Account Manager | Early Career Program

Ericsson; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson is launching an Early Career Program in Sweden designed for fresh graduates and professionals with up to five years of relevant experience. As an Account Manager in the Excellerate track, you’ll rotate across Sales, Commercial Management, Strategy, Supply, Finance and more, gaining market exposure and international experience from day one.

You will join a dynamic, international team, work with customers, identify opportunities, and create long-term value while driving results across

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills essential for building trust across levels.
• Results-oriented with high self-drive and proactive mindset.
• Strategic and analytical with solid understanding of business models and customer value.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to understand their business, challenges and priorities.
• Drive sales growth and contribute to increasing market share within your accounts.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities through proactive customer engagement.
• Develop and execute long-term account strategies aligned with customer challenges and opportunities.
• Build trusted, long-term customer relationships and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver value for our customers.
• Take responsibility for budget, forecasting and profitability within your accounts.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams to shape solutions around customer needs.

Skills

Strong communication

Results-oriented

Strategic and analytical

Account management mindset

Commercial mindset

Leadership/mentoring

Understanding of telecom dynamics

Job description

Join our Team

Ericsson’s Early Career Program is an 18-month journey for you who are recently graduated or have up to five years of relevant experience. Through three rotations, including one international and market exposure, you will tackle challenges that matter, work alongside people who expect you to contribute, question, and move things forward.

The Excellerate track is designed to develop future leaders who are motivated by performance, pace, and commercial impact. You’ll rotate across Sales, Commercial Management, Strategy, Supply, Finance and more. Working on priorities that directly influence results and learning how different parts of the business connect to create value.

This isn’t a programme where you sit on the sidelines. From day one, you’re hired into a role, trusted to contribute, supported to grow, and expected to make an impact. Find out more about the Early Career program here.

Your journey within the Early Career Program will start as an Account Manager.

What You Will Do

You will join a dynamic and international environment where you’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow and make a real business impact. As an Account Manager, you will work closely with our customers and collaborate across Ericsson to understand their needs, identify opportunities and create long-term value.

• Work closely with customers to understand their business, challenges and priorities
• Drive sales growth and contribute to increasing market share within your accounts
• Identify and develop new business opportunities through proactive customer engagement
• Develop and execute long-term account strategies aligned with customer challenges and opportunities
• Build trusted, long-term customer relationships and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver value for our customers
• Take responsibility for budget, forecasting and profitability within your accounts
• Collaborate with product and technology teams to shape solutions around customer needs

You will bring

We are looking for a driven and business-minded Account Manager to help shape the future of our customer relationships in the Nordics and Baltics. You will play a key role in our sales team, with full responsibility for developing and strengthening strategic customer partnerships. This role requires a strong commercial mindset, the ability to spot opportunities, and a passion for delivering results.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to build trust across all levels
• Results-oriented with high self-drive and a proactive mindset
• Strategic and analytical with solid understanding of business models and customer value
• Takes responsbility for outcomes, is accountable for the results and customer commitments
• Understands telecom and its dynamics
• Meritorious with experience in leading or coaching teams
• Meritorious with an understanding of critical communication needs in a society. Be it from first responders, rail or other critical services

Pre-offer checks including references and relevant background screening will be conducted for final candidates.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You’ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Primary country and city:

Sweden (SE) || Stockholm