Area Manager - Yacht

An exciting role within our Swedish Sales team, come and join us!

Are you passionate about sales and building relations?

In this position we invite you to join us as our new Sales Representative. You will be engaged with sales and relation-building with selected customers in Sweden in a role with great variety and close contact to various stakeholders on the market - upholding our ambition of delivering the best service to our customers. Customer base include both retail, yards, boatbuilders, boat clubs and boatowners, we are a flexible organization and in Hempel, you can grow your talent in a multicultural and international context.

Join a fast paced and engaged sales team

As such we are looking for experienced field sales individual who will promote our solutions and educate various stakeholders within the Yachting community. Our ambition is to find someone we can invest in and help grow to become a world class representative for Hempel. By joining our sales team, you will become part of a close-knitted team of four sales professionals. We stay in frequent contact sharing information and helping each other out. Thorough training will be provided for you to do your work and develop yourself even further - including sharpening your sales skills as well as technical competence.

Some of the things you can look forward to:

• Looking for new sales opportunities
• Carry out merchandising and space management in a retail environment
• Supporting customers with technical issues, advising them about our products and keeping product trainings on regular basis
• Participating in fairs and other events
• Hosting webinars and hold lectures at boat clubs and at customers
• Preparing account development and action plans, leading sales opportunities, submitting monthly sales reports within the CRM pipeline
• Supporting the Country Sales Manager in defined tasks

Based out of East coast of Sweden preferable close to Stockholm, the work can be done from home- office, though regular travelling activities will be expected to attend fairs, training etc. You will report to Sales Manager, Northern Europe.

About you
Customers are at the heart of what we do and understanding customer needs and how Hempel can fulfil them by having a talent for people and personal relationships are key to this role. You are a sales person – Negotiating, closing the sales and driving results comes natural to you. Furthermore, you probably energize when being social and come across as a strong communicator and a trustworthy person who can easily build good relationships and networks.

English and Swedish language skills are requirements for this position and Finnish will be a highly valued merit. Insights or technical skills on paints and coatings is a plus, but curiosity to learn and build up knowledge is most important.

More about Hempel
At Hempel, we are working together to shape a brighter future with sustainable coating solutions. We believe this is only possible with dedicated employees with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Hempel is committed to creating an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of our employees and the customers we serve, providing equal opportunity for all. For further information on Hempel, please visit hempel.com.

Across the globe, Hempel’s coatings solutions protect surfaces, structures and equipment. They extend asset lifetimes, reduce maintenance costs and make homes and workplaces safer and more colorful. Hempel was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1915 by J.C. Hempel, and is solely owned by the Hempel Foundation, which not only ensures a solid economic base for the company, but is dedicated to making a difference in the world by empowering children to learn, supporting coatings science and sustaining biodiversity.

Application due
2024-05-20Seniority Level
AssociateJob Functions
SalesIndustry