Lead a Market. Drive Growth. Build High-Performing Teams.
We are looking for an experienced Country Manager Netherlands to lead and grow our Dutch business.
As the most senior leader in the country, you will have full responsibility for business performance, combining strategic leadership, commercial excellence, and organizational development to deliver sustainable growth and profitability.
You will work closely with regional leadership while leading local commercial and service teams, ensuring strong execution of strategy and exceptional customer outcomes.
Your Impact
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of the Dutch business by driving growth, strengthening market position, building customer partnerships, and developing a high-performing organization.
You will play a key role in translating regional objectives into local success while acting as a trusted partner to customers, employees, and stakeholders across the market.
What You'll Do
Strategy & Business Leadership
Define and execute the Netherlands growth strategy in alignment with regional priorities
Identify new market opportunities, customer needs, and competitive advantages
Lead strategic planning and ensure successful execution of key business initiatives
Drive sustainable growth, profitability, and market share expansion
Commercial & Financial Management
Own the full P&L, including revenue, profitability, and overall business performance
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities
Drive commercial excellence across sales and service teams
Develop and strengthen relationships with key customers and strategic accounts
Support pricing, margin improvement, and growth initiatives
Leadership & Organizational Development
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional organization
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Attract, develop, and retain top talent
Lead organizational and business transformation initiatives where needed
Stakeholder Management
Represent the company in the Dutch market with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders
Build strong relationships with regional and global teams
Ensure alignment between local execution and broader organizational objectives
What You'll Bring
Proven experience leading commercial organizations with full business responsibility
Strong track record in B2B environments, ideally within industrial, technical, service, or professional sectors
Experience managing P&L and delivering profitable growth
Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams
Strong commercial acumen and customer focus
Experience in business transformation, organizational development, or change management is an advantage
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Fluent Dutch and English
Why Join Us?
Lead a strategically important market with significant growth potential
Shape business strategy and influence long-term success
Work closely with senior regional leadership
Build and develop high-performing teams
Join an international organization with ambitious growth plans
Interested?
If you are an entrepreneurial business leader with a passion for growth, people leadership, and customer success, we would love to hear from you. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to our Recruitment Team via [email protected].
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading commercial organizations with full business responsibility
- Strong B2B experience, ideally in industrial, technical, service, or professional sectors
- Experience managing P&L and delivering profitable growth
- Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams
- Strong commercial acumen and customer focus
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in Dutch and English
- Experience in business transformation, organizational development, or change management
Solenis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Solenis and has not been reviewed or approved by Solenis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental and vision options, and a 90/10 plan is available in at least one location. Wellness tools and plan variety indicate competitive medical support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match and tenure-linked contributions, alongside company-funded pension elements in some regions. These components suggest meaningful long-term savings support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing initiatives span physical, emotional, social and financial health via a global EAP and a wellness platform with activity-based rewards. Site-specific amenities such as gyms, recreation and creche services further reinforce lifestyle support.
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Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree, recognized four years in a row. For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media
