Product Marketing Specialist

**Product Marketing Specialist**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
ABB's Distribution Solutions Division provides utility, industrial and commercial customers with safe, smart and sustainable technologies for the distribution of electricity. With ABB AbilityTM enabled digital solutions at its core, our extensive portfolio includes distribution automation products, switching, limiting, measuring and sensing devices, switchgear, modular substation packages, and related services. The Product Marketing Specialist holds a pivotal role in the local sales and marketing organization as he/she is accountable to boost the profitable growth of selected product lines in a single specific country, supporting the PMD organizations. They have the mission to develop and localize product marketing know-how in the Local Sales Unit organization, and to open market and channels enabling profitable growth that is aligned with the business strategical direction communicated by the global product marketing management representatives.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the development and deployment of the product marketing strategic plan covering the product road map, market level pricing, market positioning, people skills & competencies, place and customer needs.
- Provide customers with a high level technical support as to potential solutions and services that can be offered.
- Understand and communicate the Canadian markets requirements that shall enable to effectively position a winning strategy and value proposition.
- Drive the marketing material development that shall enable sales to drive market share growth.
- Develop and deploy a training plan for internal and external stakeholders.
- Assure proper support is provided during customer visits.
- Develop and deploy an adapted product inventory plan that meets the market needs.
- Provide active support in the continuous improvement effort with regards to the internal processes
- Provide pro-active support to the sales team during various opportunity pursuits
- Assure alignment of the Field Application team with regards to the product marketing strategic plan.
- Be the factory main interface with regards to queries and support.

**Your background**:

- Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineered product solutions proposals, sales or engineering.
- Sound technical knowledge of MV Switchgear, MV MCC’s and relays.
- Mature knowledge and ability to discuss all single line aspects.
- Product marketing knowledge.
- Proven communication skills.
- Comfortable with taking critical decisions combined with a strong sense of ownership.
- Identifies and understands the customer’s needs. Focuses on meeting those needs and ensuring both satisfaction and a continuous business relationship are maintained.
- Proposes new and original ideas, approaches and to problems solving.
- Continuously strives to meet goals and objectives demonstrating tenacity and persistence.
- Demonstrates a great sense of autonomy in the execution of his objectives.
- French ability to read and write is an asset.

**Benefits**:

- Retirement plan
- Accident insurance
- Healthcare plan
- Wellbeing program

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