Sales Expert HV Turnkey Business (Italy)

About the Role

Location
Italy
Milano
Milan
Remote vs. Office
Hybrid (Remote/Office)
Company
Siemens Energy S.r.l.
Organization
Grid Technologies
Business Unit
Sales
Full / Part time
Full-time
Experience Level
Professional / Experienced

To ensure a fair evaluation, please submit your CV in English, as applications in other languages cannot be reviewed.
 

A Snapshot of Your Day


Join our dynamic team as we drive strategic growth in the High Voltage (HV) Turnkey Substation business for industries and data centers! In this pivotal role, you will proactively develop and manage a robust sales pipeline, ensuring we meet and exceed our growth targetsfor South West Europe (Switzerland, Spain, France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Greece). Imagine engaging with key clients to shape project specifications and leading the creation of winning technical and commercial proposals for complex projects. Your expertise will be crucial in expanding our market share in a competitive energy sector, all while contributing to our ambitious ‘30 x 30’ program.

 

How You’ll Make an Impact

    • Proactively generate new HV turnkey substation opportunities across South & West Europe, focusing on industries and data centers.
    • Build and manage a strong sales pipeline with clear ownership to achieve and exceed growth targets.
    • Analyze market trends, competitors, and growth areas to continuously refine and adapt the sales strategy.
    • Engage early with key customers (TSOs, utilities, industrials, data centers) to shape project requirements and position integrated HV solutions.
    • Develop strategic account plans and act as a trusted technical and commercial advisor, leveraging expertise in substation technologies and turnkey delivery.
    • Lead complex bid preparation, internal collaboration, and contract negotiations, while tracking KPIs and pipeline performance through CRM tools.
 

What You Bring

 
  • Academic background in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field like mechanical or energy engineering.
  • With over 8 years of extensive experience in the HV transmission and distribution sector, you have a proven track record in sales and business development.
  • You demonstrate success in pipeline development, deal shaping, and closing complex, high-value technical projects, preferably in an EPC or turnkey environment.
  • Deep technical knowledge of HV substation technologies (AIS, GIS, transformers) and turnkey project execution.
  • You possess strong influencing skills and strategic thinking abilities, enabling you to build and maintain key customer relationships effectively.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory. Any additional language will be consider a plus.
  • Availability for business travel within the South West Europe countries.
 

About the Team

 

Our Grid Technologies division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?


At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With +100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

 

Our Commitment to Diversity


Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character—no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

 

Rewards/Benefits

  • Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology.
  • Flexibility: trustful environment with an inclusive and flexible way of working driven by results; hybrid way of working enabled by innovative tools and devices, personal computer and smartphone; wi-fi connection reimbursement.
  • Welfare: flexible welfare programs and health insurance extendable to your family; professional and extraprofessional accident insurance; free on-site lunch options.
  • Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment.
  • The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. With us, you have the opportunity to learn and develop in a self-determined way. Various attractive programs and measures are available for this purpose.

The total compensation package for this position, including both fixed and variable components, ranges between € 70.000 – € 90.000 gross per year.
Salary ranges for this role are provided in accordance with applicable local legislation. The stated range is based on the Italian labour market.

Where a role may be performed in multiple locations in Italy or abroad, compensation will vary depending on factors such as market conditions, including the local cost of living, as well as experience and qualifications. In such cases, the specific salary range for the location of interest will be communicated in the early stages of the recruitment process and, in any case, before any potential offer of employment is made.