Segment Specialist

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2 Locations
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Robotics • Analytics • Energy
The Role
Leads industry segment strategy, profitable growth, market penetration, customer and influencer relationships, major account prioritization, pricing, contracts, and cross-functional execution. Manages segment teams, develops value propositions, monitors market trends and competitors, supports sales organizations, negotiates agreements, manages risks, and builds team capability. Requires extensive industrial control sales or business development experience, product knowledge, team leadership, English fluency, and frequent travel.
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:

Segment Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

Creates, implements, and reviews industry segment strategy for the assigned area.

 

  • Leads the process to define the industry group footprint that covers market presence, execution standards, and delivery model.
  • Drives and ensures profitable growth by focusing on market penetration, innovation, and expansion activities.
  • Defines key targets (e.g., volume, prices, portfolio mix) and ensures they are achieved for the assigned segment(s).
  • Ensures proper business plans are in place and are executed by a market-oriented organization.
  • Drives the revenue growth of the top line in each target industry segment.
  • Leads and manages the segment team members and reinforces global sales efficiency and performance.
  • Builds relationships with key external influencers/key customers and leverages ABB’s strengths to capture new business opportunities.
  • Drives and ensures knowledge sharing and cross-division and cross-country collaborations.
  • Activates operation intelligence, benchmarking, and analysis to identify industry segment trends, practices, product gaps, competitor strategy, etc.
  • Ensures ABB’s value proposition for the target segment is developed and well-communicated, both internally and externally.
  • Supports Sales organizations to ensure they are positively perceived in the target segment(s)
  • Reinforces ABB’s visibility in the target segment(s) by strengthening external market segment communication, in coordination with the Marketing Communication team and by participating in dedicated customer events and segment trade fairs.
  • Feeds back to the divisions on market developments and requirements.
  • Ensures that the major accounts in the segments are identified and prioritized.
  • Maps market requirements and opportunities to actions for ABB and coordinates with divisions, sales units, and other relevant teams to implement them.
  • Ensures the team is well prepared and has the necessary internal support to pursue and manage large project contracts.
  • Leads or participates in the negotiation of legal and commercial international frame agreements.
  • Identifies and manages risks related to market trends, contract agreements, and pricing across segments.
  • Uses standard reporting tools to accurately identify future opportunities and measure the segment-wise progress.
  • Promotes and enables collaboration in the division, across divisions, business areas, and teams to maximize results for ABB.
  • Provides guidance to the teams and seeks knowledge for their own development and coaching/mentoring of the teams.
  • Builds effective, competent, and high-performing teams.
  • Reviews organizational effectiveness and performs competence assessments and continuous skill upgrades.



Qualifications for the role

  • Bachelor's degree or above
  • Above 10 years of sales or BD experience in the industrial control industry 
  • Familiar with industrial control products and industry information, including but not limited to frequency converters, servos, PLCs, etc
  • More than 5 years of team management experience
  • Fluent in English
  • Able to accept frequent business trips


More about us
ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • More than 10 years of sales or business development experience in the industrial control industry
  • Familiarity with industrial control products and industry information, including frequency converters, servos, and PLCs
  • More than 5 years of team management experience
  • Fluent in English
  • Ability to accept frequent business trips

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
HQ: Zürich
104,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1988

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

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