Job Description

Did you know KONE moves over one billion people every day. We employ over 55,000 driven professionals in over 60 countries worldwide joined together by a shared vision. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, it is our mission to improve the flow of urban life.

We believe in improving performance through inspiring, engaging and developing our people. Personal growth is strongly supported and there are significant opportunities for career development. Joining us means you will be part of a global network of people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference.

What will you be doing?

Telesales to create opportunities proactively

• Phone sales to core 2 and core 3 customers including maintenance contract conversions,

renegotiations and new digital services. Can sell VB repairs through campaigns

• Proactive creation and development of customer relationships

• Creates, qualifies and communicates leads and sales opportunities for entire KONE sales team

(e.g. cross-selling)

• Responsible for making courtesy calls

• Takes care of inbound and outbound telesales

• Ensures successful conversions with existing and new maintenance customers

• Driving execution of her/his individual sales plan

• General responsibilities for all core 2 and 3 customers

• Responsible for gathering relevant information about market and competitors while interacting

with customers

Renegotiation and cancellation prevention

• Renegotiates expiring contracts proactively, if any

• Responds and resolves cancellation risks

• Defends price escalation and resolve issues

• Monitor and resolve suspended contracts if any

Complaint and query handling

• Solves complaints with the rest of KONE team

• Handles queries

• Supports the finance function in money collection

Support sales people

• Qualifies leads and plans and schedules visits for farmer

Data quality and communications to ensure customer experience

• Coordinates technical problems with supervisor and technicians

• Coordinates with supervisor and technicians in case of technical problems or new opportunities

• Monitors the leads and new opportunities in CRM and assigns them to right person

• Follows customers not visited; calls and identifies level of satisfaction and opportunity

• Documents the customer and contact information, maintains customer data

Responsibilities in modernization sales:

• Identifies, develops and follows up existing opportunities of modernizations while calling

customer for maintenance topics

• Can sell VB Repairs in campaigns

• Follows up the modernization opportunities forecasted for the month and pushes for

appointment for salesperson

• Identifies inspection and KONE Care for Life (C4L) opportunities and push for negotiation

• Coordinates with supervisor/technicians when site survey is required before new offer for

modernization * Ensures customer satisfaction Potential additional responsibilities: * Supports hunter in the following areas (exact work split between hunter and sales specialist may vary country by country) * Books appointments, generating leads in LIO and using KONE Tools * Calls customers based on the target list and fixing appointments (considering various factors e.g. location, other appointments) * Informs hunter about the appointments * Updates CRM according to the communication of the hunter on outcomes of the meetings * Creates opportunities and offers with the basic information wherever required)

What do we offer?

• Career progression opportunities within a global organisation
• Full-time role enabling you establish a function and make it your own
• Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work
• Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills

Successful candidates will be invited to complete an automated video interview. Please make sure to check your e-mail regularly to be able to submit that within the required time frame.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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