Automation Product Manager Cement and Battery Manufacturing

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Your role and responsibilities

Owning the technical and market specification for the product and determining a product plan that supports sustainable growth. Leading market intelligence analysis and supporting the global product management in verifying technical and market specification.
Establish tools & processes for idea / innovation management and identification of market trends and voices for the mentioned industry verticals. Work closely with Sales/Service/Operations teams to identify the market “wants & needs” in automation.
Support Sales enablement activities for the introduction of new technology and offerings into the mentioned markets.
Collaborate with Division Automation Product Manager to communicate program status and progress to internal and external stakeholders. Identify and accompany pilot projects for the specific mentioned industries
Collaborate effectively with business managers, steering committees, product management, and other internal functions and external parties.
Drive Evolution Strategy & Technology for the future technology, specifically for the installed based systems
Close alignment with Digital / Edgenius Governance and close collaboration with BL Digital (e.g. on History / Collaborative HMI / Augmented Operator…)
Initiating and driving product market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation. Defining product customer value proposition per segment ensuring clear product positioning
Guiding, coaching, and developing the skills and knowledge of the sales and operation team.
Strongly interact with R&D team to ensure proper product support and roadmap implementation.

Qualifications for the role

• Master’s or bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering or Business-related degree
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the industrial automation domain
• Ideally: Experience in engineering & commissioning of applications with distributed control systems preferably with minerals library
• Ability to globally collaborate with both the R&D team as well as with colleagues in engineering
• Independent worker and fast learner, creative thinker
• Fluent business English, second language desired
• While this position is global and we welcome applicants from around the world, we have a preference for candidates based in the Central European Time (CET) zone and India Time (IST) zone due to the alignment with our regional team.

More about us

Process Industries division delivers complete electrification and automation solutions, industry-specific products and lifecycle services across industries. Engineering and delivering automation solutions from device to monitoring and control make our customers get more out of their investment; digitalization solutions including collaborative operations and augmented reality help improve plant and enterprise productivity, reduce maintenance and energy costs. Our engineering, project management, services and solutions portfolio covers a wide range of industries - Mining, Pulp & Paper, Metals, Aluminum and Cement, Data centers and Food and Beverage. 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 www.abb.com. #LI-hybrid