Our employees make a difference
What do you need?
- An affinity with trees and plants (an interest in mechanisation)
- You are enthusiastic and a good team player
- You don’t have a ‘9 to 5’ mentality
- Experience in the horticultural sector is not compulsory, as long as you are a hard worker
What you can expect from us
- The prospect of permanent employment
- A challenging position with plenty of scope for personal development
- An excellent salary, dependent on experience
- A healthy outdoor working environment with enthusiastic and great colleagues
- Enjoyable Friday afternoon drinks
Tree Nursery Staff Member (Fulltime)
Smits Tree Nurseries is a growing family business that specialises in hedging plants, a wide range of multi-stemmed trees and a wide variety of all sorts of topiary trees. We are international in nature and, in addition to our own product range, we offer total solutions to customers. As well as our nursery in Molenschot, we have a second branch in Windsor (UK). We are looking to expand our team and have an opening for a Tree Nursery Staff Member for our day-to-day work in the nursery. We offer a varied job with a range of duties. Education and experience are not required, provided you enjoy working outdoors and have an affinity with trees and plants. We provide the right guidance, meaning you will soon be carrying out the work. The work consists of planting, crop care, harvesting, maintenance, preparing products for dispatch and other work that may arise. Operating machines is also a possibility and there is scope for development.
Salesperson based in Belgium (Fulltime)
Smits Tree Nurseries is a growing family business that specialises in hedging plants, a wide range of multi-stemmed trees and a wide variety of all sorts of topiary trees. We are international in nature and, in addition to our own product range, we offer total solutions to customers. In addition to our nursery in Molenschot, we have a second branch in Windsor (UK). As an account manager you are responsible for maintaining a portfolio and you form part of a team to further expand the company’s position on the domestic market or Belgian market. You produce quotations where you respond creatively to the needs of customers. In addition you maintain good relationships within the organisation, with the procurement, quality and logistics departments.
About the role
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Approaching and visiting customers in person. Also, receiving customers at the nursery and giving them guided toursforms part of your role
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Preparing quotations
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Monitoring the order process and recording orders in our ERP system
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Registering and following up aftersales
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A proactive, initiating role within sales/account management
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Strengthening new customer relationships with Smits Tree Nurseries
What do we expect from you?
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Good communication skills and proficiency in languages is an advantage
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You are results-driven, commercial, you see opportunities and are able to translate these into actions
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Professional and intellectual capacities at MBO (secondary vocational education) level (minimum)
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You are a go-getter with a sense of responsibility
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Flexible, customer-oriented and a good team player
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You fit within an organisation with a Brabant mentality and above all you are enthusiastic
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Current vacancies
Branch in the Netherlands
Our site in the Netherlands is located in beautiful Brabant. You will find our branch at Rimpelaar 49 in Molenschot. Here our customers can see for themselves how well we take care of our trees and plants.
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Branch in England
Our English branch is located in Windsor, in the English county of Berkshire, which borders south-west London. The nursery is located at Dorney Court, Dorney, SL4 6QP United Kingdom. This unique nursery specialises in container-grown hedging plants and a wide range of topiary trees and multi-stemmed trees.
Our branches
Bram van Overloop
“I have worked here for thirteen years and I enjoy it. I am proud of my work and my colleagues. Smits Tree Nurseries is a progressive company that continues to evolve.”
Ricardo van Gool
“It’s the variety that makes the work so enjoyable. I am the foreman of the harvesting team, but I also often prune plants. And, also important, there is a lovely working atmosphere with my colleagues.”
Jan van Vechel
“We have a unique product range, which is partly because we can supply both small and large sizes. I have been in the profession for more than thirty years. I am still excited about selling products, because I stand behind them one hundred percent. This energises me.”
A taste of what it's like to work at Smits
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Sometime it’s nicer to have something to browse through, from front to back (and vice versa). You can find all our products and more information about the Smits nursery in Molenschot in our brochure.
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