Sales Jobs in the Netherlands: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You want a sales role in the Netherlands and you need to know who is hiring this month, not who was hiring last year. The JobRise live jobs feed (jobrise.io) gives you a dated snapshot, taken on 14 October 2026. It counts open listings, not a market survey. Treat it as a picture of this week.

The slice covers Sales jobs in Netherlands and it holds 26 open listings right now. 23 of those went live in the last 30 days, and 11 landed in the last 7 days alone, so the feed is moving fast and roles can disappear while you hesitate.

Who is hiring right now#

Ten companies carry most of the load. Datadog has 11 open listings, which is nearly half the slice on its own. Red Bull and Stranger Soccer follow with 3 each. Then it thins out fast.

Chainguard, Laka, Grafana Labs, Valsoft Corporation, Databricks, Mongodb, and Westfalia Fruit each show 1. Small numbers. Real openings.

Some of these names are recruiters or staffing firms rather than the end employer, so read each listing closely before you assume who signs your contract and who just placed the ad. The company name on the feed is the name on the listing.

The roles on the table

Red Bull is filling two Junior Rayonmanager (Sales Activator) positions: one covering Rotterdam and Den Bosch, the other covering Tilburg, Breda, and Zeeland. Both are field roles that put you in stores and on the road, not behind a desk. Physical work.

Chainguard is hiring a Commercial Account Executive for the Benelux. Grafana Labs has a Commercial Account Executive, Acquisition role, listed as remote within the Netherlands. Laka wants a Customer Success Specialist who speaks German and English. Valsoft Corporation lists a plain Sales Representative, and Databricks is recruiting a Manager, Field Engineering (Pre-Sales) for Benelux named accounts. Stranger Soccer lists a License Owner in Amsterdam.

That mix tells you something. The big tech names (Datadog, Databricks, Grafana Labs, Chainguard, Mongodb) want revenue hunters and pre-sellers who can carry a number, while the consumer and field side (Red Bull, Westfalia Fruit) wants people who show up in person and work a region day after day. Laka sits in the startup and scale-up bucket, where customer success and sales blur into one job. Stranger Soccer is closer to a franchise or partnership model than a salaried quota role. Agencies and staffing firms sit behind some listings too, so the same role can appear twice under different names.

Where the jobs are#

Amsterdam takes 15 of the 26 listings. Rotterdam has 2, and Breda, Hilversum, and Poeldijk show 1 each. Very Amsterdam-heavy.

If you live outside the Randstad, the field roles at Red Bull are the ones to look at, because they cover regions like Zeeland and Den Bosch rather than a single office you have to commute into every morning. Geography matters here.

All 26 listings are full-time. There is no part-time or contract option in this slice, so if you need reduced hours, you will have to negotiate it after an offer rather than filter for it now. That's the catch.

Entry-level openings are thin: 2 of 26 carry junior, intern, graduate, or trainee style titles, and both are the Red Bull Junior Rayonmanager roles. If you are early in your career, those two are your clearest way in this month. Apply anyway.

One blunt note. No listing in this slice shows a salary. That is common in Dutch sales postings, but it means you cannot compare offers from the ad alone, so ask the range early and check the current official sources for anything tax or permit related before you plan around a number.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct wherever you can. If a listing sits on a company careers page as well as an aggregator, use the company page, because it usually reaches the hiring manager faster and skips an extra screening layer that can swallow your CV for weeks. Direct wins.

Mirror the listing's own keywords in your CV and your message. If the ad says "Commercial Account Executive" and "acquisition", use those exact words. If it says "Benelux", say Benelux, not "Netherlands and Belgium". Recruiters search on the words they wrote.

Keep your CV readable by the software that filters it. Run it through a free ATS resume checker before you send anything, because a CV that a parser mangles never reaches a human. Cheap insurance.

A worked example

Say you are applying to the Grafana Labs role. The listing title is "Commercial Account Executive, Acquisition | Remote | Netherlands". A weak CV bullet reads: "Responsible for bringing in new clients in various markets." Vague. Dead weight.

Rewrite it to match their language and show the number you carried:

"Closed new business across the Benelux as an Acquisition-focused Commercial Account Executive, signing 14 accounts in 12 months against a €400,000 target, fully remote."

Same job, different weight. The second version uses their title, their region word, and a figure a sales manager can picture. Numbers travel.

A 7-step plan#

1. Open the live feed and shortlist every role that matches your level and city, starting with Sales jobs in Netherlands. Aim for a shortlist of 6 to 8 roles, not 20.
2. Rank them by how fast they move. The 11 listings posted in the last 7 days are the hottest, and the ones older than 30 days may already be sitting in final rounds with someone else's name on them.
3. Tailor one CV per role. Copy the exact job title into your profile line and scatter the listing's key nouns through your bullet points.
4. Run each CV through the free ATS resume checker and fix anything it flags before you submit. No excuses.
5. Find the hiring manager or recruiter on the listing and send a short note the same day you apply. Three sentences: who you are, the role, one line on why the fit is obvious.
6. Prepare for the salary question in reverse. Ask for their range first, and if it is not on the listing, raise that in the first call rather than at the offer stage when you have less room to move.
7. Track everything in a simple sheet: company, role, date applied, contact name, next step. Follow up once after five working days, then move on if it goes quiet.

FAQ#

Which company has the most sales openings in the Netherlands right now?

Datadog shows 11 open listings in this slice, the largest single block of the 26 total. Red Bull and Stranger Soccer follow with 3 each.

Are there entry-level sales jobs in this snapshot?

Yes, but only 2 of 26 listings carry junior, intern, graduate, or trainee style titles. Both are Red Bull Junior Rayonmanager (Sales Activator) roles, one covering Rotterdam and Den Bosch, the other Tilburg, Breda, and Zeeland.

Do any of these listings show a salary?

No listing in this slice shows a salary. Ask for the range in the first conversation, and verify anything about tax or permits against the current official sources before you rely on a figure.

Which cities have the most sales openings?

Amsterdam has 15 of the 26 open listings, followed by Rotterdam with 2. Breda, Hilversum, and Poeldijk each show 1.

Are the roles full-time or part-time?

All 26 listings in this slice are full-time. If you need part-time hours, raise it after an offer rather than filtering for it up front.