Emerson

Project Pursuit Manager

Emerson
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeEde • NetherlandsMid-LevelSenior💰 €73,500 - €136,500 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in consultative sales and strategic business development within complex industrial projects, with a strong focus on relationship building and project pursuit strategies. Proficient in navigating stakeholder environments and delivering compelling value propositions to diverse audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Consultative SalesStrategic Business DevelopmentProject Pursuit ManagementComplex Stakeholder CoordinationCommercial Judgment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Maximize growth and profitability of Emerson’s Measurement Solutions business across Europe
  • Identify and qualify strategic greenfield and complex project opportunities
  • Maintain an accurate opportunity funnel in the CRM system and provide input for forecasting
  • Develop and execute pursuit strategies for large, complex, and multi-year projects
  • Build trusted relationships with end users, engineering and construction contractors, OEMs, technology licensors, and strategic partners
  • Form and lead cross-functional pursuit teams with clear responsibilities, actions, accountabilities, and decision points
  • Understand customer value drivers, project dynamics, decision-making processes, and competitive conditions
  • Create and communicate project value propositions and engage technical specialists and executive sponsors
  • Plan and execute strategic project pursuit campaigns with sales, product management, and marketing
  • Coordinate proposal strategies, specification reviews, risk assessments, bid business cases, and winning proposals with the PMO and other functions
  • Develop pricing and negotiation strategies, mitigate competitor activity, support commercially sound terms, and identify additional sales opportunities
  • Coach project sales teams, share best practices, and provide feedback on outcomes, trends, customer engagement, process improvements, and growth opportunities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated success in consultative sales, strategic business development, project pursuit, or a related commercial role within a process, industrial, engineering, or technology environment
  • Ability to identify and develop new customer relationships while strengthening established partnerships
  • Experience coordinating complex opportunities involving multiple stakeholders, organizations, and decision points
  • Understanding of major industrial projects from early concept and engineering through procurement, construction, and execution
  • Working knowledge of operating models used by end users and engineering, procurement, and construction contractors
  • Ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational levels without direct reporting authority
  • Strong communication and presentation skills for technical, commercial, and executive audiences
  • Sound commercial judgment, including pricing, negotiation, contracting approaches, risk, and value creation
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex stakeholder environments
  • Professional fluency in English
  • Technical degree, vocational qualification, or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant professional experience
  • Willingness and ability to travel across Europe and internationally when required, typically 30% to 50% of working time
  • Preferred: Experience leading strategic pursuits for large, complex, or multi-year industrial projects
  • Preferred: Familiarity with measurement technologies, automation solutions, or process-industry products and services
  • Preferred: Experience in feasibility, front-end engineering, design, or pre-investment project phases
  • Preferred: Record of developing differentiated value propositions and achieving preferred-supplier, specification, or pre-selection status
  • Preferred: Experience developing project-based sales campaigns, pursuit playbooks, or account strategies
  • Preferred: Experience coaching commercial teams or facilitating capability-building activities
  • Preferred: Proficiency in one or more European languages in addition to English
  • Preferred: Experience using CRM platforms, data insights, digital selling tools, or responsible artificial intelligence applications

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive base salary within the local market
  • Annual merit review process rewarding performance
  • Ongoing career development
  • Mentorship, training, and leadership opportunities
  • Inclusive and collaborative workplace culture
  • Employee wellbeing support
  • Accessibility assistance or accommodation
  • Award-winning employee development programs

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Hard Skills
Project ManagementPricing StrategyNegotiationValue Proposition DevelopmentRisk AssessmentTechnical DegreeFeasibility AnalysisFront-End EngineeringSales Campaign DevelopmentAccount Strategy
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsInfluencing SkillsCollaborationCoachingPresentation Skills
Tools & Technologies
CRM PlatformsDigital Selling ToolsData InsightsResponsible Artificial Intelligence Applications
Industry Keywords
Measurement TechnologiesAutomation SolutionsProcess-Industry ProductsEngineering Procurement ConstructionIndustrial ProjectsCommercial RoleStakeholder EngagementProject DynamicsDecision-Making ProcessesCustomer Value Drivers