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Nick De Zoete

Sales & Recruitment Advisor

€715/day
Rotterdam, NL
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Nick

With a deep passion for scaling revenue engines and building high-performing sales teams, I specialize in sales leadership and (SaaS) sales recruitment.

As the Founder of XDR Talent, I connect start-ups and scale-ups with top SaaS sales professionals across the US and EMEA, ensuring they have the right talent to drive success. Simultaneously, my experience leading international sales expansion and business development teams gives me a unique edge in advising on go-to-market strategies, sales processes, and team-building.

Whether you’re looking to hire the best sales talent or need strategic guidance to optimize your sales operations, I bring hands-on experience from both sides of the table. Let’s connect and fuel growth together!
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Rotterdam (up to 50km), Amsterdam (up to 50km), Utrecht (up to 50km)

Experience

  • XDR Talent
    Founder | SaaS Sales Recruitment
    June 2021 - Today (5 years)
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Working with Start- and Scaleups accross Europe and the US
    • Focus on Sales hiring (entry to executive level)
    • Candidate Sourcing, screening and interviewing
    • Advising founders on GTM Strategy and Hiring
  • Parloa
    International Expansion Manager | BDR Leadership
    August 2022 - January 2025 (2 years and 5 months)
    United States
    Spearheading International Expansions - combining strategic development and operational (sales) execution in new markets globally. Focus on building high performing business/sales development teams. The United States The Netherlands DACH
  • Parloa
    Strategic Recruitment Manager
    February 2022 - August 2022 (6 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    Strategic and operational set up of the Recruitment Organization as the first person in the department. Achievements:
    - Implementation of a brand new ATS
    - Built the 'Recruitment Engine' helping actively source candidates in a systematic way
    - Boosted organic applications
    - We grew almost 2x in terms of FTE in six months

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Education

  • Master of Science
    Bradford University School of Management
    2018
    MSc , International Business & Management
  • International Master's Summer School for Sustainability in Business (IMS3B), Sustainability studies
    University of Bradford
    2018
    International Master's Summer School for Sustainability in Business (IMS3B), Sustainability studies

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