Founding Account Executive – Benelux

    Tacto

    🇩🇪 Munich
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    Your ImpactTacto is the category leader for procurement in DACH manufacturing. We have strong product-market fit, a proven playbook, and now we're taking it into the rest of Europe.Benelux is one of our first markets. The Netherlands and Belgium hold a dense base of high-tech and industrial manufacturers, and the category is still wide open there. That's where you come in.

    You take the region and build it from the ground up. You research the market, find what resonates, and win the first customers and reference logos that everything else builds on.

    What you learn becomes the blueprint for how Tacto grows Benelux from there. A real greenfield, with the freedom to shape how Tacto wins in your market.You're not starting alone. A stellar expansion team is your sparring partner, and proven sales assets and a tested approach from DACH are your foundation.

    This is a highly strategic GTM role where you work hands-on to close the first deals and set the base for everything that comes afterwards.

    You're based with us in Munich and travel into your market.Your TasksOpen up Benelux end to end: sharpen the ICP for Dutch and Belgian manufacturing, define target accounts, win the first deals and lay the foundation for the region's growthRun the full sales cycle: discovery, demo, potential analysis on real ERP data, ROI business case, closingWork hand in hand with the expansion team and develop the outbound playbook for your market: messaging, sequences, segments, channelsCoordinate the marketing activities in your market so they generate pipelineFeed structured insight back to Product, Marketing and Leadership, and shape how Tacto expands internationally

    Your ProfileSeveral years of full-cycle closing experience in B2B SaaS, ideally with complex or technical products and multi-stakeholder buying processesAn entrepreneurial mindset above all: you want to build and own a market result, explore what works, and figure out the motion when the local one doesn't exist yetHands-on and self

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Go-to-Market (GTM)
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

    Template question
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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

    Template question
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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

    Template question
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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

    Template question
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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Tacto's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    This Account Executive position at Tacto involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

    The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.

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