Marketing & Sales Manager

Senior Marketing & Sales Manager TransponderTech



Join an innovative, independent part of Saab on our profitable growth journey! Together we will substantially increase our market share, and expand into new market segments, while maintaining our outstanding profitability.

Whereas more than 90% of all goods are transported by sea, the maritime sector is entering into a new era with groundbreaking VDES technology paving the way for huge benefits for both the economy and the environment.

Saab TransponderTech is 'Leading in VDES technology'.



Your role

Depending on your profile and previous experience, the role can either have a more operational Business Development focus or in addition to that, also include line management responsibility for the Marketing & Sales team, which today consists of three people.

The main tasks are:

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Increase our market share and build new markets in line with our strategic growth plan
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Further strengthen our Marketing and Market Communication
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Develop Sales and Commercial support for our products' entire life cycle, including customer financed R&D
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Manage a good balance between Sales here-and-now and more long term Business Development initiatives
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Lead the Marketing & Sales team (if applicable)
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Member of the TransponderTech management team (if applicable)



Please see our latest promotion videos to learn more about VDES and some of our products:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xvTKKAVIPo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYe7TwyixM



Your profile

Everyone at Saab TransponderTech, including the management team, is to a large extent operational. We believe that you are a person who makes things happen and takes responsibility for the results. Frequent business travel will be required post Corona. We are looking to build a diverse Marketing & Sales team and see it as an advantage if you have a non-technical background.

Required skills:

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Excellent communication skills in English, verbal and written
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Fluent in Swedish

Desired skills:

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University degree or similar knowledge gained by experience
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Maritime domain knowledge
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Leadership experience



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

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

Your application may be in Swedish or English.



What you will be a part of

You will be part of a dynamic and enthusiastic team of about 40 people located at Saab's site in Hackefors, Linköping. The product portfolio consists of AIS and VDES radio transceivers and networks for land, ships, aircraft and satellites, as well as advanced navigation and presentation systems. The site includes all functions required by a small independant company within the company, from marketing and sales, to product development, production planning, customer support and logistics. Saab TransponderTech is market leading with customers world-wide, and we operate on a commercial market with relatively short sales cycles.

At Saab TransponderTech we believe in value-based leadership. Our individual differences is a valuable asset for the company and diversity is one of our core values.

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.