Area Sales Manager

ABB Ventures; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Ventures seeks an Area Sales Manager to lead sales strategies in the Ohio region, focusing on electrification products. The successful candidate will have significant experience in the electrical industry, driving sales growth and market penetration. This remote role requires a Bachelor's degree and strong analytical and leadership skills, ensuring customer satisfaction and effective team management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in the electrical industry.
• Ability to travel 50% or as needed throughout the territory.

Responsibilities

• Develop an effective sales strategy for the Ohio - West Virginia - Western Pennsylvania region.
• Identify and evaluate new opportunities with existing and potential customers.
• Plan and execute customer surveys to ensure high customer satisfaction.

Skills

Sales skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or Business

Job description

2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

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. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.

This is a position with grade

11

This position reports to

District Sales Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop an effective sales strategy within the Ohio - West Virginia - Western Pennsylvania trade region and maintain it, to improve ABB’s market penetration and realize growth aspirations. Each day, you will define, plan, lead, and ensure the execution of sales strategy to achieve both qualitative and quantitative sales targets for products, systems, and/or services to ensure sustainable order growth, revenue, profitability, market share, sales productivity, and customer satisfaction. You will also showcase your expertise by leading, developing, and coaching the Sales organization (other sales managers and sales specialists within scope) to achieve the sales targets, through high performance. While this is a remote position, successful candidates will be located in the Ohio, West Virginia or Western PA area. This role is contributing to the Electrification Installation Products in the United States. You will be mainly accountable for: Anticipating and identifying the shortfalls in performance and takes appropriate remedial actions, proactively. Identifying and evaluating new opportunities with existing and potential customers, determines plans for implementation, and allocates required resources. Planning and executing customer surveys and acts on the survey results to ensure high level of customer satisfaction. Participating in the negotiation of key contracts.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or Business
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in the electrical industry, preferably within commercial and industrial markets.
• Exceptional analytical, sales, communication and leadership skills
• Ability to travel 50% or as needed throughout the territory.
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US
  
  

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas & Betts), helps manage the connection, protection and distribution of electrical power from source to socket. The Division’s products are engineered to provide ease of installation and perform in demanding and harsh conditions, helping to ensure safety and continuous operation for utilities, businesses and people around the world. The Commercial Essentials product segment includes electrical junction boxes, commercial fittings, strut and cable tray metal framing systems for commercial and residential construction. The Premier Industrial product segment includes multiple product lines, such as Ty-Rap cable ties, T&B Liquidtight Systems protection products, PVC coated and nylon conduit systems, power connection and grounding systems, and cable protection systems of conduits and fittings for harsh and industrial applications. The Division also manufactures solutions for medium-voltage applications used in the utility market under its marquee brands including Elastimold reclosers and switchgear, capacitor switches, current limiting fuses, Homac distribution connectors, Hi-Tech Valiant full-range current limiting fuse for fire mitigation, faulted current indicators and distribution connectors, cable accessories and apparatus with products for overhead and underground distribution. Manufacturing includes made-to-stock and custom-made solutions. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2 023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. MyBenefitsABB.com

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at ABB Ventures by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Area Sales Manager” roles.

Columbus, OH $150,000.00-$170,000.00 4 days ago

Columbus, OH $120,000.00-$250,000.00 2 months ago

Pharmacy Sales Director - Cigna Healthcare - Remote

Territory Sales Manager - USP Technologies

Columbus, OH $110,000.00-$150,000.00 1 week ago

Columbus, OH $150,000.00-$200,000.00 1 week ago

Columbus, OH $120,000.00-$120,000.00 1 month ago

Columbus, OH $3,000.00-$6,000.00 3 weeks ago

Oncology Account Manager - Columbus, OH Field Based

Territory Sales Manager, Piping and Plumbing Products, Ohio Valley

Regional Account Manager-Ohio Valley-Firdapse

Oncology Account Manager-Columbus, OH - Field Based

Embedded IoT / Edge Solutions Sales Representative, Manager and Director

Sales & Application Engineer - USA, Central East (f/m/x)

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.