Technical Sales Specialist

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This position reports to:
EL Sales Support Manager - Technical Sales Support
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Your role and responsibilities
We are now looking for a Technical Sales Specialist to join our team in the Distribution Solutions division in Vaasa. In this role, you will provide pre-sales technical support and training for customers and sales organizations globally. You will help customers solve technical challenges, conduct demonstrations and FATs, deliver customer and sales training and support sales teams with technical expertise. You will work closely with customers, sales teams, Technical Marketing Managers, Product Management, and R&D to ensure excellent customer experience and successful application of our solutions. The role includes occasional international travel.
The work model for this role is: hybrid, #LI-Hybrid
You will mainly be accountable for:
Supporting a broad global customer base and sales organizations by responding to technical inquiries and providing application guidance throughout the pre-sales phase
Conducting FATs, demonstrations, and technical presentations
Preparing technical recommendations and solution proposals
Delivering customer and sales training
Maintaining training materials and demonstration environments
Qualifications for the Role
BSc or MSc level degree in electrical engineering or similar
Experience with protection relays, protection applications, or substation automation
Commissioning experience is considered an advantage
Experience with PCM600, Omicron, or similar tools is considered an advantage
Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
Fluent written and spoken English
What’s in it for you?
We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.
Benefits
Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, bicycle and other wellbeing and family benefits. We have a hybrid working model.
More about us
ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.
If you have questions, contact Technical Sales Manager, Laura Jåfs, tel. +358 50 3342744. Apply for the position by October 21, 2026. We look forward to receiving your application.
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