Sales Application Manager - Transformer Components

01The Opportunity

We, Hitachi Energy, Insulation and Components, are looking for you who would like to join us in the position Sales Application Manager! We are working within the transformer business, supplying world-class components to transformer manufacturers worldwide. We are proud of our product portfolio, our global customer base as well as our modern production units. Our strong ambition will always be to be our customers’ preferred choice of supply and hope that you will play a key role.

Are you a person with excellent leadership skills combined with strong technical expertise and a true interest in working close to customers and colleagues? Do you enjoy leveraging your team's expertise to support colleagues and customers and ensure that our solutions meet customer needs? Then this could be the right opportunity for you!

This is a newly created role, offering a unique opportunity to shape and develop the future Sales Engineering organization. As Sales Application Manager, you will have a significant impact on how the team operates, collaborates with stakeholders, and supports our colleagues and customers globally. You will lead a regional team of Sales Engineers supporting both Bushings and OLTC.

This position is with placement in Ludvika, Sweden.

02How you’ll make an impact

• Lead, inspire and develop a regional team of Sales Application specialists while maintaining active engagement with customers and key stakeholders
• Apply the team's application expertise in Bushings and Tap-Changers to work closely with customers, sales, marketing and tendering teams, ensuring that our solutions meet customer needs.
• Foster a highly collaborative environment with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Actively participate in customer meetings, technical support activities, and sales application initiatives, including international travel.
• Living our core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

03Your background

• A minimum of three years’ engineering experience in Transformer/Bushings/OLTC technology.
• Previous people-management experience within a technical or commercial environment.
• Communicative and can explain advanced technical knowledge in a simple and easy way.
• Strategic with a constant business mind, proven commercial experience in complex environments.
• Fluency (written and spoken) in English is mandatory. Additional language skills such as Swedish, Spanish, German, or French are considered an advantage.
• International travel required (approx. 20%)

04More about us

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Don’t Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay, apply today!

We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual, fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well‑being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.

Our benefits offering for our roles generally includes:

• Collective agreement, occupational pension & possibility of salary exchange to pension (for ITP1 and ITP2) ​
• Group life insurance and additional insurances. ​
• Flex-time and shortening of working hours in time bank ​
• Hybrid work & allowances for setting up a workplace at home (in agreement with line manager) ​
• Health care and wellness allowance ​
• Health insurance incl. dental, spectacles & contact lenses allowance (employee pay 140 sek/month via salary deduction) ​
• Psychological support program ​
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave ​
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development ​
• Internal career possibilities both within Sweden and globally ​
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

The benefits listed above are an excerpt only and may vary depending on job grade, location and contract type. Eligibility is subject to local regulations. ​

More information: Recruiting Manager, Henrik Boström, will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Håkan Blomquist, ; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, ; Unionen: Tomas L. Gustafsson, . All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Christian Falevik, .