Product Manager - High Performance Drives

ABB•New Berlin, WI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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: Manager, Product Management Working as a Product Manager for Industrial Drive products in our New Berlin, WI location, you will be a key member of the product management team in Motion Drive Products, with local (US) responsibility for the Industrial drive product portfolio for PG Drive Products, BL Drives. This role requires a customer-focused and collaborative person able to drive results with quality and speed. In this role, you will be accountable to drive profitable growth of the ABB offering to the industrial market, by developing it through all its life cycle phases, according to the market needs and Product Group strategy and business targets. This role reports into the Manager of Product Management for Industrial and Machinery Drives with close collaboration with the Segment Product Market Managers and OEM capture teams. The work model for the role is: Hybrid This role is contributing to the Motion Drive Products Division in the US. You will join a dynamic and high performing team where you will be able to thrive.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of work experience in a complex global business environment, Associate degree and 10 years of work experience in a complex global business environment or High School diploma with 12 years of experience required
Progressive experience in product management and customer relationship management required
Proven track record of cross functional collaboration, excellent stakeholder engagement and strategic mindset and passion to drive business results required
Travel up to 25%.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English required.

Nice To Haves

Background in sales and/or managing customer relationships across the full customer lifecycle is preferred
Fundamental understanding of general machinery used in refrigeration systems, pumps, fans, compressors, conveyors and extruders is a plus.

Responsibilities

Leads regional life cycle management process to define & track performance metrics, plans appropriate measures (e.g., upgrades cost cut) & make decisions on offering, obsolescence & end-of life.
Act as technical interface between external local market and internal technical cross functional teams.
Define new product plans, set technical, price, cost, and application targets.
Contributes to development of new portfolios by leading customer need and value analysis, prioritizes new product development project and coordinating cross functional teams.
Work with Global Product Management, local Product Market Manager and marketing to define the market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation.

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
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)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.