Global Sales - Biofuels

At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people and planet. You can only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas. And great ideas drive progress.
As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse and inclusive workplace based on care and empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent problems. Making the world a better place. Every day.
About the Job
You will be part of the global sales application team, in the central Business Unit Food Heat Transfer, consisting of 7 engaged colleagues with a focus on different key markets and its applications. The business within biofuels is at a good level and with a great growth trend. Today this is mainly driven by bioethanol but do also include other biofuels such as; HVO, biodiesel, biogas and biojet.
Biobased energy is a truly dynamic and exciting market to be part of! In this role, you will work closely with our sales offices and our customers (such as: end users, system builders and EPC contractors) within the focus markets; bioethanol, HVO, biodiesel as well as sugar, starch and edible oil.
The main task will be to support our sales companies with technical knowhow, and commercial support, so they can be successful with the customer. You are expected to work closely with our service colleagues, Sales Companies, Marketing & Product management and Operations to secure an outstanding experience within the full business lifecycle. Your tasks are but not limited to:
Grow the global sales of heat exchangers within focus markets.
Understand our customers overall production processes and requirement for heat exchangers.
Enable good competence level in sales companies.
Support sales companies on technical and commercial matters.
Customer meetings and presentations, visiting customers in your area.



The position is based in the Headquarters in Lund, Sweden. Travelling days is estimated to be 20-30 days a year.


Who You Are
We are looking for an outgoing and proactive profile with a high drive and strong independence. You have a customer centric mindset with a strong passion for process and sales.
You could have a degree in chemical or mechanical engineering, and you are familiar with industrial production processes and don’t mind looking into details to identify the sustainable heat exchanger solution. If you combine that with a commercial mindset, you could be our candidate. Besides that, we expect you to have:
Customer focus, with experience from sales
Preferably experience from biofuel processing and heat exchangers
Strong intercultural understanding and interpersonal skills
Builds fruitful networks and a solid team player.
Eager to learn and quick to adapt to new conditions.
Strong communicator and fluent in English


What´s In It for You
We offer a challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value. An opportunity to grow in a dynamic organization with good development opportunities and a lot of international tasks and contacts. Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success.


For more information, please contact
Talent Acquisition Partner, Claus Wiinholt, Claus.Wiinholt@AlfaLaval.com