Marketing Manager

Join a fast-growing, listed company with a purpose! Fastned owns and operates a network of 300 fast charging stations across Europe, allowing electric vehicle drivers to charge their car with 100% green energy in just 15 minutes. Our goal is a European network of 1000 fast charging stations in prime locations, where all electric vehicles can charge with renewable energy from the sun and wind. Together with 300 colleagues, we have the ambition to build Europe's best fast-charging network. The Belgium team consists of 15+ people and is working from our Ghent office. We are the market leader in fast-charging in Belgium and have over 30 stations in Belgium. If you want to make a difference and work in an informal, international scale-up environment with future prospects, then read on!

Your role

As Marketing Manager at Fastned Belgium, you are responsible for making the Fastned brand stand out in the market. You’ll identify and implement what needs to be done to make the Fastned stations the preferred place to charge for EV drivers, including visibility and complementary facilities. You will be working closely with your Belgium colleagues, the Commercial team in Amsterdam and external agencies. Your projects have a mixture of strategic and operational value, incl. the day-to-day management of all brand-related work in the Belgium market. We recently opened our first store in Brecht and we are starting a very exciting construction work in Gentbrugge. You will be the first commercial team member in Belgium and therefore are responsible for building relationships with car manufacturers, lease companies, and fleet owners. In concrete terms, this means you:

• Act as the key commercial manager in the Belgium team and be the important link between the Global commercial team and the local team;
• Increase the visibility of our stations and Fastned in general (PR: website, social media, articles, mailings, possibly also conferences, etc.), working together with the Commercial team in Amsterdam, the PR agency, and Public Affairs team in Belgium;
• Improve the visibility and accessibility of our locations;
• Analyze market developments to ensure Fastned is strongly positioned in the market, plan accordingly, and evaluate the impact of our efforts in the Belgium market;
• Improve the quality of our locations based on local insights and international guidance;
• Ensure that Fastned’s visual identity is applied and recognized in the Belgium market both externally and internally;
• Manage or support in managing relationships with OEMs (car manufacturers), fleet owners and MSP (charge card) relationships relevant to Belgium;
• Support our Network Development team when attracting/managing location partners;
• Monitor and report on results and budgets.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for a hands-on marketing manager with an entrepreneurial mindset. You think big and want to do bold things while at the same time looking at the impact and effectiveness. You learn, improve, and implement.

Additionally, you tick the following boxes:

• An affinity for Fastned's mission: accelerating the transition to electric mobility;
• 4+ years of relevant experience in marketing and/or branding;
• Experience in working with creative teams with the ability to make sound commercial and financial decisions, quickly understand problems, propose solutions, and manage stakeholder expectations;
• Ability to inspire, support, and understand the interplay between people and processes;
• Hands-on and sharp attention to detail with a curious mind;
• An excellent team player;
• Great spoken and written Dutch and/or French and English.

Join us in building a better future

We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We put a focus on work-life balance, provide you with genuine work flexibility and have family-friendly policies in place. Our benefits include:

• Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;
• A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;
• Daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks are provided at our office locations;
• A paid pension plan, fully covered by Fastned;
• 37 days of holidays (40-hours contract) + public holidays every year;
• Eco-cheque vouchers every year;
• The opportunity to work from our other offices in Amsterdam, Cologne, Paris, London & Zurich, with reimbursement for work-related travel expenses;
• Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;
• Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;
• Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice.

Interested?

We would love to have a conversation with you! Apply now, send us your CV and explain in your motivation letter why you’re excited about joining our mission. Our recruiter Daphne will talk you through all details of the recruitment process and answer your questions in a first video chat! If you have questions or need further information regarding your application, please contact our recruitment team via recruitment(at)fastned.nl

Fastned stands for equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, neurodiversity, disabilities, parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.