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KONE

Sales Manager – New Elevator Solutions

KONE

Sales Manager leading a multiskilled sales team focused on delivering customer value-based solutions. Driving profitable growth and developing key customer relationships in the elevator and escalator industry.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Responsible for the leadership of a multiskilled sales team of Sales Executives, a Digital Solutions Engineer, and a Sales Specialist
  • Accountable for defining and achieving the orders target in regard to value, units, profitability, and value-added services
  • Lead by example and work with the sales team to develop key customer relationships
  • Maximize profitable growth through new and repeat business
  • Drives proactive engagement and solution selling with different customer segments
  • Ensures development of customer relationships, profitability, customer loyalty, and satisfaction
  • Supports Account Management strategies and personal relationships with existing Key Accounts
  • Pro-actively drives the development of new Key Accounts
  • Identifies and builds relationships to key decision makers, potential new targets, and influencers
  • Responsible for Regional and Individual Sales Plans (ISPs) for the team
  • Participates in market and customer analysis to ensure quality of sales planning
  • Balances order received growth and profitability by managing discounts
  • Ensures results within orders, contracts, profitability, and market price development
  • Sets sales targets according to market potential and FL unit guidelines
  • Drives sales results from the team on short and long term
  • Develops the competences of the sales team
  • Ensures professional onboarding experience for new employees

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven leadership experience in managing a sales team
  • Able to demonstrate a collaborative working mindset
  • Industry, engineering, construction, or technical experience are desired
  • Possess good team management and influencing skills in a matrix organization
  • Be customer-focused, understanding the needs of customers and the importance of providing solutions to satisfy short and long-term objectives
  • Ability to work effectively in a complex, diverse, changing environment, whilst adapting to change and maintaining focus on key business goals and objectives
  • Effective communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentational
  • Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel experience & CRM

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive Salary
  • 25 days holiday
  • 8 additional Bank Holidays
  • 1 Volunteering Day
  • Pension Scheme
  • Development opportunities and development reviews
  • Support from experienced leaders within the lifts & escalators industry
  • Bonus
  • Car/Car Allowance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental Plan
  • Kone Discounts
  • Prolonged Disability Insurance (PDI)
  • Long Service Awards
  • Hybrid Working
  • 24/7 GP Support & Wellbeing Access

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Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborative mindsetteam managementinfluencing skillscustomer-focusedeffective communicationadaptabilityproblem-solving