Global Product Specialist

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the Product Manager in optimizing the offer portfolio and return on investment. Each day, you will ensure that ABB has full understanding of market requirements in a specific area and can transform those requirements into offer specifications and development activities. You will also showcase your expertise by performing various offer lifecycle activities supporting the development, launch, maintenance, pricing, and profitability.

The work model for the role is: Onsite.

This role is contributing to the

Sub distribution Product line, Energy Distribution business Line, Smart building Division

in Egypt. Main stakeholders are R&D, Operations, Marketing and sales.

Own The Challenge:

• Understanding and following global or assigned area standards, market and customer requirements, and their impact on the current offer portfolio.
• Conducting valuation of market size and trends, as well as competitor analyses including identification of offering gaps and evaluating ABB’s market standing.
• Ensuring whether technical solutions can be used across the Product Group’s offer portfolio to the maximum possible extent.
• Managing the technical specification of the assigned products and supporting the Product Manager in developing the business case on offer developments, maintenance, and cost reduction.

What It Takes to Run the World:

• You are immersed in market research, product lifecycle and Go-to-market strategy and the Sub Distribution market
• You have {3 years of experience in product management, product development in the Sub Distribution and enclosure system.
• Possess an enhanced knowledge of standards related to enclosure system.
• You are passionate about customer-centric innovation, team collaboration and driving product success.
• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering or a related field.
• You are at ease communicating in English, Arabic.

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division’s highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers’ carbon reduction strategies.