Commercial & Operations ensures we are the most competitive in each of our businesses, throughout the lifecycle. We do this through a step change in value creation for all our stakeholders and enabling success for our Areas and frontlines. Commercial & Operations brings together our business lines, (New Building Solutions, Service and Modernization) together with global installation, business architecture and portfolio management, sales development, marketing and brand and business development, to be all under one roof. In addition, there are two business segments with dedicated teams in Commercial and Operations. C&O has a crucial role in helping KONE to be faster, nimbler, helping our frontlines to serve our customers better than any other company in the industry.   

New Building Solutions Sales Operations is creating the next level of sales operations performance together with Area, Frontline, and Commercial & Operations teams to enable us to be #1 in all of our markets, make a step-change in New Building Solutions profitability, and drive highly profitable and sustainable service growth. Sales Operations focuses on optimizing sales teams’ efficiency and productivity, involving developing processes and systems to enhance performance and drive revenue growth. 

Trainee, Pricing Development

In this position, you will gain hands-on experience in global pricing and sales operations as part of the New Building Solutions Sales Operations team.

Your primary focus will be to participate in our pricing development program as well as support periodical reporting & analytics across pricing and sales domains. You will collaborate with local and international stakeholders also on other initiatives related to pricing, tendering, business analytics, and sales processes.

We are seeking a trainee to join our team for a six‑month period, starting in April or May 2026, depending on your availability. The role is full-time, mainly on-site at the Espoo office, with partial remote work option.

This trainee position is ideally suited to someone in or close to their final year of Master’s degree studies, e.g. International Business, Sales, Business Analytics or Industrial Engineering & Management. You are welcome to apply also with another similar or relevant background.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Participate in our pricing development program, which aims to improve value-based pricing implementation across our global organization. Tasks may include project coordination, price data analysis, guidelines design, template creation.

• Power BI visual analytics dashboard development, for applications related to the pricing development program or sales & tendering.

• Support with periodical reporting and analysis needs of data from CRM (Salesforce) & visual analytics (Power BI) sources.

• Support in other agreed tasks in the domain of Sales Operations & Pricing Development, related to e.g. sales process, tendering and ordering, sales tools.

Qualifications and skills:

• Master’s degree student or recent graduate in International Business, Sales, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering & Management or another relevant field.

• Solid analytical capabilities and ability to work with a vast amount of data and information in various formats.

• Understanding sales, business, and pricing principles. Previous exposure is an advantage.

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, advanced skills preferred.

• Prior experience from Power BI report development, or equivalent capabilities. SQL, Python or PySpark knowledge is an advantage.

• Prior experience coordinating or managing a project.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, including capability to create informative & clear presentations and guidance materials with Office 365 tools.

• Ability to work, collaborate, and communicate effectively with international and local stakeholders.

• Full professional proficiency in English.

Want to #JoinOurFlow ? 

We offer a supportive learning environment, close collaboration with pricing and sales operations professionals, and exposure to global business practices. This traineeship is an excellent opportunity to develop analytical, business, and stakeholder collaboration skills in an international setting.

Please submit your CV and application letter by February 8th via Careers . Please be aware that we may start reviewing applications already during the application period.

For further information please contact Maria Helle, Pricing Excellence Manager +358 40 7364687, available on January 28th and February 6th at 15.00-16.00, or [email protected] .