Business Development Manager – Food & Beverage

ABB

Business Development Manager driving new business growth for ABB in Food & Beverage sector. Collaborating with Channel Sales and OEM teams, leveraging AVL status and GFA agreements.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $100,500 - $160,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SFDC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Generate new business growth by capitalizing on ABB Drives AVL (authorized vendor lists) status and GFA (Global Frame agreements) secured at associated end-user Food & Beverage production facilities.
Close coordination with Channel Sales, Channel Program and OEM Team peers to create and support Food & Beverage programs to drive strategic engagement and new business growth with aligned Channel Partners.
Document customer stakeholders, buying behaviors (local authority vs. CAPEX/Project approval process), corporate initiatives (respective areas of focus within their business regarding applications) identify customer projects and pursue ABB opportunities.
Clearly communicating attack vectors for new business growth via product positioning and solutions to harvest new business from ABB status within customer AVL or GFA.
Leverage knowledge of industry trends and customer need to develop and deliver compelling value propositions.
Leading sub-segment strategy execution and defining go-to-market approaches to achieve the Food & Beverage segment growth goals.
Support and advise the global Food & Beverage team, quarterly, with US market insights/trends and activities and through feedback incorporates localized activities needed from the US Market to support ABB Global Food & Beverage strategy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or related field
8+ years of experience with capital assist sales in the industrial Food and Beverage market and industrial equipment applications such as centrifuges, separators, mixers, shredders, grinders, hammermills and adjacent equipment and processes required.
Experience with low voltage Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Motors and related equipment and their application solutions for industrial equipment used in F&B sub-segments such as Protein, Dairy, Ingredients, Grains, Beverages, Soups, Snacks and Baked Goods.
Demonstrated success in assessing and analyzing customer needs and projected requirements and providing application solutions through interpreting, translating, and explaining detailed technical ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
Salesforce.com use, experience, credentials, skills, exposure.
Proven domain expertise in subsegments and applications in the industrial F&B industry as evidenced by published white papers, industry subcommittees membership and industry standards recommendations highly preferred.
Demonstrated success in achieving new business growth by capitalizing on AVL (Approved Vendor List) product specification from customers.
This role requires up to 70% travel domestically, throughout all the regions of the US, requiring a valid US Driver’s License.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Life & Disability
Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
11 paid holidays
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy

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Hard Skills & Tools

capital assist salesVariable Frequency Drives (VFDs)industrial equipment applicationsapplication solutionscustomer needs assessmenttechnical communicationsalesforce.combusiness growth strategiesgo-to-market strategiesfood and beverage applications

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipstrategic engagementcollaborationcustomer relationship managementanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingadaptabilityinsight generationfeedback incorporation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Businessvalid US Driver’s License