Junior Sales Director

Your role

We are looking for an Junior Sales Director to join our Marketing & Sales Airborne unit focusing on Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) systems, fighter radars, missile data links and laser rangefinders. The unit consists of 8-10 people.

The Junior Sales Director will work with a variety of activities within the team in order to support development of ongoing business initiatives. These activities will include working close to our Sales Directors and focus to further increase attention on areas important for the organization, that can increase our probability to win contracts.



The position also includes opportunity to interact and cooperate with other business and product units within Saab.



Some travelling will be required. These travels can both be related to specific customer interactions, internal Saab initiatives, as well as general marketing events such as exhibitions and tradeshows.

In our group all members contribute with their individual experiences and skills to create an effective and dynamic environment. You are expected not only to work with your individual area of responsibility, being a member of the team also means that you interact and take part in other challenges within the unit.





Your profile

We are looking for an Junior Sales Director with ambition to increase business understanding and leadership skills with through participating in international sales activites. As a person, you have a strong drive, entrenourship and willingness to learn.



Analytical skills are very important not only to understand the customer requirements and system solutions, but also to manage all the financial analysis and impact of our proposals.



Good presenting and communication skills is mandatory as well as the ability to produce result in a complex international sales environment.



Technical or business degree from university and/or experience from marketing and sales is required.



You will have to manage English in a business environment both orally and in writing, Swedish or another Scandinavian language is very much preferable.

We also assume you have:

* Enthusisatic approach and willingness to challenge ideas and established concepts and work processes
* Enjoy working with people and within team to jointly produce excellent result
* Understanding of financial concepts
* Structured approach and calm to handle pressured situations
* Adaptability and flexibility to monouver multiple tasks and business cases
* Drive, perseverance and ability to generate energy



For Saab diversity is important, different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives provide additional dimensions and increase creativity. We would favour candidates that could add that to our team and increase our strength and capacity to be successful in the long run.



What you will be a part of

Business area Surveillance provides efficient solutions for safety and security, for surveillance and decision support, and for threat detection and protection. The portfolio covers airborne, ground-based and naval radar, electronic warfare, combat systems and command and control solutions.



Business unit Radar Solutions has global responsibility for Saab's airborne surveillance solutions and fighter radar, as well as ground-based and naval surface radar systems. The business unit is also responsible for missile datalinks and laser rangefinders. The unit has around 1100 employees and offices around the world, with the largest sites being Gothenburg and Syracuse.



Marketing & Sales unit Radar Solution is responsible for all marketing and sales activites within winning business to secure customer contracts, ranging from system solutions to services business.



The unit work closely with our Product Units and other Business Areas within Saab, as well as Saab´s different Market Areas. Marketing & Sales Radar Solution has around 40 employees.



The main competences and roles in this organisation are:

Marketing and Sales

Commercial

Business Support



This position requires that you will be approved in a security screening in accordance with the Swedish Protective Security Act



If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal - to help protect people.