Marketing & Sales Trainee

Join the Marketing & Sales Trainee role at Hitachi Energy. The sales trainee program leverages the Hitachi Energy Leadership Pillars to strengthen the Marketing and Sales function through focused development of diverse and young talents across markets. The Power2 marketing & sales trainee program aims to strengthen Hitachi Energy’s brand as an employer of choice. How You'll Make an Impact Build and maintain relationships: Establish connections with new clients and nurture existing ones within the local unit. Identify and research local sales leads; support in maintaining the SFDC pipeline, customer visit reports, and understand regional/local market trends. Engage with leads: Communicate with potential customers (internal and external) through calls, emails, or visits, often across different time zones. Work towards sales KPIs as assigned by LSM; work jointly with sales teams striving to meet or exceed budget targets for the country. Document sales activities: Keep records of sales and order details, often using CRM systems like Salesforce. Part of the M&S trainee program: Learn about the relevant business, offerings, service & product lines within the local sales unit. Engage with LSM, supervisors, and mentors: Develop your sales skills and knowledge of various sales management processes. Experiential learning: Work on assigned projects/KPIs, focus on partnering with key stakeholders, and deliver on required tasks. Diversity + Collaboration = Innovation: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages all voices to share their unique perspectives and fuel innovation. Core values: Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, take responsibility for your actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. Account plan development: Contribute to and participate in the account plan development, understand local account strategy and sales tactics for alignment with customer requirements for mid and long-term strategy. Maintain contacts: Work closely with the local/strategic account manager to maintain contacts and learn to build the player map in SFDC. Solution portfolio: Gain a broad and deep understanding of Hitachi Energy’s solutions, portfolio including digital, software, services. Segments and Channels: Understand the concept of segments and channels as applied in Hitachi Energy businesses in the local market. Collaborate with the channel manager to generate specific opportunities and map customers to understand the local market footprint. Visibility activities: Associate in activities to provide visibility to broad solutions applied across different segments like renewables, digital, and service. Marketing: Understand local marketing plan and actively participate in supporting the local team. Your Background Electrical Engineering or related fields student with 1–2 years remaining to graduate. Advanced English. No prior experience required. NOTE: This is not an internship position. Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. With over a century in pioneering mission‑critical technologies like high‑voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today. #J-18808-Ljbffr