Sales Manager Automation & Electro

Role Summary

AFRY works purposefully for a more sustainable process industry. This means that we want to recruit more engineers for our exciting projects and upcoming assignments!  We are now looking for a Sales Manager Automation & Electro who wants to be part of an engaged and dedicated team!

As Sales Manager Automation & Electro, you will establish and maintain strong customer relationships. You will build and strengthen the cooperation between the customer and us, as well as promote our entire service offering through broad cooperation in AFRY.

Examples of typical assignments can be to modernize and make a production process or plant more efficient, expand capacity or build a completely new production line. The customers can be found in almost all land-based industrial sectors with a particularly strong position within Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Pulp & Paper, Biorefining and Hydrogen.

Requirements

You have a strong ability to establish and maintain good relationships with customers, employees and colleagues, and you are keen to build networks both internally and externally. You thrive on responsibility and work independently, while also appreciating working with others towards common goals, where together you find the best path to success.

Your closest colleagues in Kristiansand consist of 36 driven engineers, including 2 board assemblers. Here, construction, programming and production work closely together to deliver complete solutions to our customers. You will also be part of a professional environment with around 70 engineers in the fields of electricity, automation and digitalisation, spread over the offices in Kristiansand, Sarpsborg, Oslo, Sandefjord and Porsgrunn.

• To be successful in the role of Sales Manager Automation & Electro, we see that you have:
• An own drive, motivation and ability to conduct outreach sales
• A wide network in the industry
• Experience in commercial processes, including sales, negotiations and customer management, as well as the ability to identify and exploit business opportunities
• Advantage with higher education at Bachelor/Master of Science level in mechatronics, cybernetics, electronics or a similar relevant field
• Understands market trends and has good customer insight to drive growth and improve the customer experience

We believe you are a person who quickly gains trust and has a good ability to build strong relationships with both customers and colleagues. We would like to see that you have experience from land-based industry as most of our assignments are currently in these industries. In addition to this, you are fluent in both Norwegian and English, both written and spoken, and have a class B driving license for business trips and customer visits.

Benefits

What you get from us

We know the importance of maintaining a healthy balance between work and leisure, and recognize that each person's life situation is unique and therefore offer a flexible work environment that emphasizes freedom under responsibility.

You will have the opportunity to play an important role and be a central employee in an environment that is experiencing strong and healthy growth. Highly motivated and skilled people work here who share their experience and knowledge. We are proud of our culture and our community - here you will experience a warm, informal and inclusive working environment with colleagues you can be yourself with.

• In addition to five weeks' holiday, we have paid time off between Christmas and New Year, as well as Easter week. We provide you with security and stability with good schemes for defined contribution pensions, accident insurance and group life and treatment insurance.
• To simplify the application process, we encourage you to send a complementary CV instead of a long application letter. We look forward to receiving your CV

We need this from you before employment

Before employment at AFRY, you must be able to provide valid documentation of completed higher education, whether it concerns a certificate, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree. We therefore recommend that you attach these documents to your application. Valid documentation includes diplomas and diplomas. If all or part of your education has been completed abroad, you may be asked to show approval from HK-dir. (Directorate for Higher Education and Skills).

• Please note that the working language in AFRY is Norwegian. Since our projects require a good understanding of Norwegian regulations and procedures, you must have command of the language both orally and in writing at C1 level, unless otherwise specified in the job advertisement.
• To work with us, you must be able to be security cleared, and we must be able to carry out a background check.

At AFRY, we are concerned with making a difference in everything we do, and we believe that changes happen when we make brave choices together. Through collaboration, innovation and different perspectives, we help create solutions for the future. We are always looking for more talented colleagues who want to become part of our inclusive and diverse team. Join us and contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable society.

About the Company

AFRY is a leading European company with a global reach in technology, design and consultancy. We are 18,000 dedicated experts in industry, energy, infrastructure and digitalisation, who together create sustainable solutions for future generations. In Norway and globally, we are one of the leading advisory communities within the process industry.

In our Industry division, we have 200 employees of approx. 1100 employees in Norway and work within 6 Business Units: Process & Plant Design, Industrial Digitalisation, Automation & Electro, Food, Life Science & Defence. Globally, you also get 8,000 industry colleagues in over 15 countries, where AFRY is the world's leading player in several of the segments. We are accelerating the transition to a sustainable society.