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This position’s primary objective is to meet/exceed the business targets and their associated key performance indicators defined by the National Field Application Engineering (FAE) Manager. This regional specialist executes strategies jointly formulated between the National FAE Manager and the leadership teams for Electrification Distribution Solutions (ELDS) and Electrification Smart Building / Smart Power (ELSB/SP) business lines.This position is dedicated to demand creation, building a healthy opportunity pipeline and assisting our sales teams in securing business. We are responsible for delivering technical sup-port by providing value engineering when and where needed within the region. The team’s main specifying efforts will be at targeted Industrial EPC’s and commercial consultants where our LV & MV power systems and ABB Ability digital platform will be specified to differentiate our value proposal. This position is also accountable to ensure that each identified CAPEX & OPEX business opportunity is properly created, tracked and monitored in SFDC, by following precisely the differ-ent stage gate for each opportunity. The FAE will take active engagement in the bi-weekly ca-dence meetings and will provide clear visibility on pipeline management forecast.
Your responsibilities
- Meet or exceed sales targets and associated key performance indicators.
- Develop, deploy, execute & monitor the commercial plan jointly formulated with the business lines.
- Ensure “Push and Pull” specifications methodology is done by properly defining both the specifiers and the End-Users related to a specific project.
- Develop sales/business plans, establish call plans, identify account profiles and execute the sales plan to convert targeted specifiers to accept ABB LV & MV products & solutions.
- Support the various ABB Business segment leaders and sales teams from various ABB busi-nesses.
- Identify business opportunities, log these opportunities in the ABB SFDC CRM, and maintain the opportunity pipeline.
- Utilize superior product & equipment knowledge and expertise, competitive information and customer knowledge to specify the EL LV & MV offering at consultant level to cover the cus-tomer's/end-users present and future needs.
- Regularly provide feedback on conversion progress for each targeted customer and / or CAPEX Projects.
- Provide ideas to accelerate growth, solve potential road-blocks such as the technology road map.
- Collaborate with the various product marketing team members for specific sales by applica-tion and by product families.
- Regularly provide training sessions to customers and sales teams to boost skills and compe-tencies on all ELDS and ELSB/ELSP LV & MV products and solutions.
- Collaborate and support other ABB business’ sales teams on selling the EL portfolio.
Your background
- Electrical engineering degree.
- 5 to 10 Years of commercial and industrial market segment experience with MV & LV equipment.
- 5 to 10 years of experience in sales with specific accomplishment of securing major projects, cov-ering commercial and industrial consultants.
- 3 - 5 years of strategic account management experience.
- Bilingual in both official languages (French and English).
- Good working knowledge of LV & MV electrical distribution, automation, and control products.
- Good understanding of the customer’s problems needs and challenges as well as industry-specific knowledge preferred.
- Good insights on competitive landscape, competitor’s offering, and competitor’s go-to-market model.
- Good capacity to listen with analytical and technical skills.
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills with great negotiation and influencing skills.
- Autonomous, entrepreneurial & team spirit.
Benefits
Retirement plan Accident insurance Healthcare plan Wellbeing program
More about us
We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage applicants to self-identify in the application process.ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.
