Business Development Manager - Industrial Machinery

ABB•Columbia, OH

22h•Remote

About The Position

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner. This position reports to the OEM Sales Director - Machinery. ABB is hiring an OEM Business Development Manager for Industrial Machinery, remote in the United States. This role is responsible for driving new business development with OEMs in the industrial machinery market across ABB’s Motion Drive Products portfolio, including drives and automation solutions. The position focuses on identifying and prioritizing target accounts, building and executing strategic growth plans, and partnering cross-functionally to increase market penetration and share of wallet in applications such as material handling, conveying, and food and beverage processing machinery. The ideal candidate brings strong OEM business development experience, technical knowledge of VFDs, micro drives, PLCs, and HMIs, and a proven ability to win business in competitive industrial markets. The work model for the role is remote in the United States, supporting the ABB Motion Drive Products Division. This role involves 50-75% travel to key target customer accounts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience, or an associate degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
Proven business development and sales experience in drives, motors, automation, or related industrial solutions.
Demonstrated success hunting for new business, developing account strategies, and growing revenue in competitive OEM markets.
Experience with ABB or comparable portfolios including VFDs, automation solutions, micro drives, PLCs, and HMIs.
Knowledge of OEM business models and machinery applications such as material handling, conveying, and food and beverage processing machinery.
Strong skills in Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office, with excellent communication, negotiation, and strategic planning capabilities.
Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US and be able to travel nationally as needed.

Responsibilities

Drive new business development and solution sales for ABB’s Motion Drive Products portfolio with OEMs in industrial machinery segments, including variable frequency drives, micro drives, PLCs, and HMIs.
Develop and execute 1–3 year growth strategies for targeted OEM accounts, identify and prioritize top prospects, map decision-makers, and expand ABB’s share of wallet within strategic accounts.
Own account planning, pipeline development, forecasting, and CRM execution in Salesforce, while partnering closely with OEM Application Engineers, Industrial Channel, OEM Account Management, Product Management, and Marketing to win new business.
Monitor industry trends, customer applications, and competitive activity to build differentiated value propositions, support contract negotiations, and translate market needs into actionable growth plans.

Benefits

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
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
11 paid holidays.
Vacation under a permissive time away policy.