The Role
Prepare competitive bids, estimates, and quotations by collecting technical and cost information, documenting tenders, managing technical/financial/project aspects of proposals, and ensuring timely, accurate inputs per quality procedures.
Summary Generated by Built In
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__
Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory)
In this role, you will have the opportunity to create and complete bids, estimations, and quotations based on customer specifications, requirements, or budget to achieve market competitiveness and high margins for the company. Each day, you will maintain and improve the balance between all ABB units and customers in your area of responsibility. You will also showcase your expertise by collecting and collating the information required to prepare proposals, including both technical and cost elements.
The work model for the role is: {onsite/hybrid/remote} {insert Linkedin #}
This role is contributing to the {insert product group/business area/division/function} in {insert region}. Main stakeholders are {insert main stakeholder groups if available}.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Our team dynamics (Optional)
You will join a {insert adjectives – e.g. dynamic, talented, high performing} team, where you will be able to thrive.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to create and complete bids, estimations, and quotations based on customer specifications, requirements, or budget to achieve market competitiveness and high margins for the company. Each day, you will maintain and improve the balance between all ABB units and customers in your area of responsibility. You will also showcase your expertise by collecting and collating the information required to prepare proposals, including both technical and cost elements.
The work model for the role is: {onsite/hybrid/remote} {insert Linkedin #}
This role is contributing to the {insert product group/business area/division/function} in {insert region}. Main stakeholders are {insert main stakeholder groups if available}.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Formulating competitive bids, estimates, and quotations by considering the best available product mix and appropriate technical and commercial aspects for each situation.
- Creating well-documented tenders in a timely manner and with an appropriate level of detail, including full and accurate costs.
- Managing the preparation of technical, financial, and, if required, project management aspects of the bid, estimate, and quotation, indicating prices and trading conditions.
- Ensuring that inputs for editing activities related to bid, estimate, and quotation preparation are provided in a timely manner and in accordance with the established quality procedures.
Our team dynamics (Optional)
You will join a {insert adjectives – e.g. dynamic, talented, high performing} team, where you will be able to thrive.
Qualifications for the role (Mandatory)
- You are immersed in / engaged in / absorbed in / highly skilled in/ you enjoy working with {relevant tools and methodologies} and the {insert relevant industry/sector} market
- Ability to demonstrate your experience in / Have established skills / advanced skills / You have {insert number of years} years of experience in {insert relevant field}
(OPTIONAL: working as {insert relevant role} with {insert relevant products or technologies}) - Possess an enhanced knowledge of / You are qualified in / Highly adept in {insert specialized software/platforms}
- You are passionate about / you are captivated by / you are innovative around {insert relevant soft skills} and {insert relevant soft skills}
- Degree in / Have a demonstrated track record in / Extensive knowledge of / Proven experience of {insert specific degree, qualification} in {insert subject}
- You are at ease communicating in {insert required language skill(s)}
- You hold current {insert required licenses} valid in {insert job location} and {insert country-specific VISA/work permit} {where required}
What's in it for you? (Optional)
Benefits (Optional)
We also offer our employees the following benefits:
- Benefit 1
- Benefit 2
- Benefit 3
- Benefit 4
- Benefit 5
Local Specific Benefits (Open Field below – Optional)
Locally, you can count on {Add local perks and benefits in text format}
More about us (Mandatory)
{Insert specific business area/division/service function or corporate function paragraph from common source material}
{Insert country/location -specific boilerplate (1-2 sentences only)} {optional}
{Insert country-specific legal statement e.g.: EEO/data privacy} {where required}
{Insert PES (Pre-employment screening) sentence} {when required}
{Insert local TP or hiring manager contacts if necessary}
Guidelines:
Please be aware:
- All fields in yellow should be populated with relevant information (based on Job description and the Kick-off form). All other text can also be modified if necessary, within the given guidelines.
- Text in bold is fixed and should not be edited or removed
- Reporting Manager section is mandatory both internally and externally, to be posted via eRec functionality
- “Your role and responsibilities” should be plain text followed by maximum 4 additional bullet points
- The “Qualifications for the role” section should include no less than five and no more than seven bullet points. These bullet points should be listed in order of importance for the success in the role
- Indicate the required language knowledge in the “Qualifications for the role” section whenever it is mandatory and/or applicable
- Information about “Licenses and visa/work permit” is optional, use this sentence wherever it is required
- In the “More about us” section you can add further legal statements/PES indications or Talent Partner contacts, for example
- Read more about the guidelines in the Guidelines doc available in the SharePoint
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Skills Required
- Experience creating and completing bids, estimations, and quotations based on customer specifications.
- Ability to collect and collate technical and cost information to prepare proposals.
- Experience preparing well-documented tenders with full and accurate costing.
- Ability to manage technical, financial, and project management aspects of bids and quotations.
- Enhanced knowledge of specialized software/platforms used for configuration and quotation.
- Degree or demonstrated track record in a relevant subject or qualification.
- Required language communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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The Company
What We Do
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
