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Sales Director in short
Sales Director is a function within Sales, part of the branch Retail trade. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- Sales
- Branch
- Retail trade
- Open job opportunities
- 0
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 3-5 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 14 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 14 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Pensioenregeling
- 90% of job opportunities
- Bonus / variabele beloning (OTE)
- 10% of job opportunities
- Auto van de zaak / mobiliteitsbudget
- 10% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken / hybride
- 10% of job opportunities
- Vakantiedagen
- 26 days
- Opleidings-/ontwikkelbudget
- € 3.000 per year
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Sales Director
What does a Sales Director earn?
A Sales Director earns between € 6.249 and € 7.880 gross per month in our market data, with € 6.700 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Sales Director without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 6.249 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Strategische sales- & accountplanning, B2B new business development, Leidinggeven & salesteam aansturen at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Sales Director?
Employers hiring a Sales Director ask most often for Strategische sales- & accountplanning, B2B new business development, Leidinggeven & salesteam aansturen. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
Which education fits a Sales Director?
Employers mention WO Bedrijfskunde, HBO Commerciële Economie most often in their Sales Director job opportunities, and 45% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Sales Director?
Professionals in our data move on from Sales Director to Commercieel Directeur / CCO, Managing Director / Algemeen Directeur. That step usually takes 3-5 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 18%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Sales Director?
There is no open job opportunity for this role at the moment. That says little about the labour market as a whole: vacancies for this function appear irregularly and are often filled quickly. Create a profile and we notify you as soon as one is published.
Sales Director professionals speak
Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.
“Via KaaS vonden we binnen twee weken de perfecte kandidaat. De matching scheelt ons enorm veel tijd.”
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