Director, Head of Commercial Offshore services
Karlskrona - Sweden
Job Summary
NKT is expanding its offshore activities within Grid Solutions and is now recruiting a Head of Commercial for the Offshore Hub. The role has overall accountability for sales tendering pricing and commercial governance in an offshore project environment that supports the green transition. You will join a global company working with largescale energy infrastructure and longterm customer partnerships. Do you want to contribute to offshore projects that enable a more sustainable energy system
The role covers the full commercial lifecycle from early market engagement to project handover. You translate Grid Solutions commercial direction into offshore priorities and ensure structured tendering pricing and governance aligned with execution capability. The position requires clear judgement in complex project settings and close collaboration with customers and internal functions across regions.
Your responsibility will be to:
- Own sales tendering and commercial performance for the offshore portfolio
- Approve tenders quotations and commercial deviations within mandate
- Manage forecasting budgeting and KPI followup
- Handle contract and price negotiations with key customers
- Ensure structured handover to project execution and continued commercial followup
The position is part of the Offshore Hub within Grid Solutions and reports to Fredric Holmgren Vice President Offshore. You are a member of the hub management team. Frequent customerrelated travel is expected. Location is according to the needs of the Offshore Hub.
You approach complex situations with structure and consistency and communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders. You are comfortable balancing commercial judgement with governance and compliance requirements. Collaboration across cultures and functions is natural to you and you remain composed when priorities compete in a projectbased setting.
You also have:
Extensive leadership experience including leading commercial teams and setting direction in complex project-based environments
- Extensive experience from commercial management sales or business development within offshore energy infrastructure or industrial sectors
- Senior responsibility for managing commercial or sales organizations
- Background in contract negotiation pricing and commercial risk management
- Experience from projectbased and regulated environments
- Professionallevel English and the relevant local language
NKT is committed to developing a diverse organization and culture where people of diverse backgrounds can grow and are inspired to do their best. We have high ambitions on establishing gender diversity at NKT and encouraging all interested candidates to apply even if you dont tick all the boxes described. We believe that a diverse organization enables long-term performance and that an inclusive and welcoming culture creates a better work environment.
In this role you will work in a collaborative offshore organization with close interaction across commercial project execution engineering and supply chain. NKT offers opportunities for professional development international collaboration and exposure to large offshore energy projects that support the green transition.
As a leader you ensure clear commercial judgement and transparent decisions while working closely with customers and project teams across our offshore portfolio says Hiring Manager Fredric Holmgren.
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We will review applications continuously but we recommend you apply no later than 31st of July. Be aware that background checks personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. If you have any questions about the role you are very welcome to contact Hiring Manager Fredric Holmgren at For inquiries about the recruitment process please reach out Sara Karlsson at Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.
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About NKT
Join a diverse and international team within NKTs Grid Solutions business supporting the delivery and operation of reliable power grids worldwide. We deliver HVAC onshore cable systems and provide specialist service for AC and DC cable systems onshore and offshore. As a global organisation with operations across Europe Australia the United States and the Middle East Grid Solutions works closely with customers around the world and across the full lifecycle of power cable systems.
At NKT we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading power cable technologies that enable the worlds transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and plays a key role as the world moves towards clean energy. NKT designs manufactures and installs low- medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling reliable energy transmission. Since 1891 NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure from the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today.
NKT is headquartered in Denmark operates from more than 30 countries worldwide and employs 6500 people globally. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.6 billion in 2025. NKT - We connect a greener world.
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Director
About Company
We are a leading cable and cable accessories supplier to the energy sector. NKT develops and offers high-end cables, cable accessories and cable services.