ABB - Bid & Quotation Specialist

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.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Reports to: EL Product Marketing Manager

Work Model: Hybrid

Location: Italy and EU Market (ELSP-LVS)

In this role, you will have the opportunity to create and complete bids, estimations, and quotations based on customer specifications, requirements, or budget to achieve market competitiveness and high margins for the company. Each day, you will maintain and improve the balance between all ABB units and customers in your area of responsibility. You will also showcase your expertise by collecting and collating the information required to prepare proposals, including both technical and cost elements.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Formulating competitive bids, estimates, and quotations by considering the best available product mix and appropriate technical and commercial aspects for each situation
• Creating well-documented tenders in a timely manner and with an appropriate level of detail, including full and accurate costs
• Managing the preparation of technical, financial, and, if required, project management aspects of the bid, estimate, and quotation, indicating prices and trading conditions
• Ensuring that inputs for editing activities related to bid, estimate, and quotation preparation are provided in a timely manner and in accordance with the established quality procedures

Qualifications for the Role

• 2 years of experience working with Low Voltage switchgears
• Engagement in preparation of technical and commercial offers and sales support within the Industry and Infrastructure segments, specifically for the IT and EU Market
• Enhanced knowledge of the Office package (Excel particularly); Power BI is preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or High School Diploma in Electrical Engineering)
• Fluent in Italian and English (written and spoken)
• Strong communication skills
• Passionate about curiosity and flexibility

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: Attractive salary packages and performance bonuses
• Corporate welfare: Access to a wide range of services and personal well-being support
• Flexibility and work-life balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration
• Employee Support: Free services like psychological help, wellness coaching, and emotional support for employees and their families
• Parental Leave: At least 12 weeks of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers, promoting DEI values
• Meal allowance: Access to canteen or ticket restaurant is provided to support daily lunch expenses
• Career development: Structured career paths, individual development plans, opportunities for internal mobility, including international roles, technical and managerial training programs, mentoring and access to global learning platforms

About ABB Smart Power

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division's technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division's portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world's largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division's ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

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At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

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We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

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