OEM Business Partner - Sales Support Specialist

ABB Drive Products Sales Support

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:

Senior Customer Sales Support Manager

Your role and responsibilities:

The OEM Business Partner, works to grow ABB's drive product market share through presale and demand generating activities that enable ABB's sales network to convert new customers and increase spend of existing customers. This customer facing role is one that is both challenging and rewarding, giving the successful candidate an opportunity to play a strategic role within a highly dynamic sales environment.

This role supports Motion Drive Products out of New Berlin, WI.

The work model for the role is: hybrid.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining customer relationships and ensuring customer loyalty through excellent customer service.
• Supporting outside sales team with presales activities such as lead qualification and nurturing, quotation and proposal development and other technical documentation using such tools as CBol and Drives configurator.
• Supporting outside sales team with the implementing of account plans across multi-location and global accounts (as assigned) to ensure consistent national support in a local area.
• Tracking the execution of critical orders by working closely with operations, customer service, and the product management team to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for partner utilization of sales support systems (CBol, SalesForce CRM, ABBNow, EDI etc) for assigned accounts.

Our team dynamics:

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years or more of experience in industrial sales or support OR associate degree and 7 years or more of experience in industrial sales or support.
• Sales and application background within a technical, business-to-business market.
• Demonstrated ability of understanding customer needs to present and sell technical solutions and services.
• Fluent English both spoken and written, good communication skills
• Strong skills in software including Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software tool like SalesForce, ACT or similar.
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous experience working with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in a sales, engineering and/or customer service position.

What's in it for you:

We give you the space to lead, the support to grow, and the chance to make a difference. Whether you're solving problems, building something new, or helping others succeed, your impact is real. You'll be part of a team that values your voice and celebrates your progress.

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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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. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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.

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.