Technical Sales Support Specialist-Southwest

Technical Sales Support Specialist-Southwest

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This position reports to

Business Line Manager, Growth and Metals

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the assigned Sales organization and customers during the proposal process. Each day, you will serve as a key technical resource in the assigned area.

You will also showcase your expertise by preparing technical descriptions of the products and technology, determining costs, and preparing final documentation. The work model for the role is: hybrid. This role is contributing to the Process Automation Process Industries division.

You will be mainly accountable for: •Offering technical advice and solutions on inquiries from customers/channels/Sales Specialists about ABB products/systems/applications. •Performing analytic and diagnostic studies to determine the optimal technical solution to meet customer needs and address complex inquiries. •Developing and maintaining new sales opportunities and resolving specific customer problems; and ensuring achievement of targets on orders, Net Price Variance (NPV), and Net Promoter Score (NPS). •Ensuring the achievement of budget goals, including volume targets and profitable growth, across all assigned product groups and in the respective countries. Our team dynamics You will join a dynamic, talented, high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related field required or equivalent extensive technical work experience in Data Centers preferred. Knowledge in the following industries a plus: Food & Beverage, Cement, Metals Industries.

• 10+ years of experience in sales or business development related to digital /automation solutions and products in a Process Industry required.

• Experience in business development, capital equipment sales or service sales

• A focus on end users, listening and understanding their wants and needs, goals and objectives, how they buy, maintain their equipment, how they partner with suppliers.

• Ability to support development of proposals and strategies that lead to winning orders.

• Ability to travel 50% to 60% of the time.

• A good understanding of the process control and automation solutions.

• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

More about us

The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers.

For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments.

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