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Sales Manager in short
Sales Manager 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, 158 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 158 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Vakantiedagen
- 26 days
- Auto van de zaak
- 78% of job opportunities
- Bonusregeling
- 88% of job opportunities
- Dertiende maand
- 18% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken
- 70% of job opportunities
- Pensioenregeling
- 89% of job opportunities
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 Manager
What does a Sales Manager earn?
A Sales Manager earns between € 5.800 and € 7.400 gross per month in our market data, with € 6.500 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 Manager without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 5.800 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Leiderschap & team aansturen, Salesstrategie, Communicatie at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Sales Manager?
Employers hiring a Sales Manager ask most often for Leiderschap & team aansturen, Salesstrategie, Communicatie. 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 Manager?
Employers mention HBO Commerciële Economie, WO Bedrijfskunde most often in their Sales Manager job opportunities, and 50% 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 Manager?
Professionals in our data move on from Sales Manager to Commercieel Manager, Sales Director. That step usually takes 2-4 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 14%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Sales Manager?
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 Manager 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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