We are now looking for a
Sales Engineering Manager – Energy Storage
to join our team working for a better future.
The position is permanent and remote and will be based in Vaasa, Finland.
What you will be doing
As the Sales Engineering Manager you will be part of the Energy Storage business team for Africa and Europe (AFEU) region and manage the team for sales support operations, including technical solution design, quote generation and order processing, to enhance sales performance and customer satisfaction.
You will have an Electrical Engineering degree (or related field) and five (5) years utility scale ESS experience in energy storage and renewable energy markets.
As the Sales Engineering Manager, your work will focus on these responsibilities:
- Manage the sales engineering team within the region, planning activities, setting objectives, and ensuring efficient operations and high-quality support to the sales function
- Support in implementing sales support policies, frameworks and processes to improve sales support effectiveness and performance
- Manage key projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing sales support capabilities and infrastructure
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement within sales support, encouraging innovation and best practice adoption
- Ensure the sales engineering team provides exceptional service to both internal and external customers, contributing to customer retention and growth
- Oversee and manage quote-to-order processes within sales support, ensuring effective quote generation and order processing. Manage the quotation process to ensure customer requirements and expectations are met and liaises with sales representatives and operations to ensure accuracy of orders
- Collaborate with sales, service, engineering, finance, operations and other stakeholders to ensure aligned and effective sales support operations, promoting accurate and effective quotation and order processing
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:
- Minimum five (5) years of utility scale ESS (technical and commercial) experience in energy storage projects and products, particularly in AFEU region, both as individual contributor and team leader
- BS/MS (preferred) in Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Strong understanding of utility generation project development process
- Strong written, oral and presentation skills. Must be a proven and competent English writer, able to create grammatically correct and properly structured English proposal documents and contents.
- Understanding of CE, UL, IEEE, IEC and NEC standards as applicable to the local region.
- Knowledgeable in local utility systems and interconnection requirements for electric generators.
- Passion for innovation, ability to adapt to fasting changing market demands, working independently and as a team member
- Willingness to take ownership and produce results
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
- Solid including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent teamwork skills (cross-functional teams), work ethic & organizational skills
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced work environment
(In this role, some travel is required to meet with our customers around the world. Thus, we hope you to be ready to travel approximately 10% - 20%, even though most of the meetings are held virtually.)
Why you and us?
We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.
We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe in that by being your own true self you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition?
We have an amazing team and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future.
Contact & next steps
We hope to hear from you soon, by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout.
Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonisation of marine and energy!
Last application date: 11/06/2025
At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.
This is Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.
