ABB Ltd

Product Manager - Industrial Machinery and VFDs

ABB Ltd$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years or Associate degree with 10 years of experience in a global business environment.
  • Extensive product management and customer relationship management experience.
  • Strong understanding of general machinery in refrigeration systems, pumps, fans, and conveyors.
  • Preferred knowledge of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and their industrial applications.
  • Sales background or experience managing customer relationships throughout the lifecycle is preferred.
  • Proven experience in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
  • Excellent communication skills in English are required.

Responsibilities

  • Own regional product specifications and develop a growth-supported offering plan.
  • Lead life cycle management processes, monitoring performance metrics and planning upgrades.
  • Serve as the technical interface between local market needs and internal teams.
  • Engage in product development processes and support production ramp-up for new products.
  • Participate in or lead product launches to ensure correct market introduction.
  • Monitor competitive offerings, analyze emerging technologies, and adjust pricing strategies accordingly.
  • Define and drive new product plans that prioritize customer needs and market relevance.

Benefits

  • Choice between two medical plan options: PPO or High Deductible Health Plan.
  • Options for dental coverage: Core and Core Plus.
  • Company paid life and disability insurance.
  • Paid parental leave and employee assistance programs.
  • 401k savings plan with company contributions and employee stock acquisition plan.
  • 11 paid holidays and a permissive vacation policy for salaried employees.
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
Manager, Product Management

Working as a Product Manager for General Purpose 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 General-Purpose drive product line 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 General-Purpose 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 Segment & General Purpose Drives with close collaboration with the Product Market Managers and OEM capture teams. This position is hybrid in New Berlin, WI supporting the Motion Drive Products Division.

Your role and responsibilities:
  • Owns the technical and market specifications for the regional products and determines an offering plan that supports sustainable growth.
  • 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.
  • Participate in product development process stage gates for regional products, own local product creation of global products and support production ramp-up.
  • Participate or lead the commercial launch process to ensure the product is launched correctly to the market.
  • Continuously monitor competitive offerings, evaluating competing technologies and pricing strategies.
  • 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.
  • Capture and Drive the development of the features based on customer value and relevance to the market.
  • Work with Global Product Management, local Product Market Manager and marketing to define the market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation.
  • Define the regional market/segment attack strategy and drive disciplined execution across product, pricing, and go-to-market activities to deliver profitable revenue growth. attack strategy and drive disciplined execution across product, pricing, and go-to-market activities to deliver profitable revenue growth.


Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role:
  • Bachelor's degree and 8 years of work experience in a complex global business environment, or an Associate degree and 10 years of work experience in a complex global business environment.
  • Progressive experience in product management and customer relationship management required.
  • Fundamental understanding of general machinery used in refrigeration systems, pumps, fans, compressors, conveyors and extruders.
  • Technical Understanding of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and their variety of industrial applications highly preferred.
  • Background in sales and/or managing customer relationships across the full customer lifecycle is preferred
  • Proven track record of cross functional collaboration, excellent stakeholder engagement and strategic mindset and passion to drive business results required.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English required.
  • This role will include 25% domestic travel, requiring a valid US Driver's License.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.


ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

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
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 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)


Time off

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

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Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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