Market Manager

Location: Finlandia
Job ID: R0048450
Date Posted: Apr 19, 2024
Segment: Green Energy & Mobility
Business Unit: Hitachi Energy
Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY FINLAND OY
Profession (Job Category): Sales, Marketing & Product Management
Job Type (Experience Level): Experienced
Job Schedule: Full time
Remote: No

We are now looking for a Market Manager at Hitachi Energy, Grid Integration business in Vaasa. 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.

Your responsibilities

• You will be responsible for building and maintaining consistent and long-lasting relationships throughout the business and with our customers.
• Implement the Global strategy in the country and ensure business development and sales growth in the domestic market. Provide input to Global Business Unit strategies.
• Accountability for populating and maintaining the Finnish sales project pipeline.
• 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. 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.
• Prepare and regularly update strategic growth plans and monthly sales reviews with forecasting.
• Drive marketing and sales in the domestic market. Drive sales efficiency and effectiveness locally. Ensure balanced growth across solutions and segments. Create demand through technical promotion, providing solutions and a value based selling approach.

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.

Interested in joining the team? We look forward to receiving your application. Apply for the position by 19 May 2024. 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, Marketing and Sales Manager, tel. .

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 40,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD.