Interim - Manager Technical Sales Support

Are you ready to step into a leadership role? Join our team as an Acting Manager for Technical Sales Support! Our current Manager has embraced new challenges within the company, opening the perfect opportunity for someone eager to take the reins and drive success. If you're passionate about leadership and eager to develop your skills in this area, this role is tailor-made for you. Seize the opportunity to lead and thrive in a dynamic environment! This is a 6-month temporary position with the possibility of extension.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced person with a passion for engineering and leadership where you will manage a team of ten direct reports located in Kristinehamn. In this role, you will have the key accountabilities of managing the personnel and resources for the Technical Sales Support team. You'll be responsible for leading and instructing the assigned team on a daily basis, fostering personal development and engagement. Ensuring the delivery of adequate technical and engineering support will be crucial.

Moreover, you'll have the opportunity to create processes, demonstrate leadership, and provide support for product development and documentation. With various competencies within the team and several new resources in need of support, this position offers a dynamic environment for professional growth and leadership development.

Are you someone who excels at driving bottom-line results and assessing potential risks to ensure financial success? Can you provide clear direction to your team, inspiring and coordinating them towards achieving set goals? Do you thrive on developing people through delegation, empowerment, and coaching, fostering a culture of self-development? Collaboration comes naturally to you, as you share knowledge, experience, and support with others to achieve team goals. Your methodical and systematic approach allows you to plan ahead, set clear priorities and allocate resources effectively. If this sounds like you, then you're exactly who we're looking for to join our team!

Qualifications and experience

Are you someone who takes initiative, driving outcomes and taking ownership of results? Do you have the ability to make a lasting impact, persuading others and successfully promoting plans and ideas? Can you provide your team with clear direction, inspiring and coordinating them towards objectives? Are you passionate about developing people through delegation, empowerment, and coaching, fostering a culture of self-development? With your methodical and systematic approach, you plan ahead, establish clear priorities, and allocate resources effectively. Additionally, you create a stable and reassuring work atmosphere, offering support and encouragement to your team. Technical education is seen as an advantage but is not a requirement. Fluency in English at a high level is a must.

Last day to apply 2024-06-16.

Our ambition is to fill the position as soon as possible, selection and interviews may therefore begin during the application period. For this position we work with personality and ability tests, which may be sent to you if you proceed in the process.

Since we are a company working with customers in the Naval Segment, questions related to citizenship will be a part of the selection process.

KONGSBERG is a leading global technology group. Throughout our proud two-hundred-year history, we have continuously advanced, applying innovative solutions to the needs of our customers, partners and society at large. We believe diversity is our strength. By fostering an inclusive and diverse culture we nurture and ensure space for different perspectives and ideas. We are determined in our work to mature and improve our ability to utilize our diversity and culture of differences to create positive business results.

Kongsberg Maritime is a technology pioneer, enabling a more sustainable future for our oceans. Our zero-emission integrated technologies advance the maritime industry and solve our customers' toughest problems. With unmatched competence, domain knowledge, innovation, and market reach, we are the trusted maritime partner. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 35 countries.

Kongsberg Maritime in Kristinehamn consists of 310 engaged people working with sales, research, development, design, service and assembly of market leading solutions for different types of vessels. Our Hydrodynamic Research Centre provides world leading CFD and Testing capabilities in support for our Product centres and customers.

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 2300 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

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