KONGSBERG have built a solid and exciting professional environment within propulsion systems. Our solutions for the international markets in Marine, Offshore, and Oil & Gas are among the most advanced in the maritime industry. To meet the challenges in selling our advanced propulsion systems for the future, we are looking for a highly motivated and customer-oriented Sales Manager to join our Propulsion & Engine Offshore sale team, with a desire to work in a dynamic and international environment.

 

In this role you will take an active part in the sales processes as a member of a highly professional sales team.  You will have dedicated sales responsibility for driving Sales of products within the Offshore Propulsion & Engine segment and play an important role in developing our sales activities in the fast-growing Offshore Wind segment. To maximize customer satisfaction and customer  opportunities, you will work closely with product divisions and our global sales organization.

 

To succeed in this role, we think you should have a solid understanding of the machinery and propulsion equipment, combined with a strong commercial interest.

 

Key accountabilities

• Create and maintain customer relations
• Preparation of quotations and manage contract negotiations
• Develop sales and customer strategies for our products and solutions
• Liaise with other company functions to ensure achievement of sales objectives
• Coordinate customer activities with sales resources within KONGSBERG
• Order intake budget, prognosis short and long term
• Projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products
• Arranging to attend industry conferences and events

• Train and develop local and regional sales personnel

Qualifications and experience

• Sales Manager with proven capability to handle large complex sales as a player in a capture team
• Strong knowledge within mechanical products, preferable with propulsion
• Ability to consistently close deals through efficient negotiations and good understanding of commercial terms
• Bachelor Degree within engineering
• Experience in the Maritime or Oil & Gas industries
• Fluent English written and orally

 

You are able to

• Identify commercial opportunities and you have a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability
• Focus on bottom-line results, identify potential risks and monitor the financial impact of own activities
• Make an impact, convince and persuade others and promote plans and ideas successfully
• Build a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilizes it to achieve set goals
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area
• Co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

 

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

Work location
Ålesund, Rauma or Ulsteinvik. Other KM locations in the Nordics can be considered

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

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