Sales Specialist, Electrification

ABB Schweiz AG; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sales Specialist for their Electrification division. This exciting remote role involves driving sales of innovative products and systems while focusing on customer satisfaction and sustainable growth. You will leverage your expertise to build strong customer relationships, develop new market opportunities, and achieve sales targets. Join a company recognized as a Top Employer in the UK, offering a collaborative environment and a comprehensive benefits package. If you are passionate about sales and making a difference, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Internal mobility opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous employee referral scheme

Private medical cover

Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Strong sales expertise with a focus on customer experience and relationship management.
• Ability to develop and execute effective sales strategies.

Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets while ensuring customer satisfaction and relationship building.
• Identify and develop new sales opportunities in the assigned market.

Skills

Portfolio Management

Business Strategy

Market Intelligence

Go-to-market Strategy

Customer Experience Success

Regulation & Legal Compliance

Pricing Excellence

Budget & Performance Targets

Account Management

Business Development & Adoption

Sales Enablement

General Sales Practices

Solution/Application Sales Engineering

Channel Sales

Contract & Risk Management

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Sales Specialist, Electrification

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That's our story. Make it your story.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Sales Specialist to join ABB in a home-based role for Electrification, Smart Buildings Northern Ireland business. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for the sales of products/systems/services within a designated market/division, in line with the division strategy. Each day, you will achieve both qualitative and quantitative sales targets to ensure sustainable order growth, revenues, profitability, market share, and customer satisfaction. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying and developing new sales opportunities. The work model for the role is: remote #LI-remote

You will be mainly accountable for:

1. Selling products/systems/services to customers, focusing on volume, mix, and profitability targets for the assigned divisions
2. Establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships to understand their needs, promoting their understanding of ABB’s complete product/systems/services offering, and aligning with them to provide a solution
3. Ensuring a positive customer experience throughout the sales process
4. Preparing sales plans using ABB authorized tools
5. Performing regular status reviews and proposing recovery plan(s), in case of any potential order shortfalls
6. Creating added value for the customer and ABB and ensuring the successful outcome of transactions, contracts, and proposals, by using effective sales techniques
7. Communicating to the customers about the details related to delivery time, payments, and general terms and conditions, in line with ABB’s offering and strategy
8. Ensuring efficient marketing activities and communicating value proposition to customers
9. Identifying and driving the development of new market opportunities in the designated market
10. Managing administrative procedures in sales processes and supporting cash collection and project management activities, when needed
11. Ensuring appropriate technical and financial aspects of offers are in place, including prices and trading conditions
12. Driving application of standardized marketing & sales processes and tools (Salesforce, account plans, etc.) for the account

Qualifications for the role

• Portfolio Management
• Business Strategy
• Market Intelligence
• Go-to-market Strategy
• Customer Experience Success
• Regulation & Legal Compliance
• Pricing Excellence
• Budget & Performance Targets
• Account Management
• Business Development & Adoption
• Sales Enablement
• General Sales Practices
• Solution/Application Sales Engineering
• Channel Sales
• Contract & Risk Management

More about us

As part of our dedication to our employees, ABB UK offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Office based/Site based/ Field based/ Working from home / Hybrid/ Flexible working
• Private medical cover OR Private medical cover for yourself and partner/family
• Generous bonus scheme

For the 5th consecutive year ABB is recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division’s highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers’ carbon reduction strategies.

Interested in joining the crew? Please apply for the position latest by May 4, 2025. We look forward to receiving your application. We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory