Head of Strategy and Business Development

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In this role, you will be supporting top management of the US System Drives Division in defining and implementing the strategy – in line with the Global Division and business strategies in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In this role, you will be ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the local market and competitive environment. Supporting local management in identifying and realizing business opportunities aligned with global strategy.

This position reports to

Local Division Leader, System Drives US

Your responsibilities

• Strategy Implementation: Support the management of the Local System Drives Division in translating global strategies into local ones and in defining local implementation actions. Provide inputs to global strategy development based on a good understanding of local needs
• Market and competitive environment: Develop a clear understanding and concise picture of markets and competitive environments of the System Drives business. Identify major trends that result in strategic opportunities or challenges for System Drives
• Strategic analysis frameworks: Develop strategic and analytic frameworks to define differentiating, winning strategies. Translate these frameworks into concrete work plans with milestones, deliverables, and resource needs. Work plans typically include fact-gathering, analyses, idea generation, and implementation planning
• Strategy presentations: Formulate output derived from projects into concise and articulate presentations to senior management. Organize and synthesize facts into precise analyses to provide impactful insights for strategic or operational initiatives
• Idea generation: Act as a thought partner to senior management on strategic issues. Proactively develops new ideas for profitable growth and strategic differentiation based on precise analyses and market understanding. Discuss and validate these with relevant businesses
• Business intelligence: Develop a good understanding of local markets, competitive environments, and ABB position. Derive strategic insights from these. Develop appropriate communications for the key audiences and communicates outputs effectively to the right people
• Data analysis: Oversees the collection and analysis of information and data to develop/evaluate potential growth opportunities: financial modeling (e.g., cost/profitability) and competitive studies (product, business, financial performance, market positioning, etc.).
• Business opportunities: Work with respective management to identify and prioritize new business opportunities (organic and inorganic) in line with strategic priorities based on a good understanding of local situations and global business strategies. Supports realization of prioritized opportunities

Your background

• Bachelors of Science/ Masters of Science degree with 12+ years of professional experience in a relevant field
• Relevant experience in strategy development and implementation
• In-depth knowledge of drives or industrial automation markets, or manufacturing space
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB System Drives is a global supplier of high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial processes and large infrastructure applications. With our industry leading technology and global support, we help our customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website [please apply online] Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: [please apply online] [please apply online] As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-[please apply online]. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-[please apply online] or by sending an email to [please apply online]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-Hybrid