Service Solution Sales Manager

Gruppo SKF; Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF is seeking a service sales professional to expand its France portfolio from Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. You will identify and convert high-value service opportunities, build a robust C4C pipeline, and coordinate across sales, engineering and delivery teams.

The role focuses on expanding SKF's service offerings in France within the Europe North West region, requiring travel and strong stakeholder management to drive multi-tier, long-term customer partnerships.

Qualifications

• Experience in new business development within industrial or service sales.
• Strong consultative / solution-selling capabilities.
• Proactive, structured approach with drive and initiative.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly to visit customers.
• Fluent in English and French, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and secure new high-value service business opportunities.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline of opportunities in C4C.
• Engage customers to position value-based service solutions.
• Map organisations to identify decision-makers and influencers.
• Develop structured account and opportunity plans to replicate successful solutions.
• Guide opportunities from discovery through to closure.
• Ensure a smooth transition into delivery and identify follow-on opportunities for lifetime value.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, service delivery, and partners.
• Maintain clear pipeline discipline, forecasting, and reporting.

Skills

New business development

Consultative selling

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

English

French

Tools

C4C

Job description

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Requisition ID: 24959

Job Category: Sales & Customer Service

Contract type: Permanent

Location: St-Cyr-Sur-Loire, FR

Are you interested to play a key role in accelerating growth in services such as condition monitoring, service contracts, remanufacturing, and engineering solutions?

Do you like working as part of a coordinated Europe North West (ENW) service sales team to increase results across the region?

We are looking for a...

to expand SKF’s service portfolio across France as part of the Europe North West (ENW) region.

This role is focused on new business development, identifying, qualifying, and converting high-value service opportunities into long-term customer partnerships across priority industries and accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and secure new high-value service business opportunities


• Build and manage a robust pipeline of opportunities in C4C


• Engage customers to position value-based service solutions


• Map organisations to identify decision-makers and influencers


• Develop structured account and opportunity plans to replicate successful solutions


• Guide opportunities from discovery through to closure


• Ensure an effective transition into delivery and identify follow-on opportunities to maximise lifetime customer value


• Collaborate with sales, engineering, service delivery, and partners


• Maintain clear pipeline discipline, forecasting, and reporting

Key requirements

• Demonstrated experience in new business development ("hunting")


• Solid consultative / solution selling capability


• Experience in complex industrial or service sales environments


• High level of proactivity, drive, and a structured approach


• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills


• Proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken


• Ability to travel to visit customers on a regular basis

You will enjoy working here if you…

are interested to play a key role in accelerating service growth across ENW and like working on high-value, strategic industrial opportunities and collaborating across a broad network of sales, engineering, and service experts

What you’ll love about SKF…

A culture of diversity and inclusion!

SKF is committed to creating a diverse environment, and we firmly believe that a diverse workforce is essential for our continued success. Therefore, we only focus on your experience, skills, and potential. Come as you are – just be yourself #weareSKF

Fair and transparent compensation!

We provide transparent salary information in line with local legislationand base our decisions on objective criteria to ensure fairness and consistency throughout the recruitment process.

Some additional information

The position is located in Saint Cyr sur Loire, France, on local contract. Regular travel to customer sites are expected.

You will report to the Service Sales Manager – Europe North West, who is located in Luton, UK. For information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Simona Collino – Talent Acquisition Europe & Africa, at [e-mail]. Please note that we can't accept applications via email.

A t SKF, we are committed to promoting fairness and inclusivity throughout our recruitment process. To achieve this, we may include assessments and verify the information in your application in compliance with country-specific laws and regulations. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the recruiter.

Is this you?

Candidates will hear from us shortly after the application date!

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.