What we offer you

• A possibility to drive growth in a green transition market, contributing to decarbonizing the aluminium industry.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment that values diversity and encourages creative thinking.
• Exposure to a global network of industry experts and professionals, providing a platform for continuous learning and networking.
• A supportive and dedicated leadership team committed to fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• A chance to be part of a company with a rich legacy of innovation and a forward-thinking approach to business.

About the job and your responsibilities

You will combine sales activities with longer term business development initiatives. Tasks include to:

• Manage the wire rod sales process, including to draft and negotiate annual supply contracts, and to follow up sales strategies, tactics, plans, volumes, and profit.
• Maintain short and long-term volume and product forecasts.
• Develop and manage customer relationships to achieve volume and margin targets.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities in target markets.
• Manage and nurture partnerships, work strategically to develop and support our product and sustainability offering towards key customers, negotiate longer term contracts.
• Contribute to market analysis, strategy, and operation improvement programs.
• Lead a small market team and align priorities across functional areas (production, sales, technical support, credit management).

Your qualifications and skills

• A relevant MSc or equivalent degree, coupled with 10 years' relevant B2B experience.
• A strategic and commercial mindset, with demonstrated results within sales and business development.
• Experience from negotiations, developing sustainable products and services.
• Exposure to the energy infrastructure/systems value chain, aluminum and/or other metal industry is an advantage.
• Fluent in English – written and spoken. Additional skills in German are an advantage.

In addition to your commercial mindset and drive, we will value candidates who communicate successfully with their customers and at all levels within a matrix organization.

You have a structured approach to problem-solving and project management. With your can-do-attitude and a collaborative mindset, you thrive on finding solutions through partnerships. You also have high ethical standards and integrity, to match the Hydro working environment and culture.

Hydro is heading in a new and exciting direction, and we depend on different perspectives to solve our tasks and meet customer needs. Building on our three core values – Care, Courage, and Collaboration – we target a high performing and sustainable work environment based on inclusion of our differences. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for the position.

Additional Information
You will report to Head of Wire Rod & HyForge. The position is in Oslo, Norway, but other locations in Germany, close to our markets in Europe, could be considered. Business travels is expected.