Trainee Commercial Operations

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. 

More about the role

This is an exciting job opportunity for you to light the way as a Trainee Commercial Operations in Eindhoven with Signify. You’ll be responsible together with the sales organization translate the need of customers into a complete lighting solution.

• You’ll support the sales organization by managing the bid / quote / pricing process in order to provide high quality quotation proposals ensuring they are compliant, competitive and meet the company growth and profitability targets

• You'll support sales and our customers by choosing the proper technical solution for their project.

• You’ll gain a very good knowledge of our company products, systems and services (lifecycle services, light-as-a-service, circular lighting, ...)

• You’ll follow up lighting projects from pre-order until execution

• You’ll interact directly with our B2B customers

• You’ll collaborate effectively and efficiently with internal stakeholders (sales, lighting design, product marketing, factories) and external stakeholders (customers, specifiers, installers …)

• You’ll actively participate or drive projects to ensure continuous improvement towards our customers.

While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

• You 're owner of a master’s or a bachelor’s degree in a technical or business orientation, or you already have some experience in a commercial and/or technical customer-service role.

• You're willing to learn the bid /quote & pricing process, this is an amazing opportunity for fresh graduates!

• You're a Dutch native speaker, with very good knowledge of English

• You've excellent communication & stakeholder's management skills

• You're eager to work within a commercial team

• You're able to demonstrate a pro-active problem-solving mindset to exceed customer expectations

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together. 

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.