportunities;
• You are able to identify and use market and competitor insights to meet current and future business needs;
• Taking action and pro-actively visit clients.

What you can expect

• A dynamic environment: A job where you can make an impact, in an earth-moving company, as part of a diverse, international team of experts. 
• Rewarding conditions: A competitive salary and much more, including holiday allowance, holiday entitlement of 26 days (based on a full-time contract), a non-contributory pension scheme, collective schemes such as company health insurance, travel allowance.
• Career development: Plenty of opportunities to realize your full potential. Challenge yourself with (online) courses in our Boskalis academy. 
• The Boskalis campus: Experience the unique Boskalis vibe at our Papendrecht site, complete with restaurants, sports fields, and a wharf where our vessels dock. We offer a state-of-the-art auditorium, brainstorming rooms, experience center for client meetings, and a coffee place where you can connect with colleagues.  
• Young Boskalis: Are you under 36? Come and join Young Boskalis!. Have fun and join in social and sports activities ranging from pub quizzes to yoga, bootcamps and an annual sailing boat race. Networking and knowledge sharing are a vital part of Young Boskalis as well.  

Extra information

• Your team: You will become part of the Commercial Team within Boskalis Subsea Cables. The team consists of 5 professionals.
• Where you will work: The Papendrecht Head office is where the majority of activities will take place. You like to travel and to meet our clients in person.
• Fulltime/ part time job: In principal the position of Commercial Manager is a fulltime  job (40 hours a week over 5 working days).
• Procedure: All you need to do to apply for a job is to complete the online application form and send it to us along with your CV and cover letter. As soon as you have sent your application, you will receive a confirmation email. Depending on the job, we will invite you for two interviews via Microsoft Teams or at our Papendrecht office. If both sides are happy to proceed after interviews, we will make you an offer to join Boskalis. After successfully completing all the steps in the procedure, we warmly welcome you to our organization.  

We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Commercial Manager. Please contact Tim Gouweleeuw, Corporate Recruiter, via [email protected].

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and by uploading your cover letter and CV on our internal careers site before June 1st.

Disclaimer for Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies 

We appreciate your interest in our vacancies and understand that your candidate might be enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity. However, our recruitment process is not structured this way, at Boskalis we handle recruitment ourselves. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. Any submission will be treated as a direct application. 

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