What's the role
We are looking for a passionate Marketing Director to grow their international career with Hilti. As Marketing Director for Sweden, you be part of our executive management team, reporting to the General Manager, with dotted line to our Northern Europe Marketing Hub.
As the Marketing Director you will provide leadership in the development and implementation of our new corporate strategy, with laser focus on customer data whilst building a strong understanding of our customers in order to develop impactful marketing strategies with clear ROI.
You will coach and develop the marketing leadership team in Sweden, with strong collaboration and partnership with senior stakeholders across but not limited to, sales and engineering.
We are looking for someone who aligns to our values, aren't afraid to be creative, innovate, and enjoys a fast-paced environment. This is a great opportunity for an experienced leader to further develop their leadership career in an international organisation whilst fostering a culture of impact and growth for their department.
Who is Hilti?
Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating products and solutions that are Making Construction Better. Where a passionate and inclusive global team of 34,000 employees across more than 120 countries is exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers.
What does the role involve?
- Overall responsibility for the marketing department, developing strategies and clear goals for our approach towards the Swedish market
- Lead & develop the marketing leadership team across the following functions; Pricing, Innovation, Sustainability, Trade as well as Brand & Communications
- Ensure global and local initiatives are linked to the goals and requirements of the market
- Market-monitoring and analysis to follow research, legislation, market development and requirements
- Work with our Northern Europe and Global teams, to ensure the right pre-requisite for Sweden, to leverage the strength of Hilti group and Northern Europe
- Launch new products, services and software to ensure penetration and coverage in relevant market segments
- Responsible for internal and external communication, social media content and platforms
- Identify the most attractive opportunities for Hilti and develop sound value propositions, through involvement and a clear approach
- Steer sales team to ensure competence build up, right direction and key deliverables
- Responsible for ensuring our marketing functions have one voice and set our sales/engineering teams up for success
- Work creatively within the Hilti business model to search for new opportunities to find new business opportunities and ways to increase our relevance in the Swedish market
- Works closely with sales leadership & teams to increase deeper marketing understanding - deeper trade knowledge; market landscape, sub-trades, tool park, applications, key players, competitors, customer needs and pain points to increase our sustainability value proposition
93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people. We’re proud to be considered as a Great Place to Work.
What do we offer?
We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, more productive team. We're a big company with a family-owned feel. You will be given the opportunity to make big changes that will ripple throughout the industry while feeling right at home with the Hilti family.
What you need is:
- You have a university degree - engineering, marketing/business or finance discipline is preferred but not essential
- Demonstrable people leadership experience with experience of leading leaders
- Strong marketing experience covering multiple marketing disciplines, with sales management experience as a preference
- Strong conceptual and implementation skills with the ability to see the big picture, develop a sound strategy and execute
- Ability to be operational and tactical with strong analytical skills
- Strong communication skills combined with extensive experience of influencing across all levels and functions
- Internationally mobile to develop a long term career within the Hilti Group
- Fluency in Swedish and English is essential
- Extensive knowledge of MS Office is essential with knowledge of CRM 7/SAP/ERP systems as a clear plus
- Whilst this role offers hybrid working, we require the successful candidate to live within commuting to our office in Malmö
Who should apply?
We believe that developing people drives great results. We will therefore give you an exceptional introduction with ongoing training and close coaching as well as support from senior leadership as well as global colleagues. People are our biggest asset, which is evident with our new training for leaders who lead leaders, you set the culture of our organisation. We give you great personal responsibility and freedom from day one and have the confidence that you will do what it takes to deliver outstanding results. We offer you fantastic opportunities for a great Hilti career, with possibilities both nationally and internationally.
Please click Apply Now to start the process. If you have any questions regarding the position or the process, please contact E1 Head of Talent Acquisition Kathryn Walmsley, Kathryn.Walmsley@hilti.com .
We look forward to hearing from you!