Spare Parts Sales Professional

**This is a Temp-to-Hire Position**

 

The Parts Sales Professional is a critical member of the Transactional Sales team within the Service Sales organization. The vision statement for Service Sales is to, "Cultivate a dedicated team that creatively partners with our colleagues and customers to positively impact communities and the environment." Our objectives are employee wellness, customer partnership, commercial creativity, and strategic execution.

 

We are a collaborative team working to ensure Vestas continues to adapt to the global developments of the wind industry and embraces the opportunity to partner with our customers to optimize their assets across decades. We value innovation, positive working relationships, and constructive tension, and we believe in the inherent value of diversity in business. We encourage fun and prioritize the intentional development of a feeling of support and belonging in every person on our team.

 

Responsibilities

The responsibility of the Parts Sales Professional is to oversee sales of Vestas and non-Vestas turbine parts to several key customers located within the US and Canada. Vestas supplies turbine owners and service providers with the spare parts and consumables required to ensure the continuous operation of their wind turbine assets. To be effective, the individual in this role will develop sales leads, customer engagement activities, sales quotes and orders, and related sales order handling activities. Most of the sales activities for spare parts are managed through digital sales channels, Salesforce, and SAP.

 

Sales Management

• Secure customer loyalty by delivering best-in-class sales order support and professionalism.

• Monitor sales order status from order placement to shipment, issue resolution and invoicing.

• Identify new opportunities for increasing the sales of Vestas and non-Vestas wind turbine parts with 2-3 key accounts.

• Work with internal stakeholders in a global environment to build lasting partnerships and to promote effective part sales execution.

 

General Business Activities

• Support Vestas safety policies and maintain safety standards.

• Promote the Vestas values of Simplicity, Accountability, Passion, and Collaboration.

• Seek opportunities to improve sales processes and communicate ideas through appropriate channels.

• Promote a sharing and learning environment in which others are developed throughout the organization.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing communications, or engineering, or equivalent experience

• Two years of experience in commercial sales or sales support for an OEM

• Technical experience in the wind turbine industry, power generation or similar (preferred)

 

Competencies

• Knowledge and experience reading and complying with terms of sales agreements

• Ability to handle situations in which professionalism and a positive attitude help to develop and achieve partnerships with internal stakeholders and customers

• Focused individual who can adapt to a complex and dynamic business model

• Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills

• Experience working with quantitative analyses and Microsoft Excel/Power BI

• Experience working with enterprise resource program (ERP), SAP and SAP BI suite are preferred

• Experience working with CRM software, Salesforce preferred

• Ability to achieve results via a team and as an individual contributor

• Motivated, curious, and hard-working, with the desire to deliver positive results

• Ability to communicate and work effectively in a multi-cultural matrix organization

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, Outlook)

 

What we offer

We offer an exciting Management position with great development opportunities in an inspiring environment at the world's number one wind turbine producer. We value initiative, responsibility, and accuracy. You will become part of an international environment with a commitment to sustainability and safety and you will work among colleagues that take care of each other.

• Great benefits coverage that includes dental and vision

• Generous Paid Time Off policies 

• 401(k) plan

• Tuition assistance

• Highly developed Training Program

• Global bonus program

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