Senior Sales Manager

Kongsberg Discovery; Stone Cross; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Sales Manager to enhance its position in the Defense market. This role involves developing sales strategies and managing customer relationships. The firm offers competitive salary packages, flexible work hours, and a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have a technical bachelor's degree and experience in sales within the Defense sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work hours

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Background from Defense.
• Sales and marketing experience within the Defense / Navy industry is an advantage.
• Experience in customer negotiation, sales, and commercial processes is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain customer relations for system and product sales.
• Develop sales and customer strategies for products and solutions.
• Coordinate customer activities with sales resources within KONGSBERG.

Skills

Sales strategy development

Customer relationship management

Negotiation skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Technical education bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

KONGSBERG is seeking to hire a high-performing Senior Sales Manager in UK. This is an exciting opportunity to work with Kongsberg Discovery's sales team to help us meet our targets by keeping our company competitive and innovative. The right person will focus on sales within the Defense market. You will join an experienced team, and together be responsible for maximizing our sales potential.

Products & Solutions

Your focus will be related to products & solutions from Kongsberg Discovery, a company within Kongsberg Group. Focusing on further development of product-oriented businesses and operations based on a strong technology platform. Kongsberg Discovery develop and produce world class products for positioning, navigation, underwater positioning, seabed mapping, fish finding and ocean science.

Responsibilities

• To create and maintain customer relations for system and product sales.
• Develop sales and customer strategies for our products and solutions
• Liaise with other company functions to ensure achievement of sales objectives
• Active engagement with personnel and leadership at applicable commands and offices within regional defense departments
• Preparation of quotations and manage contract negotiations
• 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
• Attend industry conferences and events.

Qualifications

• Education – Technical education bachelor's degree or similar.
• Background from Defense
• Sales and marketing experience within the Defense / Navy industry is an advantage.
• Experience in customer negotiation, sales and commercial processes is an advantage.
• Work language is English.

You are able to

• Forward leaning and ambitious creating new opportunities.
• Identify commercial opportunities and have a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability.
• Work as part of a team consisting of technical and salespeople with global spread.
• Build a network of contacts and relationships and utilize it to achieve objectives
• Communicate in a clear, precise and structured way

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 and offer a very competitive benefits package. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable solutions for the future.

Work location

United Kingdom

Point of contact

Kjetil Nilsen, VP Sales, EMEA [phone]

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.