You can also meet some of our employees here to get a feel for the positions we have within the company, and to get an insight into what it's like to work for us.
Julia Fredäng
I may take great responsibility and operates independently in the client process.
What is the best thing about your job?
The best thing about my job as a business developer is that the job gives me the great responsibility and independently operating client process from first meeting to a signed agreement. It involves diverse tasks, much customer contact and opportunity to be creative in order to suggest the customer the best solution.
What qualities are important to keep in your profession?
It is important to be confident and forward when you meet new potential customers. Creativity is important when chips on new business concepts and organizational skills are a matter of course to work on structural performance.
How do you see career opportunities within Dalkia?
Career opportunities are good in a large company as Dalkia and its parent company, Veolia. During my three years on Dalkia I switched from working as an International Coordinator to Business developer and I have, of course, expectations on continue to evolve and that the company promotes good and competent staff!
Carl Norelid
"My work and results have a real effect on the company's development."
When did you start work at Dalkia?
"In 2004 Dalkia gave me the assignment of producing a marketing plan for the company's activities in the area of industry. I was MD of a small consultancy company, the assignment was successful and I was offered the chance of implementing the plan in the position of Business Development Manager. I couldn't turn that down."
What do you do as Business Development Manager?
"I travel a lot to meet current and potential customers. Our business deals are extensive, with long sales cycles. The process from initial meeting to a signed contract takes from six months to several years. It's very exciting and enjoyable to present arguments for a product that I myself have total belief in."
What is it that makes your work interesting and challenging?
"Dalkia is an expanding company in an expanding industry. There's an entrepreneurial spirit, the atmosphere's unpretentious and informal, while at the same time we have very ambitious targets. It's incredibly challenging to have a job in which my work and the results have a genuine effect on the company's development. All of the customer partnerships are created one by one on the basis of the customer's individual circumstances, which creates tremendous scope for creativity and commercial expertise in the areas of finance, technology and law. It's inspiring to be able to work in a future-oriented, proactive environment with competent colleagues."
Jenny Skoog
"There are development opportunities and a chance to work in other countries."
What are your tasks at work?
"My main job is consolidated accounting for the six companies in Dalkia Norden. I make sure that transactions, acquisitions and sales of companies and mergers are recorded properly between our companies and within the Group. I also work on the reporting of results, budgets and forecasts to head office in Paris."
How has your career at Dalkia progressed?
"I started at Dalkia straight after graduating. In my 11 years I've worked as a cost accountant, controller, ledger manager and Group economist, and I'm now supervisor of Group Consolidation & Reporting."
What's the best thing about working in a global Group?
"There are plenty of opportunities for development through courses and the chance to work in other countries. I worked at our head office in Paris and learned ever such a lot. I've made lots of contacts in other countries, which has also been useful in Sweden."
Mikael Blom
"I get to meet a lot of people, and the work's really varied."
What are your duties?
I work as a refrigeration technicians, which means that I go around to our clients and servers, regulations and install various types of chillers.
What is most challenging in your work?
It is to face new challenges almost every day and therefore always get the chance to learn new things.
What qualities are important to have in your work?
First and foremost you must be tenacious and you must not leave without really getting to grips with the problems that can arise and find the best solutions for the customer. Of course, you also have the desire to solve problems and have a basic technical competence.
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