Knauf Insulation products save energy, cut emissions, and make sure buildings are good for the environment and keep people healthy, safe and well.

With over 40 years of experience in the insulation industry, we now employ nearly 6,000 people across more than 40 countries. We have with 21 manufacturing sites in 15 countries.

Knauf Insulation (KI) is part of the Knauf Group, which employs about 40,000 people worldwide, operating more than 300 factories, generating sales in excess of 12.5 billion Euros.

The Knauf Group was founded in 1932 and is a family-owned company driven by the values of Menschlichkeit (Humanity), Partnership, Commitment, and Entrepreneurship.

These values and the fast-moving environment in which we evolve allows us to take initiative and implement new processes or structures, working together and taking care of the others. We have lots of opportunities inside the company who allows you to consider to make your career with us.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) reinforces our Knauf Insulation values of Making Tomorrow a Home for all of us. We are committed to creating a workplace where we all can thrive, whoever we are, and inspiring a culture of inclusion and innovation that will drive future business success. We do our best to make sure being at work feels like home.

Specification Manager / Technical Solutions – Knauf Insulation Systems Division

Technical Solutions acts as the specialist for technical insulation within Knauf Insulation. Knauf Insulation is a world-renowned manufacturer of products and systems for insulation purposes. Knauf Insulation offer its customers insulation for applications within the industry, HVAC and shipbuilding – with the best possible combination of energy efficiency, fire protection and noise reduction.

We are now aiming to strengthen our activities in Scandinavia and the Baltics and are searching for a Specification Manager, who can support market opportunities and respond effectively with the right solutions.

Your future main responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and advice to new and existing clients to develop a close, long-term relationship that ensures the continued specification.
• Identify, track and secure specifications on key projects within Scandinavia and the Baltics.
• Presentation of products, promotion of services, calculation and specification tools to relevant planners and specifiers (early involvement in both tender and secured projects).
• Specification activities linked to the Industry (energy audits, energy efficiencies, standard optimization…). Knowledge in TIPCHECK is a plus.
• Support to the sales and marketing, providing market knowledge to the commercial team.
• Provide internal and external technical trainings (webinars or live trainings),
• Provide solutions to design challenges that fully comply with accepted standards and the industry codes of practice.
• Support R&D department with feedback from the market and support with technical knowledge, therefore, create new solutions to meet client’s needs.

What we`d love for you to have:

• Proven success in cooperation with technical engineers and specifiers, ability to discover and define technical requirements and present solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Experience in the business of technical insulation as a plus.
• Knowledge in HVAC markets and applications, passive fire protection and acoustics serves as an advantage.
• Ability to travel internationally, a valid driving license.
• A Team player, strong communicator with the ability to listen, recognize and understand customer needs.
• Innovative, agile, proactive, entrepreneurial, and relationship-oriented approach.
• Fluent in English, knowledge of additional languages considered as a plus.
• Able to work simultaneously on several projects and under deadlines, having a high degree of self-initiative and persistence.

What we can offer:

• Full-time, permanent position with the employment in Sweden.
• The opportunity to join a world-well-known family-owned corporation that combines tradition, exceptional know-how and innovative solutions.
• International environment, full of global learning opportunities and challenges.
• Collaboration with a team of motivated colleagues and knowledgeable experts, dedicated to growth ambitions of the unit.
• Further development within the company, supported by various global programs to foster both personal and professional growth.
• Possibility to work in the office combined with Home Office working & Travel.
• Company Car and full IT equipment.
• Competitive compensation package, Pension scheme, Holliday allowance, Annual performance related bonus and other country specific benefits .

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.