We are looking for a new colleague to join us as Area Sales Manager, Spares within our Global Customer Support division in Kongsberg Maritime. You will in this role manage spare parts sales within agreed region and with our customers.

Your responsibilities include making spare part quotations and order handling based on customer requests. Your mainly focus will be on dry dock planning, larger overhaul jobs and proactive work. This might be directly towards customer or in close cooperation with our regions and CRM’s.

Key accountabilities

• Respond to customers request on spare parts
• Handle customer orders, including quality check of prices and delivery times
• Support our customers the best way possible with keeping both the customers and the company’s interest in mind
• Coordinate with other internal Kongsberg Maritime departments to get orders delivered
• Travel and attend to customer meetings

Candidates will be evaluated continuously. 

Qualifications and experience

• Preferably technical knowledge or background and product knowledge from our propulsion products
• Experience from the marine industry, dealing with customers and global spares sales
• Good IT skills in programs such as MS Office and ERP systems
• Verbal and written communication skills in English

You are able to

• act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• build a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilize it to achieve set goals
• comply to company rules and procedures and execute plans with commitment and determination
• use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocate resources effectively
• demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area
• be aware of own strengths and limitations and pursue learning and career development opportunities

What we can offer

• An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions
• International work environment and multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Competitive pay and benefits, including attractive insurance policies and pension schemes
• We offer flexible working hours
• Social welfare club with social and recreational activities

Work location
Ulsteinvik, Norway

Point of contact
Roger Andersen, Spares Tier 3 Manager, +47 97400860

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including: merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 2300 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions. We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication