Technical Sales Manager

About the role

• Fortum's Nuclear Services is looking for a Technical Sales Manager with focus area of Sweden
• As the Sales Manager, Sweden, you will have the responsibility for marketing and sales of Nuclear Services' offering to our Swedish customers in collaboration with the business lines.
•  Being a member of Nuclear Services' team, you will support other Nuclear Services' business lines in B2B sales and marketing activities, by e.g. contributing to bid preparation and contract negotiation activities, especially in the Nordic countries.
• As an important part of your role, you will also have a responsibility on strengthening our key customer management towards our main customers in Sweden, such as nuclear power plants and nuclear waste management organizations. You will support the Nuclear Services' business lines in key customer management duties, including customer relationship management, sales lead and opportunity development (e.g. customer contacting), tender preparations (e.g. in a role of bid manager), contract negotiation activities, customer portfolio management and reporting to the respective Nuclear Services business lines (ensuring up-to-date project reporting, invoicing and forecasting).
• You will be based in Fortum's Solna office in Sweden. Hybrid work is possible.

 

Why Fortum?

• This is the start of your meaningful career journey at Fortum. We actively encourage job rotation and development activities across the company with open leadership as our guiding principle.
• We offer you a position with a clear purpose to solve our customers' problems and needs by providing safe, sustainable and high-quality services for them. The customer field mainly consists of nuclear power plants, nuclear waste management organizations and nuclear newcomers.
• You will join to our great highly motivated and skillful team, full of good collaboration spirit and eager to seek growth in Fortum's nuclear service business by responding to the challenges and expectations of the global market.

Who are we seeking

•  We expect you to be a motivated, cooperative and sales-minded person with good understanding of nuclear industry. You are capable of strategic thinking and able to develop our business holistically with a long-term perspective, taking into account demands of internal and external stakeholders.
• Understanding of Nordic nuclear sector is required and existing network in the industry is beneficial.
• Experience in B2B service business, as well as sales and project implementation is considered an advantage.
• Success in the role will also demand excellent communication and networking skills in international business environment. A customer centric view and willingness to travel and work in an international community are essential characteristics to success in this role.
• You should have work experience of at least 3-5 years in the nuclear industry.
• You have suitable university or bachelor level degree in technology or economics and are fluent in English and in Swedish. Additionally, all other language skills are highly appreciated.

We offer you

At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

Interested?

Please send your application and CV via our online recruitment system by August 15th at the latest. 

We will start screening the applications after the application period has ended. For further information of the position please contact Otso Manninen; Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing; Nuclear Services via email: [email protected] or mobile phone: +358 40 767 4168 (possible call times: Monday August 12th - Thursday August 15th between 8-15 CET)

 

Contact details to union representatives can be found on the bottom of this page.

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance.

We are Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com