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Do you want to take full P&L responsibility with a large mandate for a business with a strong technical core, while simultaneously playing a key role in an international group? Do you have a passion for building business, structure, and people – and thrive when you are personally involved in drawing the strategic map?

Dellner Dampers AB in Flen is part of Dellner Couplers AB and became part of the Wabtec group and their Transit division in February 2026.

The recruitment is carried out in collaboration with Jefferson Wells, but you will be directly employed by Dellner.

We are now looking for a Head of Dampers / Business Area Manager who will develop the business into a commercially driven and integrated business area. You will further develop the business in dampers for the rail segment while simultaneously driving growth through synergies within the Wabtec group as well as with other industrial customers outside the group. www.wabteccorp.com (https://www.wabteccorp.com)

About the role

You have full responsibility for sales, results, and the further development of the Dampers product line, with a turnover of 120 MSEK. The role combines business leadership with responsibility for production, customer relations, and organization in a company with clear growth ambitions.

You have full P&L responsibility for the Dampers business area and drive it independently, where sales, profitability, strategy, and operational excellence go hand in hand. You also have overall responsibility for our entire technology & production site with approx. 60 employees. An important part of the role is to lead and develop the sales team consisting of four Key Account Managers and a sales engineer on an international market, as well as to maintain close dialogue with Dellner Couplers' global organization and sales organization.

The role involves a clear change and integration journey, where you:

• Professionalize working methods and structures
• Strengthen business focus and market presence
• Shape the strategy for Dampers' continued development
• Create engagement and direction in the organization

You combine strategic height with operational presence – and are equally comfortable in management discussions as out in the operations.

Your mission

• Full commercial, result, and sales responsibility for the Dampers product line
• Lead and develop the sales organization and drive growth in close dialogue with the market
• Set direction, strategy, and business plan for Dampers
• Ensure structure, processes, quality, and working environment
• Be an active party in the dialogue with Dellner Couplers' sales organization and other relevant functions for the group
• Develop leadership, culture, and engagement, and lead the management group

Who we are looking for

We are looking for you who are commercially driven, entrepreneurial, and secure in the leadership role. You are motivated by driving business development and building relationships at different levels, both internally and externally with customers and suppliers. You have the ability to switch between a helicopter view and details, between strategy and execution. You are clear, sensitive, and have the courage to make decisions – even when all conditions are not entirely given.

Your location is in Flen where Dellner Dampers has its operations, and you report to VP Couplers Group, Fredric Håkansson.

Your background

• Experience from manufacturing industry, preferably in a senior management role with broad business responsibility
• Documented experience of sales responsibility and P&L
• Experience of leading managers and specialists, at least 10 years
• Strong commercial acumen combined with technical understanding
• Very good communication skills, professional level in Swedish and English in speech and writing

An academic degree is meritorious but not a requirement – leadership, business understanding, and industrial experience are decisive together with strategic height.

About the company

Dellner Dampers has, for over 50 years, developed and delivered custom hydraulic dampers to world-leading companies, primarily within the rail industry, but also to bridge constructions and material handling.

After Wabtec's acquisition of Dellner Couplers, Dellner Dampers is part of a global industrial group with a strong international presence and good opportunities for continued development and growth.

Here you get a unique opportunity to:

• Drive a business area with a clear identity and great potential
• Be a key person in the integration of Dampers into a larger group
• Combine entrepreneurship with the strength and resources of a global group
• Lead a business with high technical competence, pride, and future focus

Contact person

Apply via www.jeffersonwells.se (https://www.jeffersonwells.se). For more information, contact Headhunter Thomas Andersson at Jefferson Wells on 070-276 99 53.

We look forward to receiving your application!