Do you have the technical expertise, enthusiasm and business skills needed to manage a market segment?

As a Segment Manager you will take global responsibility for market share and growth in your segment. You will take an important role as a team leader to drive and coordinate activities such as portfolio, training, support, tools and marketing across the segment, giving our sales companies and Strategic Key Accounts the best possible support in executing business plans. The team consists of Application Engineers, Business Intelligence and Market Communication. The job demands technical expertise and business skills. It is based in Landskrona, Sweden, and involves travel (approx. 50-60 days per year) to our customers, sales companies and exhibitions worldwide.

Your tasks and responsibilities
You will have overall responsibility for the segment and its concepts, and segment performance will be measured by market share and growth. You will work in a matrix through Sales & Marketing, and be responsible to the Marketing Manager for:

• Developing concepts with products and tools
• Building barriers to competition
• Developing and running training for products and applications
• Supporting the segment
• Driving and developing sales tools
• Driving portfolio demands
• Specifying marketing demands
• Selling concepts, values and tools to sales people

Your education and experience
You must be a good listener, in tune with the market and our sales team. You must have a Master’s or equivalent in Chemistry or Mechanical Engineering, backed up by:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in sales or product/segment management in air conditioning, with a knowledge of customer systems
• Excellent written and spoken English, which is our corporate language

If you would like to know more about this position, please contact: Niklas Sparrenbom, Marketing Manager,
tel: +46 (0)418 40 08 61, e-mail: niklas.sparrenbom@swep.net  or Eva Ekholm, Human Resources Officer,
tel: +46 (0)418 40 08 52, e-mail: eva.ekholm@swep.net

We are cooperating on this matter with Recruitment Consultant Kristian Berglund, +46 (0) 707 100 190.

Our selection process is taking place now, so please send your application to kristian.berglund@comhem.se as soon as possible, and not later than 5 May 2010.

SWEP is the world’s leading supplier of compact brazed heat exchangers (BPHEs). These products are used where heat needs to be transferred efficiently in air conditioning, refrigeration, heating and industrial applications. SWEP has annual sales of USD 250 million and is close to its customers, with representation in more than 50 countries and its own dedicated sales force in more than 20 countries. Highly efficient production units in Sweden, Switzerland, the USA, Malaysia, Slovakia and China enable SWEP to serve customers all over the world. SWEP is part of the global Dover Corporation, which is a multi-billion-dollar, NYSE-traded, diversified manufacturer of a wide range of proprietary products and components for industrial and commercial use.