Mill Sales Manager / Product Sales Manager

Valmet · Sundsvall

Drive customer value as our next Mill Sales Manager

Are you ready for the next step in your career and eager to work close to customers and technology? You step into a role where you grow sales, shape long term partnerships, and influence how mills improve performance and efficiency. You work with rebuilds, upgrades, services, spare parts, and larger investment projects, while collaborating with experts across a global organization. Here, you combine commercial drive with technical understanding to create a real impact for customers every day.

Your responsibilities

  • You grow sales of rebuilds upgrades, service agreements, field services, workshop repairs, and spare parts 

  • You manage the full sales process from inquiry to negotiation and closing 

  • You build and develop long-term relationships with your own customer accounts 

  • You collaborate with engineers and colleagues to prepare competitive technical and commercial proposals 

  • You engage with customers regularly to identify improvement opportunities and promote energy efficient solutions 

What we expect from you

  • You have a technical or commercial background 

  • You bring experience from the pulp and/or paper industry, which is an advantage 

  • You communicate confidently in English, both spoken and written 

  • You are skilled in building relationships and managing customer interactions 

  • Travel within your region is required and you hold a valid driver’s license 

To succeed in this role, you will require the following:

You combine strong commercial drive with the ability to understand customer processes and needs. You plan your work strategically, stay solution-oriented, and communicate clearly with both customers and colleagues. You take ownership of your accounts and focus on delivering results while building trust over time. 

 

We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles - practical behaviors that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:  

  • Take accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through  

  • Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly  

  • Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety  

  • Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value 

We offer

You join a role with many points of contact across the business, working closely with colleagues and customers throughout the full sales cycle. You play an active part in delivering advanced process solutions and services to the pulp and paper as well as energy industries. The work is varied and combines customer interaction, technical collaboration, and commercial responsibility. 

Valmet offers an inspiring and challenging position with opportunities to grow in a global and team-oriented environment. You work with modern solutions, contribute to sustainable industrial development, and benefit from continuous learning and development opportunities. 

Want to know more?

Did we catch your interest? For further information, please contact Joakim Larsson, Senior Manager, Pulp Solutions [email protected]  

 

Last application date by July 5th, 2026, by filling in our online application form. 

  

Please also attach your CV to the application. 

 

We will start interviews before the application deadline, so please submit your interest at your earliest convenience.

When everything works together    

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With over 19,000 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, and serve an even wider base of process industries with our automation systems and flow control solutions. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.   

Join the team! www.valmet.com/careers

Sales pay context

Based on 5,122 disclosed Sales salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $119K/year, with most offers between $81K and $170K (10th–90th percentile: $65K–$238K).

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