Are you looking for a new opportunity in sales support role in an organisation that enables your professional growth? Would you like to facilitate efficient offer and contract preparation in an inspiring community at the cutting edge of science and technology? Do you enjoy working dynamically together with the sales and legal teams to close deals? VTT might be just the place for you.  

VTT is one of the leading applied research organisations in Europe. What unites us are curiosity, a passion for learning, and a purpose: to solve the biggest challenges of our time and turn them into sustainable growth and well-being. Our cross-disciplinary community of over 2300 brilliant minds focuses on creating impact through science-based innovation. Get to know us further by exploring VTT's tech & infra.

We are now looking for a Sales Support Coordinator to join our Legal team.

In this position, you work closely with sales to manage documentation, client requirements, and trade regulation matters throughout the sales process.

Our Legal team provides customer oriented in-house legal services especially for our Customer and IPR Sales in demanding project and deal preparation, and closing. We support the overall preventive risk management by providing appropriate terms and conditions to close the deals on an acceptable risk level.

As Sales Support Coordinator, you will:

• Play a key coordinating role in enabling VTT sales to close demanding international deals.
• Coordinate the preparation of offers and handling of compliance matters in complex and heavily regulated deals. 
• Be working closely with a cross-functional team (including e.g. sales, legal counsel, pricing, and finance specialists).
• Have the opportunity to use and increase your skills on dealing with trade compliance requirements as part of sales process in various demanding international deals (e.g. related to US Government purchase requirements).

Who we are looking for:

An experienced, enthusiastic and well-organised person with strong social skills. The ideal candidate has:

• Strong project coordination skills.
• Experience of offer preparation preferably in an international environment.
• Ability to work with multi-professional teams.
• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Law, or a related field.
• Fluent business English (especially written). 
• Understanding of legal and regulatory language is an advantage.
• Experience of trade regulations and public procurement process (on provider side) is an advantage.

As a person, we hope that you are:

• A dynamic team player with a passion for supporting sales and offer preparation and document management. You have strong collaboration skills, and the ability to search solutions hands on together with the preparation team. You fit well into our Legal Affairs team, where we support each other professionally alongside our daily work, and where humour is a tool for our well-being.

With VTT, you’ll enjoy:

• Work with a strong purpose. At VTT, you’ll get to use your professional expertise to help solve the greatest challenges of our time through science and innovation. Our research agenda is dedicated to creating solutions for systemic and technological challenges, such as reaching carbon neutrality and creating superior digital systems. At VTT, you’ll get to do your part in driving this meaningful change through your professional skills. Read more about our strategy, the path of exponential hope, and our organisational culture as the builder of the world's most meaningful place to work.
• An inspiring community. VTT houses all the cutting-edge fields of innovation, from quantum technology to synthetic biology, under one roof. As a professional at VTT, you’ll witness and influence the future of science and technology as it happens. 
• Career and learning opportunities. As a scientific expert organisation, we emphasise learning and development and support our people in reaching their full potential. People stay at VTT for more than ten years, as we offer opportunities to develop and grow into new responsibilities. If you’re curious, ambitious, and willing to learn, VTT is the place to take your career to the next level.
• Support for your well-being. Our people are our main asset, so we take good care of them. We aim to nurture excellent team spirit and leadership and offer versatile well-being services to enable a good work-life balance. On top of 6 weeks of paid holidays annually (after one year of work), we offer exercise and culture benefits, hobby clubs, and voluntary well-being services such as meditation and cognitive ergonomics training.

Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!

Please send your CV and application with your salary request via our recruitment system as soon as possible but at the latest by 6 April 2025. We will process applications as they come in and fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate. A security clearance procedure may be conducted during the recruitment process.

Interested and want to know more?

For further information, please contact Manager, Legal Affairs Teija Riikonen, +358 43 8240300 Teija.Riikonen@vtt.fi on 1.4. at 10-11 or on 4.4.2025 at 13-14.

We look forward to hearing from you!