Automation Sales Specialist

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You will be part of Process Industries, a division within ABB's Process Automation business area that delivers complete automation, electrification and instrumentation solutions, industry-specific products and lifecycle services to customers in Pulp & Paper, Mining, Metals, Battery, Aluminium and Cement businesses.
Our leading portfolio of solutions within automation, electrification and digitalization helps to improve plant and enterprise productivity, while reducing maintenance and energy costs. Deep domain knowledge enables us to truly understand and address the challenges and opportunities of industrial automation.
We are now looking for a dedicated Automation Sales Specialist to join our Sales team. This is a job that will include responsibility to drive sales activities to help increase our customers productivity and reliability primarily in the mining, processing and smelting industry. The position will offer you great variation, a competent team, an exciting market and an international workplace along with opportunities and interesting challenges to enhance your career in different directions.
You will be serving our customers in the northern region of Sweden, with preferred location in Skellefteå, but with some flexibility.
This position reports to Sales Manager.
Your responsibilities
Drive sales of ABB’s leading automation portfolio to process industry customers with a focus on mining, processing and smelting.
Transform ABB skills and offering to customer value, win orders and increase customer satisfaction to create long term relationships.
Work proactively together with each customer and ABB team as a whole in order to secure the best solution for each customer and application today and tomorrow.
Manage ABB offerings for solutions and services towards process industry customers.
Identify and drive new business opportunities as well as lead targeted business campaigns.

Your background
Your industrial background is based on experience from automation, drives or electrification.
Process industries are your home yard, preferably with experience from mining, processing industry or smelting.
You are a driven and curious person who takes pride in commitment and to deliver result.
You are good at working in teams and a relationship builder both internally and with the customer.
You have a positive attitude and ability to see opportunities and solve customer problems.
Since we work with a broad network both internally and externally, it is crucial to be able to build good working relationships and have great negotiation skills.
Proficiency in English is a requirement.
Previous experience in sales is meriting.
A Msc/BsC degree and/or relevant industrial trainings/degrees are meriting.

More about us
Recruiting Manager Martin Björnmalm, +4621-32 53 26, will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Mikael Blomqvist, +4621-34 21 48; Ledarna: Leif Öhrberg, +4621-34 23 25; Unionen: Joakim Broström, +4684-77 91 39. All other questions can be directed to Talent Partner Medina Jakupovic, +46 724-64 46 98.
Welcome with your application latest by January 31, 2023. Note that selection will be done on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before last day of application.
We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.