Marketing & Communication Manager: Products

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The Products Marketing & Communication Manager is responsible for developing and executing local marcom plans for the Canadian market of the assigned business line’s product groups, segments and solutions, that are aligned with business goals, industry Products goals and overall strategy of ABB Electrification.The person in this position will serve as a trusted colleague and partner to the relevant industry Products leads, local Business Line management team and Product Market Managers , as well as local marketing and sales colleagues as required. He/She must be in relentless pursuit of determining where our customers perceive value and help our Product Groups align their value proposition with the customers’ buying criteria. Ultimately, the person filling this role will work continously to develop and sell value propositions that increase awareness, engagement and drive sales.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and execute local Smart Power and Smart Buildings Producs marcom strategy and activities that aligns with Industry Products and business line goals and broad ABB strategy.
• Localize global content or create content when needed to support campaigns globally, including value propositions, copywriting, press releases, webinars, success stories, internal articles, flyers, brochures, catalogs, video scripts, interviews, advertisements, social media and online contents and posters
• Drive digitalization of appropriate business unit and segments working alongside digital team to lead and support the development of digital selling tools and applications.
• Actively research and forecast events / initiatives to drive awareness around the ABB brand in your area of responsibility ex. Industry summits, events, publications, etc
• Drive product launching campaign along with Product Managers.
• Serve as the business lead for events related to the required business line for local Canadian events, including on site support if needed
• Responsible of coordination and harmonization of the communication material according to Business requirements/guidelines
• Drive the creation of all marketing collateral including definition of common templates (e.g. ordering pages, etc.), ensure proper English and French usage
• Collaborate with key functions including the global Marketing comms, sales and marketing and customer experience to support the development of effective materials for target audience
• Collaborate with all related internal contacts to ensure alignment, efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of the commercial strategy.
• Offer new and innovative ideas to reach target customers, respectively challenging historical activities and status quo
• Work with Country Communicators to ensure local business communication plans and campaigns are aligned with the global marketing communications strategies, plans and campaigns.
• Develop and manage effective, timely and relevant internal communications for sales channels
• Ensure message (e.g. value propositions) and branding compliance and consistency

Your background

• University degree
• More than 5 years of industry experience in relevant marketing communication positions, including industry experience and project management
• Appreciation for working in international environments (strong intercultural skills)
• Excellent copywriting and editing skills, able to simplify complex technical contents into appealing marketing messages and contents
• English as native language
• Good understanding of the complexity of the Canadian market and specifically the key industries critical to the success of Electrification.
• Digital expertise in leveraging and adopting CRM and digital marketing tools and platforms.
• Desire to seek out new and innovative communications techniques, tools and approaches
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable interacting with senior leaders as well as technical specialists
• Expert storyteller
• Bilingual
• Experienced in events management and social media marketing and channels
• Balance of strategic thinking and pragmaticism…comfortable “rolling up one’s sleeves” while seeing the big picture.
• Proven to deliver desired results through collaboration, influence, empathy and change management
• Strong ability to work with ambiguity and agility to adapt to constantly changing set of circumstances.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Healthcare plan
• Accident insurance
• Wellbeing program

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and support-ed. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage appli-cants to self-identify in the application process.ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.#LI-Hybrid