Senior Service Sales Specialist
Key Skills
Job Description
Location:
Rotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsJob ID:
R0127393Date Posted:
2026-06-16Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY THE NETHERLANDS B.V.Profession (Job Category):
Sales, Marketing & Product ManagementJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The opportunity
Hitachi Energy is looking for a Senior Service Sales Specialist in the Benelux region.
In this role, you drive growth of service business across high-voltage systems, transformers, and grid connections.
You work closely with customers to improve asset reliability and performance.
You help them extend equipment lifetime and optimize maintenance strategies.
You focus strongly on business development.
You identify new service opportunities and expand existing customer accounts.
You act as a trusted partner for long-term service agreements and lifecycle solutions.
You also support the growth of digital and performance-based services.
You collaborate with technical and commercial teams across the organization.
This role gives you high visibility and impact in a growing service business.
How you’ll make an impact
- Identify and develop new service opportunities across HV and transformer portfolios
- Grow service revenue within strategic accounts through renewals and extensions
- Expand business into new customers and non-OEM installed base
- Promote service agreements, including SLA, SFA, and long-term contracts
- Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders across functions
- Understand customer needs and propose value-based service solutions
- Support customers in defining maintenance and lifecycle strategies
- Manage the full sales process from opportunity to contract closure
- Prepare proposals with technical and commercial teams
- Maintain a reliable pipeline and sales forecast
Your background
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
- Minimum 7 years of experience in service sales
- Experience in energy, transformers, or high-voltage environments
- Proven track record in growing service business and contracts
- Understanding of lifecycle services and maintenance strategies
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to build trust with stakeholders at all levels
- Fluent in Dutch and English; French is a plus
More about us
We offer you a collaborative and international work environment.
You will contribute to projects that support the energy transition.
Our employee benefit programs are tailored to each country.
Additional details will be shared during the recruitment process.
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Core Responsibilities
Drive the growth of the service business for high-voltage systems and transformers across the Benelux region. Identify new service opportunities and manage the full sales process from opportunity to contract closure.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business and at least 7 years of experience in service sales within energy or high-voltage environments. Fluency in Dutch and English is required, with French being a plus.
Benefits
- Employee Benefit Programs
About Hitachi
Industry: Utilities
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future with innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system. With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we co-create and build long-term partnerships across the utility, industry, transportation, data centers, and infrastructure sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD.