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Sales engineer - heating solutions
Due to strong growth, we are looking for a new colleague to join our sales team. You will be part of a strong professional environment which solves interesting and demanding tasks related to heating solutions for offshore, plumbing, HVAC, process industry, etc.
We're excited about the future, as there is great demand for our electric heating solutions. As part of the green shift, many people are choosing to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
You contribute with technical solutions and see both the big picture and the important details. We are work purposefully in teams and rely on everyone taking responsibility, being structured and demonstrating excellent collaboration skills. If you are also professionally curious then you're exactly who we're looking for!
The solution you come up with in collaboration with your customers and colleagues, is produced in its entirety here at Kongsvinger!
Women are encouraged to apply!
What does your everyday life consist of?
- Prepare offers and solutions for incoming customer requests. You sell both standard stock items and customized solutions. Often in collaboration with our design department.
- Follow up on both new and existing customers, Follow up on offers you have made and take on brand new potential customers/projects.
- You collaborate with colleagues from different departments to find the best and most durable heating solution for our customers.
- There is little outreach sales in your everyday life, more a collaboration with the customer to be able to tailor a solution that meets their heating needs.
What do you need to do the job?
- We are looking for an enterprising, positive and outgoing person who is a good relationship builder and who is able to understand customer expectations and needs. You must have a technical/mechanical interest. Teamwork is something you thrive on, while also being able to work independently.
- You preferably have a relevant higher education (sales, marketing, finance, electrical, mechanical or similar).
- You have good IT skills (use a computer and telephone in a work context, you can use the Office suite, and are able to learn new computer systems).
- You can communicate well in both Norwegian and English. Orally and in writing.
We value personality and personal qualities over education and skills. If you don't meet all of the above criteria, feel free to send us an application anyway.
What we can offer you:
You get an interesting position in a solid local company with good colleagues and competitive conditions. You will get varied work tasks and the opportunity to shape your own everyday life within the natural framework of the position. Women are encouraged to apply.
Workplace is at our office in Kongsvinger, with the possibility of some home office. Some travel must be expected. Can you start in a week, or maybe in a month or two? Send an application then!
Applications is assessed on an ongoing basis, and application deadline is March 12.
If you have any questions regarding the job, please contact Sales Manager Stian Gundersen by phone +47 958 87 069.
You can send your application and CV to: stian.gundersen@norskebacker.no
About the employer
Norske Backer is a manufacturer and supplier of heating products for onshore and offshore industries. Much of our capacity involves the production of customized process heaters made to customer specifications. In other words, we handle the entire process, from defining the requirements to designing and manufacturing the finished product.
Over 50 years of experience makes us a leader in our field and a natural partner within the industry.
Our factory in Kongsvinger has around 50 employees and an expected turnover of NOK 100 million this year. Norske Backer is the only manufacturer of the heating element in Norway. These can be used in water heaters, engine heaters, tube and panel heaters, hot air batteries, electric brake resistors, oil heaters, etc. We have a mechanical department and an electrical control department for our products.
As part of the Backer Group and NIBE, we also broker sales of other types of heating solutions produced by the Group.
We are ISO / ATEX / IECEX certified