The future is being created today. At Kiilto, we invest in the future every day by promoting occupational wellbeing, encouraging innovation and making our operations more and more sustainable. We are guided by the desire to be an environmental leader, using our expertise to create success stories for our customers. We are local, innovative and insightful. Would you like to add your own chapter to our hundred-year story of growth?
We are now looking for an innovative
Solutions Manager, Healthcare
As a Solutions Manager you will be responsible for leading business and solutions development in the Healthcare segment to create and commercialise the optimal mix of products and services across Kiilto’s markets in the Nordic countries, the Baltics and Russia. This includes supporting market growth, profitability, and planning of long-term development strategies. The main goal of the position is to create innovative, valuable, and profitable solutions which generate customer value.
As a Solutions Manager in Healthcare, you will take full ownership of Healthcare solutions and have an overview of product and service offerings within healthcare. To succeed in this position, you must understand the Healthcare environment and be able to collect and analyse data and insights from internal and external networks, in order to determine hygiene trends and market demands in the healthcare industry. In addition, you will spend a substantial amount of your time on cross-functional projects and creating go-to-market plans in order to launch competitive new solutions on the market and further develop existing solutions offerings. You are an inquisitive and solution-oriented person who enjoys problem solving and seeking new ways of working.
A Solutions Manager is part of the Solutions Management team, which supports local sales organisations in all our markets. It is a team that meets regularly for knowledge sharing and strategy development. You will report to the Head of Solutions Management. The preferred location for this position is the Tampere, Turku or Helsinki region (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Asker (Norway) or Assens (Denmark), but you must be able and willing to travel.
Background that would be the best fit for this job:
- Relevant university degree (M. Sc. Economics, M.Sc. (Tech) or other relevant education) combined with 5+ years of relevant B2B experience in Solutions Management/Business Development
- 5+ years experience in the healthcare industry and hygiene industry would be an advantage
- Experience of developing new businesses based on innovative solutions, such as digital services and go-to-market planning in support of market growth
- A proven track record in launching successful solutions on the market, including leadership of project teams working across the organisation
- Experience of a similar independent role in an international organisation would be an advantage
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
- Written and spoken fluency in English and one of the Nordic languages
We offer you a working environment within a growing international company, a wide range of interesting duties and comprehensive induction in your tasks. We actively invest in the wellbeing of our staff, for which we have twice been chosen as Finland’s most active workplace. We strive to keep our staff’s skills and knowledge up to date by organizing our own training programs. We have a non-smoking policy at Kiilto.
Please submit your application with a salary request and CV here no later than 17 January, 2021.
We operate in compliance with Kiilto’s recruitment process and will treat all contacts concerning the post with absolute confidentiality. We will send video interview questions to some applicants. We also ask applicants to reserve 29 January, 2021 for a possible job interview. The selected candidate will need to pass a health check, which includes drug testing.
Kiilto is a growing family-owned company from Finland, with a hundred-year history and a vision looking ahead to 2080. We develop, manufacture and market chemical industry solutions in four business areas: construction, industrial bonding, professional hygiene and consumer business. The key principles underlying our operations are environmental leadership, localism, and commitment to the future. We operate in 11 countries and employ nearly 1000 people.www.kiilto.com