Curriculum vitae / sales x data x AI
Folkert de Wind
Intralogistics account manager | sales, data, AI and practical execution
I am Folkert de Wind: an account manager in intralogistics solutions and someone who would rather build proof than just promise it. I help customers and teams get grip on warehouse processes, technical choices and commercial next steps. With sales experience, data, AI workflows and design, I make complex value clear enough to discuss, defend and buy. Outside work I keep building my home gym, my knowledge and a listed monument from 1770. Different context, same reflex: understand first, then improve.
Profile
Commercial clarity for technical deals
I work at the intersection of intralogistics sales, customer context, data and practical design. My strength is structuring complex solutions so customers understand faster what they are buying, why it matters and what next step makes sense.
A customer question is rarely just a product request. Behind it sit growth, space constraints, risk, timing or internal pressure. I want to know what is really happening before a solution enters the conversation.
Intralogistics gets messy fast when technology, operations, investment and interests start to overlap. I bring scenarios back to what matters: effect, risk, feasibility and next step.
A proposal, visual or presentation must keep selling even when I am not in the room. Good explanation carries the conversation without polishing away the complexity.
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What is immediately assessable
Experience
Commercial career
Vanas Engineering
Business development and sales enablementAt Vanas I work where customer questions, system integration, warehouse processes and commercial structure meet. I translate technical possibilities into choices customers can understand, discuss internally and make with confidence.
Heffiq
Account manager Northern NetherlandsAcross Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, commerce became very practical: customer visits, material handling, leasing questions, operational bottlenecks and building relationships in a region where reliability matters more than a polished story.
Dexion
Regional sales and marketingHere warehouse layout, pallet racking, mobile systems, marketing and online visibility came together. The Postuma AGF case captures my approach well: understand the process, assortment and peaks first, then sell the layout.
Heffiq
New Business Account ManagerMy commercial foundation is in new business: finding opportunities, opening conversations, earning trust and learning when a lead truly has potential in material handling, cleaning and warehouse layout.
Education & training
Physical Activity and Lifestyle - European Bachelor
An English-taught bachelor about behavior, health, change and responsibility. That foundation still helps: in sales, the core is often less about specifications and more about choices, resistance and behavior.
Multimediadesign - MBO4
The graphic foundation for how I still look at information: what should stand out, what should create calm and what helps someone understand faster?
Since my first sales role I have kept sharpening my commercial toolkit: better discovery, sharper follow-up, stakeholder management and guiding deals without confusing pressure with progress.
Google certification that connects with my Dexion period, where sales, marketing, online visibility and commercial assets increasingly came together.
Applicability
Skills
Work proof
Relevant examples
Wind Force 9
A brand concept where name, energy and recognition click immediately.
Proposal redesign
A proposal structure that makes value, choice and proof easier to scan.
Conturo
Software positioning that turns abstract value into a clear feeling and a concrete promise.
Pink Bird
A light brand concept that creates character and motion with very few elements.
Moonshot Consultancy
A brand concept around ambition, focus and the willingness to think bigger.
Myrhem
Website and booking platform for which I built the design, front end and back end.
References
What others recognize
Pieter De Neve · Sales manager - Vanas EngineeringI had the privilege of working with Folkert for two years at Vanas Engineering, where he joined my sales team in the Northern Netherlands. Initially, he focused on selling storage solutions (logistics), but thanks to his fast growth curve he soon guided larger sales trajectories across a wider region.
Working with Folkert was particularly valuable. He works decisively and in a constructively critical way, which helps him safeguard the progress of his projects. What stood out to me most was his ability to develop a strategic vision in areas outside his direct responsibility, such as account management, marketing strategies, go-to-market strategies and data analysis. With this broad perspective, he actively contributed to the growth and improvement of several departments within the organization.
Folkert is a valued colleague who builds trust, inspires colleagues and works in a structured and analytical way. These qualities make him an exceptionally valuable colleague in any team.
I have seen him grow into a professional with enormous growth potential, ready to take on major responsibilities within any organization. That is why I wholeheartedly recommend him for ambitious and strategic roles.
Constantin Ungureanu · Marketing manager at Gonvari Material HandlingI had the pleasure of working with Folkert at GMH in 2021. We worked closely together on many local marketing projects supporting our presence in The Netherlands. Straight from the beginning, Folkert came across as a person with a very analytical mind, that analyses in detail every situation and takes action to optimise the end results. In time, I learned that he didn’t only have great sales skills, but also good marketing and digital marketing knowledge, programming, design, branding and so on. All these proved to be beneficial to our collaboration, helping deliver larger projects much quicker than planned. Folkert is a very reliable person and I would recommend him and his skills to anyone interested in a valuable human asset as part of their sales/marketing team.
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