Commercieel Directeur

This role is Dutch-speaking.

Where others see shortages, you see commercial opportunity. Covebo Bouw & Techniek specialises in skilled workers for engineering, construction and automotive: on any given day around 2,000 craftspeople are at work through Covebo at clients across the Netherlands, more than 5,000 a year at some 1,200 clients. Sixteen branches, around 160 colleagues and revenue above 150 million euros. A profitable, entrepreneurial organisation in a market that only grows more relevant: technical craftsmanship is scarce, and whoever can deliver it, grows.

As Commercieel Directeur you join the management board and take responsibility for developing and delivering the commercial strategy. You report directly to the managing director. You inherit an organisation that is commercially strong at branch level, and the room to add a shared course, rhythm and firepower.

Where Covebo Bouw & Techniek stands

The centre of gravity is engineering, and above all metal: welders, machinists, fitters and technical assembly. In the international placement of technical craftspeople, Covebo is among the largest players in the Netherlands. Alongside it a young, fast-growing automotive label and a construction arm with plenty of opportunity in the housing programme. Craftspeople come from across Europe; an in-house EU Recruitment Service and the CoveBoost programme take care of inflow and speed from candidate to placement.

What sets Covebo apart is its own test and training centre, where craftspeople are tested, trained and brought in a short time to the level Dutch clients require. It lets Covebo place where others have to say no. That story deserves a bigger stage.

The client base is growing with it: next to the upper SME segment Covebo grew up with, more and more larger and international clients work with Covebo, with dozens of craftspeople on a single site. As part of House of Covebo, and through it House of HR, one of Europe's largest HR groups, those doors open more often. With the energy transition, manufacturing, defence and housing, the coming years hold more demand than ever.

Your mandate

Covebo Bouw & Techniek is deliberately decentralised. Branches run their own sales and carry responsibility for their clients and results. That entrepreneurship is Covebo's strength and stays that way. You add the layer that is missing today: a shared commercial course, focus on the biggest opportunities, and a professional commercial way of working that makes every branch better.

You look beyond sales alone. In a market where technical craftsmanship is scarce, commercial growth is about the interplay of demand, availability of craftspeople, housing and quality. You connect sales, recruitment, market knowledge and data, and turn that into sustainable growth in placements, revenue and margin.

Where you make the difference:

• Delivering commercial growth. You develop new markets and strategic clients while making the existing branches stronger. Per specialism and region you decide where Covebo wants to win, and turn that into concrete targets.
• Connecting sales and recruitment. Together with colleagues you optimise the full process from candidate to placement, including through CoveBoost, so that commercial opportunity and the availability of craftspeople line up better.
• Developing branch managers. You stimulate commercial leadership in the branches without taking away local entrepreneurship. Where wanted you also coach account managers. You bring sales funnels, CRM, forecasting and KPIs in a way that helps rather than burdens.
• Turning strategy into execution. You do not only make plans, you deliver results. You sit at the table with large clients yourself, win clients yourself and show how it is done. Lead by example.

You work closely with marketing, strengthened in early 2027 by an experienced marketing manager, and with the operations director who runs recruitment and CoveBoost. You use AI and new techniques in the sales process and show that it works faster and better. If the organisation grows with your vision, there is room to build a sales team under you.

Who we are looking for

Above all we are looking for a commercial leader and builder. Someone who connects strategy with practice, gets people moving and feels at home in an entrepreneurial organisation where responsibility sits close to the market. Open, honest and sincere. Someone who picks up the gauntlet themselves.

You bring:

• broad commercial management experience, several years of it at director or senior MT level; an ambitious leader with a sharp track record is as welcome as a seasoned commercial director;
• demonstrable success in commercial growth, margin improvement and winning and growing large accounts;
• experience in developing and implementing commercial strategies and professionalising commercial organisations, preferably in a decentralised structure;
• a strong background in strategic account management, business development and stakeholder management;
• the ability to take managers and teams through change, with respect for local entrepreneurship;
• an entrepreneurial, connecting and data-driven way of working that combines strategy with execution; AI-minded: you see what new techniques can do for sales and enjoy working with them;
• you understand the staffing industry: experience in international labour placement, preferably in technical and industrial sectors, and insight into the dynamics of a scarce labour market;
• a higher professional or academic level of work and thinking, and excellent Dutch and English.

What Covebo offers

At Covebo Bouw & Techniek you do not step into a commercial organisation that is already finished. You get the room and the responsibility to shape the next phase together with the board. Short lines, plenty of ownership, room for initiative and a board that likes to spar with you on substance. Your influence is directly visible in the commercial development.

• an attractive annual package at director level: a market-based base salary plus a bonus scheme tied to commercial results;
• a company car, laptop and phone;
• flexible hours and the option to work partly from home;
• a solid pension scheme with a flexible part you shape yourself;
• room for personal development and leadership;
• a close, sporty team that celebrates success together, with humour and pace.

About Covebo Bouw & Techniek

Covebo Bouw & Techniek specialises in work in engineering, construction and automotive. From 16 branches, around 160 colleagues work every day on connecting craftspeople and clients. Every year more than 5,000 craftspeople work through Covebo at some 1,200 clients, with annual revenue above 150 million euros. Beyond placement, Covebo arranges everything needed to work well: housing, transport, guidance and training in its own test and training centre.

As part of House of Covebo, Covebo Bouw & Techniek combines the strength and international network of a large labour market organisation with the entrepreneurship and agility of a specialist. The ambition: keep growing, work smarter together and structurally strengthen commercial firepower. With room for local entrepreneurship and a shared course.

Are you the commercial leader who wants to take the next step with Covebo Bouw & Techniek? Then we would like to meet you.

Werk. Gewoon goed geregeld.