Mill Sales Manager

US641 Valmet, Inc.; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet is seeking a Mill Sales Manager in the Pulp & Paper Industry to lead sales efforts across Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, driving innovation, growth, and customer value.

This role requires a Bachelor of Engineering, Science or Business with 5–10 years of related technical experience, plus strong verbal and written communication skills. You will build relationships, coordinate upgrades and parts, and lead forecasts to achieve business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5–10 years of related technical experience in machine engineering, process management, or commercial roles.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience with sales will be seriously considered.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain solid working relationships with customers to identify right Valmet solutions.
• Coordinate equipment upgrades, rebuilds, repairs, and parts within your territory.
• Apply marketing and brand-building experience to achieve product-line goals.
• Promote and sell Valmet offering while staying connected to market trends for growth.
• Provide updates on sales, projections, bookings, and proposal activities.
• Lead audits, on-site services, data collection, and inventory support for customers.
• Help provide territory sales forecast/budget including competitor analysis.
• Ensure the highest levels of service across assigned accounts.

Skills

Relationship Building

Territory Management

Sales Forecasting

Market Analysis

Customer Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/Business

Job description

Lead the Future of Sustainable Solutions! Join us as a Mill Sales Manager in the Pulp & Paper Industry and drive innovation, growth, and impact.

Territory includes Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Deciding on your next employer is not a decision to be made lightly. But if you want to work on the front lines of development, shaping the field as you go, keep reading to see what we have to offer! Our winning team is built by continuous investment in skills development, leadership and well-being. As a global company, we offer many career paths to suit individual needs and aspirations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain solid working relationships with our customers, understanding their needs and identify how Valmet can partner with them to ensure the right solutions at the right time.
• Coordinate equipment upgrades, rebuilds, repairs, and parts and services within your specified territory.
• Apply your experience in marketing and brand building to achieve key targeted business goals for all of Valmet's product lines.
• Promote and sell entire Valmet offering while staying actively involved within your assigned region to fully understand and analyze the market for product growth.
• Provide updates on sales, projections, bookings, proposal activities, costs and other related customer activities.
• Participate in and lead equipment audits, on site services, data collection, inventory audits or other support for customers with respect to paper machine services or in support of specific customer contracts and agreements.
• Help provide a territory sales forecast/budget for assigned accounts including competitor analysis.
• Ensure the highest levels of service.

Expectations

This opportunity could be right for you if you have a Bachelor of Engineering, Science or Business Degree combined with 5 to 10 years related technical experience in various positions as machine engineer, process manager, paper mill operations or maintenance management or commercial and account management experience with suppliers that serve the pulp and paper industry. Equivalent combination of education and experience combined with experience in sales will be seriously considered.

To be successful in this role, you must have excellent verbal and written communications skills.

We Offer

• We offer a challenging work environment that values innovation and suits development-minded people who enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic setting.
• Includes a generous wage and benefits package that includes a 401k with company match as well as company-funded pension.
• Please note that any offer of employment is contingent upon a background check and pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Additional Information

Delivering competitive technologies and services is what we do best. At Valmet, we continue to push forward and develop ourselves, concentrating on technology, services, sustainability, local presence, and our people. Where everything works together Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 20,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customer's performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Valmet is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and applicants for employment will not be discriminated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

Please note that Valmet will never ask for personal financial information during the interview process.

To protect our candidates' privacy, Valmet will never ask any personal information such as banking information or social security number during the recruitment process.

Valmet is a global technology leader in serving process industries. We work with our customers throughout the lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services, as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions.

Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of 18,500 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.

In 2025, Valmet's net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.2 billion.

Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.