Technical Promotion Specialist

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As a Technical Promotion Specialist for Electrification Business Area in Shinagawa, Japan, you will be responsible for planning and implementing proactive promotional activities for the assigned target audience (consultants, design institutes, engineering/architect offices, authorities etc.) in order to create the market demand and need for the features/products collaborated with Business Development Specialists and Channel Sales.The local legal entity of this position is ABB K.K.

This position reports to

Business Development Manager

Your responsibilities

• Implementing proactive promotional activities for the customer target group, including e.g. technical presentations, demonstrations, seminars and education material
• Establishing and maintaining effective long-term relationships with target group customers to understand their current and future needs and to ensure the customer has a good understanding of the full ABB product/systems/services offering, features and benefits
• Ensuring a positive experience for the customer target group throughout the promotion activities
• Preparing plans for visits and performs regular status reviews, including the analysis and output of the target audience visits
• Ensuring efficient marketing activities based on initiatives and strong value proposition to customers by using effective promotional techniques. Communicating details in accordance with ABB offering and strategy
• Managing and driving education of the target audience by conducting and organizing appropriate training interventions
• Creating a vision of a loyal, committed and long term customer relationship and implements the necessary action plan and steps to reach the vision
• Ensuring cross-collaboration and continuously develops own and SBSP team members’ technical, commercial, design and behavioral competences and know-how

Your background

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5 years experiences as sales, marketing, technical support or promotion
• Product technical knowledge of electrical product for low voltage level
• Preferred Market knowledge / key customer management
• JLPT N1 level of Japanese language
• Fare in English for business conversation, Good in English reading and writing

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Flexible work practices
• Paid Parental leave (gender neutral)
• Transportation Allowance

More about us

ABB Smart Buildings digitally transforms commercial, industrial and residential buildings for the highest comfort, efficiency, safety and security - enhancing quality of life in buildings of the future through safe, smart and sustainable electrification solutions, services and products.We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website.Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid