Senior Service Sales Manager

**The INNIO Advantage**:
By combining a rich legacy in the power and gas compression space with pioneering technology, **INNIO** brings our customers affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions for today and tomorrow.

We are helping to meet today’s energy needs with 64 GW of installed capacity and more than 50,000 of our powerful Jenbacher and Waukesha engines, which can be found in more than 100 countries. And, by harnessing our history of energy industry firsts along with the power of digital innovation, we will continue to deliver for the future.

**Role Description**:
This **Senior Service Sales Manager** is responsible for the commercial efforts in the assigned region to create order intake and sales for the company. The role interacts with end users and distributors alike, negotiating with customer and/or his representatives directly or through distributors.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Developing relationships with actual and new customers and selling to executive level/sourcing leaders of bigger accounts in direct and indirect or hybrid markets
- Prospects for actual or new customers and sells Service (TX Spares, OH/R, CM&U, MYA, myPlant and Field Service) to direct customers through/or with support of distributors
- Negotiates independently the deal with executives, top level managers of the customers
- Represents company in front of customers, distributors and/or governmental officials.
- Selling to and negotiating with several involved parties: Buyer/ EPC/ Planner/ Financier/ O&M to enable projects.
- Links in to wider INNIO to draw on deeper product & commercial expertise to support customer.
- Owns business responsibility for pricing and competitiveness, maximize price advantage by leveraging the right product selection and works closely with Commercial Operations and Service Operations teams in this regard
- Handling highly complex negotiations beyond price, payment and delivery terms only, which means: able to negotiate also terms of payment security (L/C, Bank guarantees), financing, LDs/guarantees, warranty, delivery/Incoterms, other liabilities and legal terms
- Develops vision of an important market on the level of a product line with a long-term perspective.
- Selling tailored complex solutions/scope (OH/R, CM&U, MYA, myPlant, etc.) or developing new products/new business segments
- Knowing well and leveraging current and upcoming market environment (country's incentive structures, regulatory requirements, other environmental/legal boundaries, permits)
- Has strong understanding our INNIO products/engines, Service offerings and technical specifications (preferably Jenbacher products)

**Qualification Requirements**:

- Master’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience in similar area
- Minimum of 8 years of commercial experience in direct sales and through/ or with support of distributors, with high-speed reciprocating or rotating equipment in the power gen Industry, including commercial experience managing end customer and key accounts.
- Deep understanding of the market, competitors, and potential customers, in a small Country or a region of a larger countries
- Previous experience executing order intake via direct or indirect distributors’ network
- Knowledge of finance principles and contractual legal frameworks.
- Very good English knowledge (at least at B1 level) next to fluency in Spanish
- Ability to travel ~50%
- IT literate (Outlook, Excel, Salesforce)
- Customer focus mindset with proven ability to respond quickly to customer needs
- Well-developed business acumen and ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

**Desired Qualifications**:

- Persuasive skills to influence decision-making process;
- Ability to clearly present and articulate a value proposition
- Ability to effectively identify and qualify prospects in new market areas
- Strong technical aptitude and proven ability to sell a technical solution
- Working knowledge of business finance and experience selling products that require capital budgeting.
- Ability to quickly assess the financial willingness of a customer to undertake a project
- Ability to multi task and manage various activities simultaneously
- Strong commercial and organizational skills
- Strong analytical skills