Lead the Future of Flow Control – Become Our Account Manager!
Join a role where your expertise drives innovation and customer success. As an Account Manager for Control Valves, you’ll shape business growth, build strong customer relationships, and deliver solutions that make a real impact in our customers in the Netherlands You’ll collaborate with global teams, influence key decision-makers, and ensure Valmet remains the preferred partner in the industry. Ready to take ownership and lead with confidence? This is your chance to make a difference.
The location of the position will be in the Netherlands.
What You'll Do:
Lead the sales process for control valves, ensuring technical and commercial excellence.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key customer decision-makers.
Identify customer needs and create winning solutions by combining Valmet technologies and services.
Collaborate with international Flow Control sales offices to drive business growth.
Ensure Valmet is positioned as a preferred vendor through proactive engagement and negotiation.
What You Bring:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related technical field.
5+ years of proven experience in sales within industrial markets.
Previous experience in valves business is seen as an advantage.
Fluent Dutch and English both verbal and written are mandatory; French is a plus.
Open social attitude and communication skills enabling multi-cultural interactions externally with customers and internally within own organization.
Able to work independently, take initiative, and confidently drive results.
Willing to embrace challenges, aim for ambitious targets, and see every opportunity as a chance to grow and develop.
Open-minded, creative, and confident in networking and influencing.
To succeed in this role
You’ll need a solid understanding of customer drivers and market dynamics, combined with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills. Technical expertise and commercial acumen are essential to deliver value and achieve growth. We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical behaviors that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:
Take Accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through
Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly
Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety
Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value
Want to know more?
Ready to take the next step? If you have questions about the role, please contact Mohamed Tajjiou, Country Manager, Benelux mohamed.tajjiou@valmet.com
Please fill in the electronic application form as soon as possible, but no later than 19/06/2026 Please attach your CV and salary request. Please kindly note that we do not accept applications or CVs via email.
We’ll use a variety of selection methods in the recruitment process, e.g. video screening, personality questionnaires, ability tests and interviews.
Valmet is a global technology leader serving process industries. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.
In 2024, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Valmet has two focused segments: Biomaterial Solutions and Services and Process Performance Solutions. Valmet’s operating model consists of five business areas: Automation Solutions; Flow Control; Pulp, Energy and Circularity; Packaging and Paper; and Tissue. The business areas are supported by a separate Latin America unit and a China Chair. The Global Supply unit supports cost-competitiveness by optimizing and leveraging Valmet’s global scale in procurement and production.
