Metsä Wood
Metsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest - Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. The products of Metsä Wood, Metsä Group’s wood products business, include Kerto® LVL, birch and spruce plywood and further processed sawn timber. Our products made of northern wood store carbon, and play an important role in combating climate change.
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics – Metsä is for all. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.
This recruitment is carried out anonymously.
We are looking for a Regional Sales Manager to join our Sales team, covering our Northern region
What’s your role at Metsä?
The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering profitable growth with our Merchant and Industrial customer channels.
Within the Merchant sector, the candidate will deliver growth of machined softwood, panel products, MDF Mouldings, sawn joinery & traded products to Independent, Regional Merchant and Buying Group customers. Focus will be on driving market share growth from new business and lapsed customers who have not traded with Metsa for over a 12 month period. Close collaboration will be required with Merchant Area Sales Managers to ensure efficient use of time.
Within the Industrial sector, the candidate will identify will identify customers that use softwood, or other Metsa products within their manufacturing process. Gather product, specification and volume information and work with internal stakeholders to build a solution that works for both parties.
The candidate will provide full account management service for their customers, ensuring service levels are met, growth and profitability targets are achieved and relationships strengthened.
The role is largely field based, with visits to Metsä sites in the UK from time to time. We are looking for someone who will take pride in promoting our product ranges, who will look after the profitability of our merchant accounts and service our valued customers with a sense of innovation, strategy and responsibility.
What do you get to do?
What are we looking for?
Career in the new era at Metsä Group
An international growth business – build a successful career in renewable products. The forest industry is a prime example of the bioeconomy and circular economy, and shows the way to the future. Megatrends such as urbanisation and rising living standards are driving Metsä Group’s business and the shift to renewable fossil free raw materials and products. With us, you’ll have a front seat view of the market – developing the business with a long-term perspective with our international partners and customers.
Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. We value good leadership and support for personal career development. We encourage you to display your competence and will provide you with opportunities to use it.
We offer our employees a wide range of fringe benefits, including comprehensive occupational health care, and extensive training and development opportunities. To support wellbeing at work, we encourage our employees to take advantage of culture, sports and bicycle benefits.
Enter a new era in your career, welcome to Metsä Group!
Anonymous recruitment - this is how it works
This is an anonymous recruitment process. The gender and date of birth of the applicant are not asked for on the application form. Personal details such as name, mother tongue, time of studies, name of educational institution and contact details are hidden until the interview stage. Attachments (such as CVs) are also hidden.
Recruiters have access to the contact details of those invited for interview once the applicant has been selected for interview.
Our system will guide you through the application process. The questions on the application form will help you present your skills and experience anonymously.
Answer all questions carefully. If you’re invited for interview, your CV will be displayed to the recruiters to support the interview.
Read more and watch the video on anonymous recruitment.
https://www.metsagroup.com/careers/work-with-us/anonymous-recruitment/
Would you like to know more? Contact us!
Because the application process is anonymous, we don’t record any information about people who contact us. So don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process itself.
What happens next?
Click on the link above to apply. Click on the link above to apply. Note that attachments won’t be visible in anonymous recruitment until the interview stage, so it’s important to fill in the application form carefully. Please send your application as soon as possible, as we’ll already start processing applications during the application period. Please include your cv and salary request. You’ll receive a confirmation message the next morning after your application has been received.
We wish you the best of luck!