Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century.

About the role

Are you ready for your next challenge - maybe it's within Vattenfall?

If, like us, you want to make a difference by enabling a fossil-free life within a generation, then maybe this opening is for you? The mission of the Decentralized Solutions (DES) team is to create value to our customers by offering decentralized solutions consisting of solar and energy storage solutions - i.e. clean, distributed and renewable energy - in the future, the offering will also include services linked to these products. This is our contribution to Vattenfall's purpose of enabling a fossil-free life within one generation.

About the role

As a Customer Nordics salesperson at DES, you will handle several customer contacts. Special focus for you will be sales and to drive towards closing the deal by processing potential customers. You will also be responsible for following the customer's customer journey all the way to invoice. In parallel, you will have the opportunity to work with our team to develop the DES business in Sweden.

This position is a temporary position until 31-12-2026.

Operative tasks

• Customer contacts are made via telephone, CRM and customer visits but also through various events such as customer meetings and fairs etc.
• Offert creation according to guidelines and routines.
• Make sure that laws, rules and regulations are followed in the process.
• In close cooperation with other sales colleagues and especially sub-process owners "Lead to order", ensure results, customer experience and robust process - follow up your own projects and control sales costs and report deviations

Development

• Identify, prepare and present improvement ideas especially in the sales area and if necessary participate in DES development projects/assignments
• Ensure close cooperation and knowledge sharing with the rest of the DES team

Requirement specification

• High school diploma or higher education
• Documented history of working with sales towards private customers and or smaller companies.
• Good experience in working with digital tools in Microsoft.
• Fluent in speech / writing in Swedish and English.
• Work experience in the construction sector, contracting or energy is meritorious
• Prior knowledge of solar cells and / or experience from the installation industry is meritorious.
• B driving license

As a person, you have the following abilities:

• You are driven by sales and have the ability to understand the customer's needs in order to convert these into relevant service and solution offerings and at the same time contribute to profitability for Vattenfall.
• A business mindset that ensures the ability to manage both external partners and the internal interfaces.
• Self-driven, relationship building and ability to communicate effectively.
• "Get things done" mentality, ability to work on topics of both operational and strategic nature.
• Genuine team spirit; supporting and sparring with each other is crucial to achieve success and is something you sign up to and are happy to do.

Further information

We offer

In addition to being involved in shaping the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied work with many contact surfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, so we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Place of employment

Solna

For more information about the position itself, please contact the recruiting manager Johanna Porsö johanna.porso@vattenfall.com. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Elisabeth Hagman at elisabeth.hagman@vattenfall.com

Union representatives via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08 739 50 00 Rolf Olsson (Akademikerna), Simon Salomonsson (Unionen), Cecilia Bodin (Ledarna), Mikael Mukka (SEKO

Please send your application no later than December 11, 2024. Selection and interviews will take place after the deadline. We only accept applications via our website. All applicants will take a logic and personality test via Alva Labs.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Because the safety of Vattenfall and its employees is paramount, we will carry out a pre-employment screening prior to each hire. These checks are based on your role that you will fill within Vattenfall. The checks will be carried out by a third party, Validata.

Vattenfall is part of Sweden's critical infrastructure, thus many of our services are security classified. If this service is security classified, security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act.

We look forward to your application!