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 delivers high technology systems and solutions for its customers worldwide in the extremely demanding field of maritime industry. The offices of Kongsberg Maritime Finland are in Rauma, Kokkola and Turku. In Finland we design, manufacture and market propulsion thrusters, deck machinery and waterjets, in addition to designing new solutions for the maritime industry. We offer a versatile and demanding job in the line of global marine technology, training and positive career development, and a supportive working environment.

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Sales Manager, reporting to Head of Aftermarket Sales – Thrusters. As a Sales Manager, you will be responsible for driving sales in a particular region while working in close collaboration with the local sales team to maximize the sales potential. Together with the sales team you will serve all customer activities from day-to-day maintenance to larger thruster conversion projects. The Sales Manager position is well suited for you, if you like travelling, interacting with customers, and have an entrepreneurial mindset. We are looking for an individual who will look for cross selling other products in our portfolio as part of meeting the customer demand. In this role you will be joining an experienced sales team located in both Norway and Finland and together you will serve Kongsberg Maritime’s international customers. Join us now and be part of shaping the propulsion industry!

Responsibilities

• Prepare commercial proposals for new functionality, modifications and retrofit/refit/conversion
• Ensure familiarization and understanding of the customers fleet and operation to proactively offer relevant products and services
• Actively take lead in continuous improvement of project initiatives to drive sales in the aftermarket
• Contribute with product competence and commercial activities to assist the entire Kongsberg Maritime organization, e.g., “Sales Conversion & Performance”, in offering complete KM packages
• Identifying business opportunities towards existing and new customers
• Focal point for the local sales team towards the product center

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree and/or experience in sales or technical field service
• Commercial mindset
• Experience from maintenance of thrusters is considered as an advantage
• General knowledge and interest in the maritime industry
• Knowledge and experience with KM equipment are considered as an advantage
• Proficiency working within the Office Suite
• Good communication skills in English

You are able to

• act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• identify commercial opportunities, and have a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability
• use a methodical and systematic approach, plan, define clear priorities, and effectively allocate resources
• communicate in a clear, precise, and structured way
• Share knowledge, experience, and information, co-operate and support others in the pursuit of team goals
• produce innovative and creative ideas and solutions

What we can offer you
With us, you will be offered a competitive salary with good development opportunities in an international environment. We have flexible work hours and holiday arrangements. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Work location
Rauma, Finland.

Point of contact
Odd Erik Bjørkevoll, Head of Aftermarket Sales – Thrusters +47 952 13 603

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.

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