Bas Oostenbrink - Saas Sales Recruitment

Principal Recruitment Consultant @ Bluebird

About

In Dutch SaaS & AI, there’s one thing I know for sure:If you need a VP Sales, CRO or commercial leader… I already know them.Let me introduce myself.Over a decade ago I started my software sales career as a BDR at a SaaS startup. I moved up to AE, and grew into Head of Sales, where I built and led a team of 12 AEs.Today, I’m part of Bluebird.We help SaaS & AI companies hire top-tier Sales, Marketing, CS, Product, Engineering & AI talent (incl. C-level) fast. On average, it takes us just 7 working days to introduce the person you’ll end up hiring.Looking for your next role in SaaS Sales?Or a Founder aiming to unlock your company’s potential by hiring exceptional people?You’re in the right place.Professional highlights:- Key role in scaling Piggy Loyalty from ~$300k → $5M ARR- Top-performing AE YoY (avg. 190% quota attainment)- 120% quota attainment as Head of Sales leading 12 AEsSupported VP/Exec hiring for:Workwize, Trengo, Lobster, Leadinfo, Rentman, Ingrid, Dealroom, Blinqx, GoMeddo, Yokoy, Chainels, Zenya, Studytube, Channext, Compliancewise, Sana Commerce, Enfinitec, Maqqie and many more.

Country

Netherlands

City

The Randstad

Industry

Staffing & Recruiting

Skill

Mercury, Sales, People Management, Project Management, Sales Motivation, People Skills, Public Speaking, Direct Sales, Client-oriented, Coaching

Experience

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Bluebird

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Focussing on all GTM hiring in the BeNeLux and Executive Search in Europe. Ranked as the #1 performing consultant globally for the past four consecutive years.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Bluebird

2023-4 - 2024-3 · 1 yr

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Recruitment Consultant

Bluebird

2022-4 - 2023-3 · 1 yr

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Bluebird - the only recruitment agency in the world that consists of 100% former SaaS professionals. Do you want to speak with the person you'll hire within 7 working days for any of your open Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, IT, or leadership roles? Stop wasting time working with traditional agencies and get in touch.

Head Of Sales

Piggy

2021-1 - 2022-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Nederland

120% Quota attainment in 2021/2022, with a team of 12 Account Executives.

Senior Account Executive + Team Lead

Piggy

2018-2 - 2021-1 · 3 yrs

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

750+ New logo’s #1 AE YoY 185% Quota attainment

Account Executive

Piggy

2017-2 - 2018-1 · 1 yr

Utrecht en omgeving, Nederland

200+ New logo’s 210% Quota attainment

Business Unit Manager

Hot Networkz

2016-5 - 2017-2 · 10 mos

Utrecht

-Building a new unit from the ground up. I’ve grown the team to 25 people within 10 months, being the most successful business unit within our project. -Training, educating and coaching salespeople, team captains, team managers, senior project managers and junior project managers. -Designing and executing the recruitment, selection and training process. -Guaranteeing result and reporting to management. -Selling subscriptions for top tier companies.