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ABB is seeking a driven and experienced Global Sales Manager to drive growth in the Water & Wastewater segment within our Low Voltage System Drives business. In this global role, you’ll focus on large projects and strategic accounts – particularly EPCs and OEMs – while working closely with ABB’s Local Sales Units to map opportunities, drive sales execution, and increase ABB’s market share. You'll combine deep domain knowledge with strategic insight to strengthen ABB’s leadership in sustainable water and wastewater solutions.

The work model for the role is: hybrid ; travelling is required up to 30-50% for this position.

Your role & responsibilities:

Drive Sales Growth: Develop and execute a global sales plan, prioritize key accounts, and deliver profitable growth in the water & wastewater segment

Leverage Market Expertise: Apply application knowledge to support local teams, enhance customer interactions, and build technical credibility

Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Local Sales Units to drive sales initiatives in collaboration with other division and business line teams

Customer & Market Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, understand customer needs, and tailor solutions and business models accordingly

Qualifications for the role:

Education & Language: Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field is advantageous; fluent in English—other languages a plus

Industry Sales Experience: Extensive proven track record in international sales or business development within the water & wastewater sector

Technical Knowledge: Strong general technical understanding, experience with electric motors or Variable Speed Drives is a plus

Business Skills: Strong commercial acumen, communication, and influencing skills

More about us:

ABB System Drives is the market leader in high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial process and large infrastructure applications, and a leading supplier of power conversion equipment for renewable energy and other applications. The Division offers global support to help customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications.

In Business Line Low Voltage System Drives we develop, produce and sell high performance Variable Speed Drives that power industrial processes, transportation and infrastructure for a more efficient and cleaner world.

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