Commercial Operation SME for Automation

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you're searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve's position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone

Flowserve is looking for a
Subject Manager Expert for Automation
to support our Automation & Control Valve business unit.

The Commercial Operation SME
is the authority in regards to automation. As such, he/she is the go-to person for sales and Commercial operation when it gets to specifying both pneumatic and electric actuators. The SME will collaborate globally with cross-functional teams including Commercial Operations, Sales, Engineering & Product Management to help increase bookings, revenue and profitability.

Your tasks:

• Main role is to expand our presence and bookings in the automation market.
• Works with the commercial operation teams to define application guidelines to offer the best technical and commercial solution to given applications.
• Works with product management and engineering to help develop or customize products that meet market requirements including requested certification
• Works with sales to enlist Flowserve pneumatic and electric actuators on vendor's list
• Develop insights and recommendations related to market-level-prices
• Develop insights and recommendations related to service requirements
• Understand competition and how to differentiate our solution in the automation market
• Develop training material to improve overall knowledge of various functions specific to the mining market

Your profile:

• Deep product, service and solution expertise across the automation portfolio acquired through education or experience
• Minimum 10 years experience in commercial operations, sales operations or related roles
• Ability to interact globally and interface effectively across regions and functions
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a high sense of urgency with a Customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to produce professional reports and presentations
• Think outside of the box and be creative to provide solution
• Travel requirements globally – over 50%

We offer:

• Interesting, challenging, and varied tasks in an international and innovative company
• A family-friendly company with a flexible working time system according to the collective wage agreement of the metal and electrical industry and 30 vacation days Holiday and Christmas bonus as well as the possibility of a company pension scheme
• Medium-sized company, embedded in an international group of companie
• Good transport connections

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Req ID
: R-16785

Job Family Group
: Sales

Job Family
: SA Applications Engineering

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