At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Partner Business Director, Americas – En
At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position Reports To
Partner Business Director - Americas
Main Responsibilities
- You are a strategic thinker and a relationship builder, someone who understands the power of partnerships in driving growth. Your mission is to expand ABB’s Process Automation business by identifying, onboarding, and nurturing a strong network of channel partners - distributors, system integrators, installers, and sales agents - who will champion our solutions in untapped markets.
- Lead with Strategy: You will define and execute a robust sales strategy through channel partners to deliver Order volume and profitability targets, ensuring ABB's process automation & electrical control systems reach the right customers through the right channels across the central US states.
- Market Expansion & Growth: You will evaluate market segments, determining where to deploy direct, indirect, or multi-channel sales efforts to maximize ABB’s market share.
- Build & Strengthen Partnerships: More than just signing agreements, you will cultivate and nurture long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with top-tier channel partners, ensuring alignment with ABB’s goals.
- Enable Partner Success: You’ll ensure partners have the technical and commercial training, tools, and support needed to sell and integrate ABB’s distributed control systems (DCS), digital solutions, and electrical control offerings seamlessly.
- Drive Synergies Across ABB Solutions: You’ll connect ABB’s DCS technology with complementary offerings, creating value for both partners and customers in the Energy and Process industries.
- Champion Collaboration: You’ll work closely with marketing, sales, and business development teams to ensure that channel partners are an integral part of ABB’s growth strategy.
Qualifications
- Strong background in indirect sales and channel management, with a proven ability to build and scale partner networks.
- Knowledge that sets you apart: While not required, expertise in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, refining, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, power generation, water & waste water, or food & beverage industries will give you a competitive edge.
- A Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, controls engineering, or equivalent experience.
- A self-starter mindset with strong analytical and strategic thinking skills - you see opportunities where others see challenges.
- Willingness to travel up to 30 - 50% across central US states, meeting partners and customers where they are.
- Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English; Spanish proficiency is highly desirable.
- Experience in driving change initiatives in large, complex organizations - navigating ambiguity with confidence.
What's in it for you
We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
More About Us
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.
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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 [email protected]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.
While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $116,000 and $180,000 annually.
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Health, Life & Disability
- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
- Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
- Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
Retirement
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
Time off
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
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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.
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.
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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
