Do you want to help solve the world’s most pressing challenges? Feeding the world’s growing population and slowing climate change are two of the world’s greatest challenges. AGCO is a part of the solution! Join us to make your contribution.

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic leader to drive the brand to the next level in Scandinavia. Valtra is a market leader in Nordics & Baltics and offers now an exceptionally exciting position for strong team player to join the brand sales team. In this position one gets to be in a central position and influence the future development of agriculture and food production chain.

You will report into our Director, Sales Europe & Middle East and will work closely with the sales and marketing team in Europe as well as other key stakeholders around the organization (Distribution management, Field service, Commercial aftersales, Fuse precision farming, Finance etc.). This position is ideally based in our AGCO office in Uppsala, Sweden and we expect you to be with your team members, customers, and dealers frequently in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

Your Impact

• Defining and ensuring the implementation of the Valtra market strategy in Scandinavia with the team and the dealer network
• Driving continuous profitable growth of Valtra brand in terms of market share, customer satisfaction, and financial contribution, in line with the strategic growth plan
• Leading the local Danish and Norwegian Valtra team of Area Sales Managers, Product Manager, Marketing Specialist for Valtra and directly supporting the Swedish distribution partner in driving sales and delivering the best tractor experience
• Driving digital sales funnel management to the next level
• Representing the Valtra Brand internally and externally in a way that reflects favorably the image of the brand

Your Experience and Qualifications

We want that the person joining the team will want to affect change every day and can operate in fast-paced environments. You are thrilled to shape the direction of the brand in Scandinavia and to create exceptional customer experiences. At Valtra we aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty and we expect you as the Scandinavian sales leader to do the same. You have enthusiasm towards your professional career and enjoy working with high technology products. Your social networking skills are top-class and your commitment to building partnerships with different stake holders is your strength. Previous experience with solution sales, machinery, heavy vehicles and specifically agriculture is considered as a benefit. You are a business-minded person and get excited of digital sales funnel management and digitized customer service.

• Master’s degree in Business & Administration, Marketing, Technology or Agricultural Engineering/Agronomy
• +5 years of leadership experience (50% as sales team manager or in a leading position)
• Fluent Oral/Written Swedish and English communication skills
• High degree of PC literacy with Microsoft Office and CRM (e.g. Salesforce)
• Strong communication skills in listening, challenging, explaining, giving feedback – Speak up
• Strong interpersonal skills in building relationships, sensitivity, empathy – Team up

• Solution-seeking nature – Farmer first

Your Benefits

• An exciting and challenging job that you help to shape
• A casual working environmental with great colleagues, across the border
• Great future career opportunities within the AGCO Global Company
• A salary that matches your qualifications, pension, wellness allowance, lunch voucher and company car
• Workplace in Uppsala and the possibility to work from home
• Ability to travel up to 40%

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Next steps:

If you have can-do attitude, like fast developing and dynamic environment where you get to be innovative, proactive and to figure out what to do (rather than being told what to do) – then apply today. As we at Valtra like to say; there is no trying, there is just doing!

More information from AGCO HR business partner Ingrid Simons or Matti Tiitinen, Sales Director Europe & Middle East (+358406482768).

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

About Valtra: Valtra is the leading tractor brand in the Nordic countries, overall, one of the fastest growing tractor brands in Europe and one of the most popular tractor brands in Latin America. Valtra machines are specifically designed for farmers and contractors who value close customer relationships as well as solutions that handle demanding working conditions. Valtra is one of the key brands of the AGCO Corporation, the world’s third-largest designer, manufacturer, and retailer of agricultural machinery.