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About the Role
As part of the Business Development & Sales team, you will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities in the German national market and bringing them to contract maturity. You will represent Saab as a key contact person for partners and customers, upholding the company's ethical and integrity standards.
Responsibilities
- Manage the Saab Marine product portfolio in Germany for Business Development, reporting to the Director Business Development & Sales.
- Collaborate closely with product managers to propose suitable products and system solutions to customers based on their needs.
- Support strategy development to increase product awareness by monitoring the market, competitors, and industry trends.
- Understand customer requirements and identify market trends.
- Analyze the market and competitors to identify new business opportunities.
- Participate in Capture Teams focused on the capabilities of our business units.
- Actively contribute to tender responses and manage the subsequent contract negotiations.
- Undertake business travel to Sweden (headquarters) and within Germany (customers, partners, trade fairs).
- Develop, maintain, and deepen customer relationships through discussions, presentations, workshops, and participation in national and international events focused on new business opportunities.
Requirements
- Successfully completed university degree.
- Experience in the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), specifically the German Navy, with operational experience and/or command-level experience.
- Ideally, professional experience in sales of technical goods.
- Solid operational-technical understanding of marine systems products.
- In-depth knowledge of procurement processes within the German defense sector is desirable.
- Ability to work independently, as part of a team, and maintain high work quality under pressure and within tight deadlines.
- Capability to build and maintain professional networks, both internally and with partners/customers.
- Willingness to travel.
Skills
- Very good written and spoken German.
- Very good written and spoken English.
Location
- Bremen
- Berlin
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
Education Level
- University degree
Salary/Compensations
- Attractive remuneration plus €50 monthly non-cash benefit.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours (flexitime).
- Option for mobile working.
- Childcare allowance.
- Free water and fruit.
- Meal vouchers.
- Subsidy for gym membership.
- JobRad (company bicycle scheme).
- Occupational disability insurance.
- Employer contribution of up to €338 per month to company pension scheme.
- Attractive share savings program.
- 30 days of vacation.
- Holiday allowance.
- Diverse internal and external training opportunities.
- Individual career models.
- Annual employee development discussions.
- Employee events (summer party, Christmas party, team events).
- Double meal allowance for business trips.
- Up to €200 per day for weekend business travel.
- Allowance for trips longer than 48 hours.
About the Company
- Saab is a leading defense and security company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with over 28,000 employees worldwide.
- We develop, manufacture, and maintain products, services, and systems across all areas of military defense and civil security.
- Saab Germany operates at five locations (Berlin, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nuremberg, and Mülheim-Kärlich) in the fields of Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Land Systems, and Naval Systems.
- Our goal is to create a safer and more sustainable world by pushing technological boundaries in Germany.