Business Development Manager (Robotics)

Location: Lokeren, Belgium; international travel required. Satellite office in Berchem (Antwerp).

Company

hirify.global designs and manufactures state-of-the-art robotic systems for intralogistics, offering hands-on work on innovative projects in a growing field.

What you will do

• Develop new B2B opportunities across Northwest Europe and Rest of World markets while supporting global business development priorities.
• Identify, research, qualify, assign, and follow up on leads through the agreed qualification process.
• Build relationships with customers, consultants, partners, integrators, and other industry stakeholders.
• Analyze market trends, customer challenges, emerging technologies, and competitor activity to recommend growth priorities.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing on pipeline development, campaigns, events, exhibitions, webinars, account mapping, and market-entry strategies.
• Maintain CRM data and report on pipeline development, lead quality, conversion rates, market trends, and competitors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in B2B business development within an international environment.
• Experience developing business opportunities in Northwest Europe and/or global markets.
• Basic understanding of warehouse processes and intralogistics solutions.
• Ability to analyze market intelligence and translate insights into actionable growth strategies.
• Fluency in English required.
• Willingness to travel internationally required.

Nice to have

• Dutch language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovative projects in a growing robotics and intralogistics field, with learning and development opportunities.
• International environment and collaboration across cultures and time zones.
• Attractive salary with company car, fuel card or charging pass, group and health insurance, meal vouchers, net allowances, and CAO90 bonus.
• Laptop, iPhone with subscription, freshly cooked lunches, and 20 vacation days plus up to 12 additional days for a full-year 40-hour workweek instead of 38 hours.

Hiring process

• Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or headhunters are treated as direct applications without third-party compensation unless their terms are signed by an authorized HR representative.
• Candidate records remain registered for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.