CareerPlan

Sales Manager Security and Defense

Hofors, SwedenFull-time2026-10-25 → 2026-11-12

Core

Establishing and developing Ovako's business within the defence industry by identifying opportunities, building relationships with decision-makers, and creating a pipeline of future defence business.

Role type

Strategic sales manager (defence industry)

Builds

Long-term business opportunities and relationships within the defence supply chain

Domain

Defence industry / Engineering steel

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Strategic market mapping, long-cycle sales management, relationship building with OEMs and systems suppliers, negotiation, stakeholder management across defence supply chain

Preferred skills

Experience in steel industry, component manufacturing, materials engineering, or manufacturing

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Identify early-stage business opportunities in the defence sector, build trust with technical specialists and business leaders, move commercial discussions forward through negotiations, represent the full Ovako Group offering, collaborate with production and R&D to translate customer needs into business opportunities

Seniority

Manager, strategic initiative builder