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Area Sales Manager - Market Unit NordicVolvo Penta is growing its Marine Commercial business, and we are now looking for an Area Sales Manager to join our Nordic Marine Sales team. If you are collaborative, service-oriented, business-minded, and enjoy building strong relationships, this could be the right opportunity for you.
What You Will DoIn this role, you will work closely with our dealer network, OEM customers, and other key business partners to grow market share with both new and existing customers. You will build strong relationships, understand customer needs, and help identify the most efficient solutions for each vessel and application.
Collaboration with dealers, OEMs, shipyards, vessel designers, and operators is central to the role. You will also consolidate and communicate the voice of the customer back to product management, supporting both current business and future product development. By staying close to customers and the market, you will help identify emerging needs and translate them into opportunities for future business growth.
You will manage important customer relationships, including key account management for strategic customers in the Nordic market. This includes driving customer-related topics internally, coordinating with relevant functions, and ensuring that customer needs are understood and acted upon.
You will negotiate commercial agreements, plan, forecast and follow up sales, and take an active role in marketing activities such as exhibitions and events. You will combine this responsibility for existing business with a proactive focus on where Volvo Penta can grow next within Marine Commercial.
The position is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and includes frequent travel within the Nordic countries. You will report to the Sales Director for the Marine Commercial Sales and Dealer Development team.
Your future teamYou will be part of the Marine Market Europe North West team, working with experienced and motivated colleagues within both Commercial and Leisure Marine business.
The Marine business is transforming towards more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly power solutions. Marine Commercial is at the forefront of this development, with focus areas such as electric and hybrid solutions, renewable fuels, integrated systems, and digital services.
Together, we work close to customers, dealers, OEMs, and partners to create value and support the continued growth of Volvo Penta’s Marine business. Our ambition is not only to strengthen our current position, but also to identify new areas where our solutions can create value and open opportunities for future growth.
Who are you?You are collaborative, driven, and curious, with a strong ability to build relationships and turn opportunities into business. You enjoy working close to customers and partners in a technical and commercial environment. You have a growth-oriented mindset and are motivated by identifying new possibilities beyond the business already in place.
We Believe You Have
Knowledge of, or interest in, new power technologies such as electric and hybrid solutions, renewable energy or fuels, integrated systems, and digital services is considered a benefit.
You bring energy, curiosity, and cooperation, and you are comfortable representing the customer internally and driving topics forward across the organization.
What’s in it for you?This is an opportunity to join a strong team and take part in the continued growth and transformation of Volvo Penta’s Marine Commercial business in the North European market.
You will work in a role with broad customer and partner interaction, market exposure, and responsibility for important strategic customer relationships. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to actively influence where future growth comes from by developing new customers, applications, and commercial opportunities within the marine market.
You will contribute to the shift towards more sustainable marine solutions while helping customers find the right solutions for their needs.
At Volvo Penta, you will be part of a global company with a strong brand, innovative products, and a culture built on collaboration, responsibility, diversity, and continuous improvement.
And one last thing… We all spend a significant part of our lives at work. Why not make the most of that time by also having fun together? At Volvo Penta we believe that it is a crucial part of getting the job done while enjoying the journey forward!
Ready for the next moveIf you want to help grow Volvo Penta’s Marine Commercial business across the North European market, both by developing our existing business and creating new opportunities for growth, we would love to hear from you.
Welcome with your application.
Welcome with your application.
Ingela Nordström, Director Marine Commercial Sales, ingela.nordstrom@volvo.com
Last application date: October 25
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Who We Are And What We Believe InWe are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Volvo Penta, a world-leading supplier of engines and complete drive systems for marine and industrial applications, you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who works with passion, trust each other and embraces change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.
