Sales Support Specialist

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For our Marketing, Sales and Product Management team, understanding the full potential of our technology and the trends in our markets is highly rewarding. In addition, helping customers all over the world improve efficiency, save resources and reduce emissions gives our work a powerful sense of purpose.

Electrification Business in Portugal/GPG Smart Power Service

You will play a key support role for the Sales team, preparing service, MCCs, medium voltage switchgears and relays sales proposals in Electrification Smart Power Service at Lisbon in Portugal. Reporting to the local electrification service manager, your strong technical and market knowledge will assist you in bringing efficient and effective solutions to customers.

Your responsibilities

• Supporting your Sales colleagues to determine the optimal and most cost-effective solutions to meet customer needs.
• Preparing formal technical and commercial offers with clear communication of contract terms.
• Providing support and input in meetings, product presentations and negotiations.
• Responding to technical queries from engineering teams and delivering vital information to risk reviews.
• Analyzing customer needs and competitor offers through market intelligence and insight from Sales teams.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• An Electrical Engineering college degree and English language fluency is a must.
• More than five years of experience in service and project, management, working with medium and low voltage service solutions with medium voltage switchgears, relays, motor control centers and low voltage switchgears.
• Experience in developing medium voltage projects for the complete cycle, starting with the technical prescription, commercial offer, project management , conclusion and aftersales service.
• Sound knowledge of medium and low voltage products and the Utility, Industry and EPCs market segments.
• Current Electrical Engineering college degree valid in Portugal.
• A high level of self-motivation, curiosity and desire to learn about new technologies.
• A high level of self-motivation, curiosity and desire to learn about new technologies.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and strong communication skills.