SendCloud Day 1

Thursday, January 26 - Eindhoven Office

SendCloud

Europe #1 shipping software - 25,000+ e-commerce customers
What They Do
Cloud platform for shipping labels, tracking, and returns. Integrates with 100+ e-commerce platforms. Single dashboard for all carrier management.
Your Focus
Onboarding flow optimization for PLG transition. SMBs will go product-led (your domain), Upmarket stays sales-led.
The Stakes
1 month to prove value, then hopefully 3+ more. Previous consultant charged 10K EUR for recommendations only - no implementation. They failed.
Your Differentiator
Execution over slides. Implementation over recommendations. Show them you are different.

Recent News

New CPTO - Christopher Dughieri joined July 2024. New product leadership.
Acquired Lox - Delivery issue management company, about 1 year ago.
Double Down Initiative - Major product focus on fixing the basics. Loes has mentioned this in her posts.
New CFO - Aliaksei Aneichyk joined April 2024.

What Customers Complain About

Hidden costs and surcharges not shown upfront. Support issues - no phone support for lower tiers, slow chat responses. Software bugs leading to incorrect labels. Onboarding friction. These are the problems your work will address.

Political Map

Who Is Who

Champion
Loes Keijsers PM - Your Sponsor
Allies
Maud Jacobs Jr. Business Analyst
Inge Bazelmans CS Enablement
Win Over
Tuur van Vlodrop Lead UX Designer
Sander Mallens Sales Team Lead
Wildcard
Peijke Jansdaal Growth Marketing

The People

Loes Keijsers
Product Manager - Your Sponsor
Champion
PM since November 2024 - relatively new to the role (about 9 months). Grew up internally from Customer Success Rep starting in 2018. Spent 6+ years at SendCloud, worked through Team Lead Tech Support before becoming PM. She deeply understands customer pain points from her support background.
Frictionless merchant experience. Running the "Double Down" initiative which focuses on fixing basics for customers. User-centric product development. She posts about her struggles and wins as a new PM - values authenticity and vulnerability.
She is new to PM role - her credibility is partly on the line with bringing you in. The previous consultant failed, so there is pressure for this to work. She may be seeking validation and support as she navigates her new role.
Both navigating relatively new roles. Both deeply focused on customer experience. She has been vulnerable about her struggles publicly - authenticity matters to her.
Tuur van Vlodrop
Lead Product Designer
Win Over
Lead Product Designer since November 2025 - just promoted, very recent. Owns Product Experience, UX/UI Design, UX Research, and Usability Testing. Came from Tracey (which SendCloud acquired) - joined July 2023. Does not post much on LinkedIn - more reserved and private.
Design quality, user research, usability. Product experience ownership. Getting credit for his work as a newly promoted lead.
Recently promoted - may be protective of his domain. Onboarding UX is his territory. The contract was shortened from 3 months to 1 month after his interview - he may have raised concerns. He might feel a consultant is stepping on his turf.
How to Win Him Over
Acknowledge his expertise early and often. Ask for his input on UX decisions. Position yourself as supporting his work, not replacing it. Make him look good. Never suggest design changes without asking for his perspective first.
Inge Bazelmans
Customer Success Enablement
Ally
CS Enablement since August 2025. Previously Team Lead Customer Support at SendCloud. Background in logistics - worked at DHL Freight and Arvato SCM Solutions. Does not post on LinkedIn - more private person.
Customer value, growth, sustainable collaborations. Helping customers maximize product utilization. Her role is directly about enabling customer success.
She is in Customer Success Enablement, NOT data analytics as you initially thought. Verify this in the meeting. Maud is the actual data person.
Both focused on customer success. Both want customers to get value from the product. Your onboarding work directly supports her enablement goals.
Sander Mallens
Team Lead Sales Benelux
Win Over
Sales Team Lead since August 2024. Grew up at SendCloud - started as Junior Account Executive in June 2020, progressed through AE, Senior AE, then Team Lead. Has Northwestern Kellogg education - ambitious and business-minded. Does not post on LinkedIn.
Sales pipeline, team performance, deal flow. Proving the value of the sales motion. His team's success and recognition.
PLG could threaten his team's territory - if SMBs go self-serve, his team loses those deals. He has seen the previous consultant fail and charge 10K for nothing. Sales teams are often skeptical of consultants and "product-led" initiatives that reduce their pipeline.
How to Win Him Over
Emphasize the SMB vs upmarket split. PLG handles SMBs so his team can focus on bigger, more valuable enterprise deals. You are not replacing sales - you are freeing them up for higher-value work. Ask about the deals he is most proud of.
Maud Jacobs
Junior Quantitative Business Analyst
Ally
Junior analyst since March 2024. Recent Tilburg University graduate (2023). This is her first real corporate job - she came from a thesis internship at Datacation. Does not post on LinkedIn.
Learning, proving herself, doing good analytical work. Getting experience and building her skills. Being seen as competent and valuable.
She is your actual data partner. When you need analytics, funnel data, cohort analysis - she is the one who can pull it. Junior, eager to help, and likely happy to collaborate with someone more senior.
How to Engage
Be warm and collaborative. Ask for her help with data and make her feel valued as a partner, not just a resource. Give her credit when her analysis helps. She will become a key ally if you treat her well.
Peijke Jansdaal
Growth Marketing - Retention and Expansion
Wildcard
Growth Marketing (Retention and Expansion) since February 2025. Has 20+ years of marketing experience across Philips, BCT, Adchieve, and more. HubSpot expert. Most importantly: HE RUNS HIS OWN CONSULTANCY (Sterkon) on the side since 2018.
Retention metrics, expansion revenue, lead nurturing, marketing automation. As someone who runs his own consultancy, he understands the value (and the BS) of consulting work.
Your onboarding work directly impacts his retention metrics - this could make him an ally or a skeptic depending on positioning. As a consultant himself, he will evaluate you critically and spot any fluff immediately. He knows what good consulting looks like.
How to Win Him Over
Acknowledge his experience. Show you understand retention metrics and how onboarding feeds into them. Make clear your work makes HIS numbers look better. Consultant to consultant - be direct, no fluff, results-focused.

Quick Win Ideas

Things You Could Propose Early

1

Onboarding Funnel Analysis

Map the current drop-off points in the onboarding flow. Customer reviews mention friction - work with Maud to quantify exactly where users abandon and why.

2

Support Ticket Review

What questions do new users ask most in their first week? Loes came from support, Inge is in CS Enablement - this data reveals onboarding gaps. Fix those gaps, reduce ticket volume.

3

Time to First Label

What is the metric for activation? How long does it take a new SMB to generate their first shipping label? Quick benchmark opportunity - find outliers, understand why.

4

Review Friction Points

Customer reviews mention bugs and hidden costs causing confusion. Is there low-hanging fruit in the onboarding flow that creates unnecessary friction? Quick wins live here.

Questions to Ask

Smart Questions for Tomorrow

"What would make this first month feel like a win for you?" (Ask each person individually)
"I understand there was a previous engagement that did not work out. What did you learn from that experience? What would success look like that is different from before?"
"How do you measure onboarding success today? What is the current definition of an activated user?"
"How do product, design, and marketing typically collaborate on initiatives like this?"
"Who else should I be talking to that I have not met yet?"
"What does the data tell you about where users struggle most in their first week?"

Remember

You are not there to prove you are smart. You are there to make THEM successful. Build trust today. Quick wins come from that trust.