Sales Specialist

Location:

Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland

Job ID:

R0076610

Date Posted:

2025-02-10

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY FINLAND OY

Profession (Job Category):

Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Career opportunities in Europe

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is committed to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time by advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are able to deliver on this great promise because we have great people who everyday work and innovate collaboratively across the globe.

As an employer, we operate in 90 countries with 45,000 people committed to ensuring they thrive and are empowered to deliver their best work as part of our Diversity 360 vision.

Embrace Diversity and Innovation!

Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.

Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

The opportunity

We are now looking for a Sales Specialist at Hitachi Energy, Grid Integration business in Vaasa, Tampere or Helsinki. You will take part of an exciting journey with interesting challenges and opportunities along the way. Right now, there is a big transition in the energy landscape where technology and climate change are big drivers. At the same time Hitachi Energy is transforming with the market and driving new business model. Our clients are based in Finland but also abroad, giving diverse tasks but also a need to be able to understand how we deliver value to a wide range of clients and segments.

There is more than one way to approach this role. You can be a strong professional with several years of relevant experience or a more junior candidate with willingness and courage to test your limits in learning new things and taking on the challenges that are part of our daily work. Depending on your background, we will provide training and support to help you grow into this role. The person currently having this role will take over new challenges inside Hitachi Energy, so the “mentor” is nearby to support the new employee.  

How you’ll make an impact

• You are able to lead large sales opportunities and Capture Teams supported by Global team of professionals.
• You will be responsible for building and maintaining consistent and long-lasting relationships throughout the business and with our customers in Nordics.
• Implement the Global strategy in the Nordics and ensure business development and sales growth in the market.
• Ensure profitable growth in the country by maximizing geographic coverage, channel penetration, as well as key growth segments (Utilities, Industry, Datacenters, Transport and Renewables).
• Customer engagement in Nordics. Implement customer-focused collaboration, raise awareness and ensure appropriate action towards market opportunities in conjunction with the Global, Regional Marketing & Sales function and the Group Account Management organization.

Your background

• You are a driven and self-motivated person with excellent communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders and create tight long-lasting relationships.
• You preferably hold a degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or similar.
• Experience from key customer segments, e.g., Utilities, Industry, Transport or Renewables is a plus.
• Ability to solve problems and think outside the box to achieve the best results.
• You are organized, systematic and able to work against deadlines and within different processes.
• Good communication skills in Finnish and English.

More about us
Interested in joining the team? We look forward to receiving your application. Apply for the position by 28 March 2025. Please note that we will initiate interviews as candidates apply and the position will be filled and closed as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

If you want to further discuss around the position or have questions, please contact Tero Talonen, Sales Manager Cluster Nordics, tel. +358 50 3342948.  

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