Local Sales Unit Manager - Motion Market Switzerland (80-100%)

At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That's our story. Make it your story.

This position reports to

Lead Motion Manager Germany and Central Europe

Your role and responsibilities

In this key leadership role, you will strategically drive profitable growth through the local representation of the ABB Motion businesses (divisions). You will oversee the country operations management of the businesses, including Marketing, Sales, and Execution (Project Management, Service Operations). Furthermore, you will protect the Motion Business from highly aggressive competition and position it as the partner of choice in the marketplace. The work model for the role is hybrid. #LI-Hybrid Your role and responsibilities: • Developing and sustaining a customer-centric culture within the organization and across different teams and functions. • Building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing customers on a senior level to ensure superior customer experience. • Ensuring the development of financial and business performance targets in line with Global Motion and Divisions’ Strategy as well as ensuring the achievement through developing and executing plans. • Engaging and retaining our Motion talents together with lifting the team competencies in both leadership and business/sales/market areas (upskilling, reskilling & talent acquisition). • Ensuring a safe working environment, continuous HSE improvement process, and integrity performance. • Representing the ABB values and following group standards.

Qualifications for the role

• Minimum 5 years of experience in running a front-end marketing and sales operation with P&L responsibility and demonstrating profitable growth track record.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• Strong background in Automation and Motion business as well as profound knowledge of the local market.
• Strong inclusive leadership mindset as well as a skill set and experience in performance management and business development.
• Fluency in German and English, French is an advantage.

More about us

ABB Motion keeps the world turning - while saving energy every day. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to enable the low-carbon future for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services our customers and partners achieve better performance, safety and reliability. We offer a combination of domain expertise and technology to deliver the optimum drive and motor solution for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Through our global presence we are always close to serve our customers. Building on over 130 years of cumulative experience in electric powertrains, we learn and improve every day. 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. #My ABBStory The recruitment process is led by Julia Farin, Talent Partner ABB Switzerland Ltd.