Area Sales Engineer - Norway - Industry division

Cavotec; Bergen; On-site; NOK 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cleantech company is seeking an Area Sales Engineer responsible for business development and sales across diverse sectors. You will leverage your technical expertise to engage customers, promote new products, and ensure consistent performance against sales targets, with a vital focus on customer relationships and technical support.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience as a Sales Engineer or related role.
• Fluent in Norwegian and English, good communicator.
• Willingness to travel (50% of work time).

Responsibilities

• Generate business leads through calls, visits, and events.
• Negotiate and close service and product opportunities.
• Support sales planning and track sales pipeline.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Commercial Awareness

Technical Sales

Value Solution Selling

Communication

Education

Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Technical Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Cavotec is a leading cleantech company that designs and delivers connection and electrification solutions to enable the decarbonization of ports and industrial applications. Backed by more than 40 years of experience, our systems ensure safe, efficient and sustainable operations for a wide variety of customers and applications worldwide.

Summary:

As an Area Sales Engineer you will be responsible for the business development and the sales of new products, service agreements, inspections, repairs, and spare parts to existing and new accounts and customers within the allocated territory.

The Role:

• Generate business leads to new and existing customers through cold calling, site visits, and attendance at industry-related events.
• Go and meet our customers, spend time on the road, collect installed-base information and maximize the given information to retrieve dormant customers.
• Thanks to your hands-on background and on-site experience, propose maintenance activities such as inspections, preventive maintenance, upgrades and refurbishment and promote the sell of Cavotec spare parts.
• Win customer confidence by providing technical support by liaising with various experts within the Cavotec organisation.
• Prepare and give technical presentations to explain to customers how the products and services work.
• Work with customers and Sales Support/Area Sales Managers to ensure the product/service offered meets the requirements.
• Successfully match customer pain/requirements to proposed solutions; help customers to solve problems with product usage.
• Negotiate and close service and new product opportunities.
• Responsible for Order Intake and Contribution Margin coming from directly developed opportunities
• Meet assigned profitable sales target as defined in the QAF (Quota Achievement Form)
• Build and maintain a sales pipeline tracked on the CRM system (Salesforce)
• Support the Regional Sales Director in developing a business plan covering order intake, contribution margin and revenue targets for the assigned area; assist in the development of the annual marketing plan
• Support the Regional Sales Director/Segment Sales Director in identifying the major consultants in the area
• Support the OEM Key Account Managers by specifying Cavotec technology (e.g. motorized cable reels) with end users in your area
• Identify opportunities for sales of complex systems (Project Business) and support Area Sales Manager in closing the opportunity
• Assist in setting up sales support activities for the region

Requirements:

• Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Technical degree desired, or equivalent experience
• Good interpersonal skills and commercially savvy
• Experience in the designated Region is a plus
• Technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience with industrial equipment (experience with radio equipment would be a plus)
• Proven experience as a Sales Engineer (3-5 years max) or similar commercial experience
• Proven experience or training to understand value solution selling is a plus
• Ability to forge strong, long-lasting relationships with key technical or mid-management decision makers
• Ability to creatively explain and present complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner
• Good communicator, mandatory Norwegian and fluent English
• Willingness to travel (50% working time)

Candidates not in line with the requirements will not be considered.

Please attach your updated CV in English to your application.