Sales Leader

• Industrial Automation

About ABB

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Position Overview

Reports to: Head

• Human Capital
• India & Southeast

Work Model: #

Location: North & South India

This role contributes to the Sales function for ABB's Automation portfolios in North & South India. Main stakeholders include OEM customers, Industry teams, Global/Local Key Accounts, Operations, Supply Chain, and Channel Partners.

Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage all regional/local sales activities and ensure that the related Business Unit(s) substantially increase sales, margins, market share, and customer satisfaction in the selected market segments. You will develop and implement a market-based strategy and build long-lasting relationships with key customers. Each day, you will define, plan, direct, and execute the overall sales strategy for the region to meet both qualitative and quantitative targets across products, systems, and services. You will also bring experienced leadership in managing, mentoring, and developing a capable sales team with clear KPIs and performance matrices.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Execute the regional sales strategy to meet revenue, margin, market share, and customer satisfaction goals
• Building, mentoring, and managing a high‑performing sales team while owning full sales performance and strategic partnerships
• Growing top-line revenue across Industrial Motion and Automation portfolios and developing robust opportunity pipelines from OEM ecosystems
• Identifying and expanding into new segments, verticals, and geographies while building long‑term key account relationships
• Managing commercial negotiations, pricing strategies, and collaboration with operations and supply chain for seamless execution
• Managing forecasting, pipeline reporting, business reviews, customer surveys, and representing the organization at industry forums

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in Sales or Business Development, with at least 4 years in a sales leadership role
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Instrumentation Engineering; MBA
• Deep technical knowledge in Industrial Automation, Motion Control, Adaptive Manufacturing, and emerging automation portfolios
• Ability to build and maintain senior-level customer relationships, including OEMs and key accounts
• Effective strategic thinking, practical execution capability, and demonstrated competence in negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management
• Skilled in managing sales processes, CRM/pipeline tools, and delivering high-impact commercial and customer engagement outcomes

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.

We Care

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.

We Grow

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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