Sales specialist

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking an Electrical Engineer with 3 to 7 years of experience in sales and tendering for high/medium voltage products to join our India operations.

You will prepare offers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze customer needs, and ensure compliant, technically sound quotations while advancing regional business objectives.

Based in Chennai, this role requires strong English communication, a global mindset, and a drive to deliver cost-effective solutions across markets.

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineer with 3 to 7 years of professional sales & tendering experience in GCB or GIS or EPC or any high or medium voltage products.
• Technical or commercial background on university level or equivalent.
• Multiculture experience is a benefit.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Determine most technical appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
• Offers & Quotations standardization & Competence development.

Responsibilities

• Prepare timely and comprehensive offers/quotations.
• Collaborate with Sales support team on offerings solutions to country/region customers.
• Coordinate with Product Group Territory Marketing & Service local Sales Managers.
• Analyze customer needs through market info and information provided by Service FES/Territory Managers.
• Preparation of complete technical & commercial quotations considering different strategies.
• Involved in risk reviews of offers to ensure proper mitigation actions.
• Assist the local teams during offers/quotations for follow-up and clarifications.
• Coordinate with Design, Project Management, SCM and other functions during tendering.

Skills

Sales & Tendering

Electrical Engineer

English communication

Education

Engineering Degree (Electrical)

Job description

Hitachi Energy is a world leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible, and secure, and we collaborate with customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future – for today’s generations and those to come.

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 3000+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy to date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Prepare Timely and comprehensive offers /Quotations.
• Collaborate across the Sales support team in offeringsolutions to country / region specific customers.
• Close collaboration with the Product Group Territory
• Marketing & Service local Sales Managers (TMSM)responsible for the global market.
• Know-how sharing & cross-collaboration.
• Analyze customer needs through general market infoand information provided by Service FES/Territory Managers.
• Preparation of complete technical & commercial quotationconsidering different strategies.
• Involved in complete Risk review process of Hitachi Energy tomake sure we deliver offer considering all the risks andmitigation action plan.
• Assist the local TMSM’s or A/ ASMs during Offers/Quotationsfor adequate follow-up and proper answers during the offerclarification process.
• Coordinating with multiple functions (Design, Projectmanagement, SCM etc) as part of tendering activity.
• Lost proposal analysis to obtain better future offering.
• Accountable for technical expertise and accuracy of thedeliverables
• Preparation of complete documentation for order handing overwith Project Management & Engineering after award ofcontract.
• Order Handing over with Project Management andEngineering.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Electrical Engineer with 3 to 7 years of professional sales & Tendering experience in GCB or GIS or EPC or any high or medium voltage products.
• Technical or commercial background on university level or equivalent.
• Multi culture experience is a benefit.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Determine most technical appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
• Offers & Quotations standardization & Competencedevelopment.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.