Service Manager Job Opportunity – ABB

Job Title:     Service Manager
Organisation: ABB
Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda
About US:
ABB is a leading global technology company that works closely with
utility, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers to write the
future of industrial digitization and realize value. ABB is a leader in power
and automation technologies that enable utility, industry, and transport and
infrastructure customers to improve their performance while lowering
environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in roughly 100
countries and employs about 135,000 people.
Job Summary: The Service
Manager will implement service strategy and drive service growth locally at the
respective local unit level. Lead the Service organization and is responsible
for the P&L to achieve performance targets and to optimize the utilization
of service resources.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Service Strategy: Steers the
    implementation of the Service strategy as a member of the local management
    team. Ensures corresponding plans are implemented consistently in the
    Service organization through collaboration with other businesses/hub.
  • Performance Targets: Drives,
    implements, reports and monitors performance targets as part of the global
    (or) local unit P&L (financial, productivity, investments, customer
    satisfaction, operational excellence, etc.).
  • Service Delivery: Runs the
    day-to-day Service business to ensure profitable growth and improvement of
    Service productivity. Implements agreed delivery and performance standards
    to ensure consistency in quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Customer Approach: Executes the
    (global) service and delivery sales channel strategy within the local
    unit. Implements productized Service offerings and materials for marketing
    purposes, and invests in Service Sales to increase market penetration.
    Builds sustainable customer relationships to ensure local client growth,
    satisfaction and retention together with Sales. Supports Sales resources
    in customer meetings. Drives consistent development of processes and
    practices based on customer feedback (Net Promoter Score (NPS)).
  • Operational Excellence: Invests
    in improving the quality of existing Service products and in developing
    new Service products to expand the portfolio in line with global
    direction.
  • Health, safety & integrity: Is
    responsible for health and safety of the local Business Unit/Product Group
    Service team. Enforces a Service safety and integrity culture throughout
    the Service organization.
  • People leadership and development:
    Ensures that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed,
    skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect
    subordinates. Improves service availability, provides training and
    develops capabilities and competencies.
  • Offer preparation: Prepares
    offers in coordination with the bid and proposal department and/or the
    Marketing Manager. Ensures appropriate technical and financial aspects of
    offers, including prices and trading conditions.
  • Collating and understanding the Market
    Spread for ABB Products together with BU Sales organization developing
    this into Country plans.
  • Tasked with the analysis of business
    intelligence in terms of pricing and product needs, and share the same
    with all concern (country Management / BU management etc.) so as to
    implement the sales strategies
  • Keenly tracking the competitors’moves and
    sharing the same with all concern.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The
    ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering or
    equivalent from a reputable university
  • A minimum of five years of relevant
    experience in a service-related field
  • Excellent communication, cooperation and
    negotiation skills
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    customer needs, experience in customer interface.
  • Wide market knowledge and Product
    knowledge
  • Social, networking and stress-tolerant,
    cultural sensitivity, flexibility, open to traveling etc
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to
apply online by clicking on the link below and uploading CVs on the online
system
Deadline: 30th April 2017

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