Head of Consulting - Mining Industry

Head of Consulting - Mining Industry

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This position reports to:

Business Manager - E2E

Your role and responsibilities:

As the Head of Consulting Services - Mining Industry with ABB Process Industries Division, you will be at the forefront of building a new business dedicated to delivering specialized consulting services for the mining industry. Your mission will be to shape this area from the design of innovative service offerings to establishing a team of top experts to address the unique challenges and opportunities within the Mining business line. This opportunity combines business and technical leadership with strategic vision, creating impactful solutions that will set new standards in mining automation, digitalization, and process optimization.

1. Strategic Development: Lead the development and implementation of the Consulting business strategy and play a pivotal role in aligning services to client needs.
2. Client Engagement and Business Development: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders within Mining companies, driving strategic discussions, technical guidance, and identifying client consulting needs.
3. Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify and mitigate project risks from the proposal stage until its closing while uncovering opportunities for new or recurrent consulting engagements.
4. Lead Consulting Assignments: Manage and execute complex consulting projects for mining clients, delivering tailored solutions that meet industry-specific challenges.
5. Project Leadership: Ensure timely, high-quality delivery on assignments, managing resources effectively within cost targets.
6. Knowledge Sharing: Coach and develop team members, establishing best practices and sharing key insights to enhance team performance.
7. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor teams, ensuring effective collaboration and performance.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor's degree preferably but not limited to electrics or automation engineering.
• In-depth understanding of the mining industry, business, and its operational processes.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with consulting methodologies.
• Deep expertise in automation and digitalization solutions is required. Electrification and robotics expertise is desirable.
• Fluent English and Portuguese is mandatory. Spanish is desirable.

More about us:

We offer a hybrid work model, combining days working from home and in the office. As our employee, you'll have access to the necessary infrastructure to work in both scenarios. In addition to a competitive base salary, we also provide a benefits package that values your well-being and professional growth, including profit-sharing plans tied to your performance and company goals, a Private Pension Plan with company matching, and a Stock Purchase Plan. Our package includes health and well-being benefits such as Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, medicine allowances, Total Pass, and mental health programs. ABB has a parental leave policy and childcare reimbursement program. Meal benefits include meal vouchers, cafeteria, and a monthly home office allowance. Parking at the company building, transportation vouchers, or shuttle services are also available. Career development tools, such as Harvard Manage Mentor and language courses, are part of what you'll find at ABB. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory #li-hybrid