Sales Engineer - Process Instrumentation

ABB; Machelen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary with bonus

Company car and European charging card

Meal vouchers and expense reimburse

32 days of paid leave (statutory + ADV

Comprehensive benefits: hospital, life

Flexible working from home, at client/

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Sales Engineer for Process Instrumentation in Machelen, Belgium. You will become a trusted advisor to major industrial customers, engineering firms, and system integrators across Belgium and Belux, owning the full customer journey from initial contact to final contract signature.

Join ABB to translate complex technical needs into actionable plans, drive commercial strategy including pricing and negotiations, and help optimize measurement performance and operational efficiency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in account management, business development, or technical sales within industrial instrumentation or related fields.
• Commercial confidence to lead opportunities and close deals.
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into action plans for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Become a trusted advisor to major industrial customers, engineering firms, and system integrators across Belgium and the Belux region.
• Own the customer journey from initial contact to final contract signature.
• Develop technical proposals and growth plans aligned with customer objectives.
• Drive pricing, negotiations, profitability, and long-term account planning.

Skills

Account management

Business development

Technical sales

Job description

Sales Engineer - Process Instrumentation

Location: Machelen, Belgium

Category: Sales, Marketing & Communication

Employment Type: Full Time

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Sales Support Manager

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Measure. Analyze. Transform.

What happens when cutting-edge process instrumentation meets Belgium's heavy industries? ABB steps in. We are the force behind the technologies that keep industrial operations running.

As a Sales Engineer - Process Instrumentation within our Measurement & Analytics division, you will become the trusted partner industrial customers rely on to optimize their measurement performance and operational efficiency. From intelligent sensors and advanced analyzers to complete lifecycle management, you will connect customers with innovations that truly make a difference.

Full autonomy.
Real impact.
It's your move.

Your Role

You will become a trusted advisor to major industrial customers, engineering firms, and system integrators across Belgium and the Belux region. From initial contact to final contract signature, you will own the entire customer journey, supported by a highly capable internal team and world-class technology.

Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Promoting ABB's process instrumentation solutions and co-developing technical proposals and growth plans aligned with your customers' business objectives.
• Translating complex technical requirements, risks, and strategic plans into clear action points for internal stakeholders.
• Driving the commercial strategy, including pricing, negotiations, profitability, and long-term account planning.
• Monitoring market trends and competitive activity and turning insights into a competitive advantage.

Who are you?

We're looking for someone with the commercial confidence to lead and the technical expertise to earn credibility with customers. Someone energized by complex technical and commercial challenges and who naturally asks, "How do we make this project successful?"

You are an independent decision-maker. Whether it's scheduling a customer meeting or deciding where you work from today, the choice is yours.

You are also:

• A sales professional with 5+ years of experience in account management, business development, or technical sales, preferably within industrial instrumentation, process automation, or the energy sector.
• Someone who thrives at the intersection of commercial thinking and technical expertise.
• Fluent in French and capable of working professionally in technical English. Additional languages are a plus.
• Experienced with process instrumentation technologies, or highly motivated to become a subject matter expert in the field.
• Results-driven and passionate about creating customer value and winning business.

What's in it for you?

When you sell the technologies that measure the world, you should feel supported every step of the way.

Here's what we offer:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus.
• Electric company car and European charging card.
• Meal vouchers and expense reimbursement.
• 32 days of paid leave (20 statutory holidays plus 12 ADV days).
• Comprehensive benefits package including hospitalization, group, and pension insurance.
• Flexible working arrangements from home, customer sites, or The Wings, our state-of-the-art office in Diegem.
• The freedom to organize your workday, set your own pace, and own your success.

Why ABB?

At ABB, you will work with specialized instrumentation solutions serving industrial, energy, and infrastructure customers. Your portfolio will include gas and liquid analyzers, process measurement instruments for temperature, pressure, flow, and level, force measurement solutions, and technologies for secure building applications.

These are mission-critical technologies that help customers improve operational performance, sustainability, safety, and digitalization.

We may be a global leader in process instrumentation, but our local team of approximately 50 colleagues keeps things personal and accessible. You'll benefit from deep product expertise, strong field support teams, and genuine empowerment to make decisions and drive results.

Ready to measure what measures the world?

Join ABB as our next Sales Engineer - Process Instrumentation.

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