Senior Buyer
ABB
Senior Buyer
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.
This position reports to
Procurement Manager
Your role and responsibilities
Early involvement of responsible BU/Dept/LC - Deeply involved in the proposal phase of a project when the win possibility is over 80% - Early involved in any material/service related activities when a customer contract is signed, including project meetings, project planning, suppliers selecting, etc. - Involve VAVE project and to be key member to provide support from sourcing side Procurement Plan - Create and update procurement plans according to the pre-cal of a project, to specify main commodities, budget and candidate suppliers - Define the complete sourcing strategy for the related commodities with team Monitor purchasing process compliance - Make sure the process is in compliance with company's policy - Joint decision of supplier selection, between project team and SCM sourcing team, even engineering team, others - Lead the regional commodity strategy development activity with Global SCM and lead center project team's support. - Maintain the key supplier's base for the dedicated commodity and product group. - Maintenance about Project purchasing data, especially for SCM Database - PO control, including material following up, emergency handling on time, trouble shooting for quality issue, etc. Supplier Management & Development - Build a good relationship with key suppliers by building long-term cooperation - Develop potential suppliers to meet the requirements of projects as well as the commodity strategy - Define the agreement with key suppliers according to the sourcing strategy Commercial Negotiation - Lead commercial negotiation with suppliers and make joint purchase decision with the project team. - Coordination between: PM/SCM/Quality/Engineering/Suppliers Other support - Support other tasks from SCM manager if necessary
Qualifications for the role
More about us
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
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.
This position reports to
Procurement Manager
Your role and responsibilities
Early involvement of responsible BU/Dept/LC - Deeply involved in the proposal phase of a project when the win possibility is over 80% - Early involved in any material/service related activities when a customer contract is signed, including project meetings, project planning, suppliers selecting, etc. - Involve VAVE project and to be key member to provide support from sourcing side Procurement Plan - Create and update procurement plans according to the pre-cal of a project, to specify main commodities, budget and candidate suppliers - Define the complete sourcing strategy for the related commodities with team Monitor purchasing process compliance - Make sure the process is in compliance with company's policy - Joint decision of supplier selection, between project team and SCM sourcing team, even engineering team, others - Lead the regional commodity strategy development activity with Global SCM and lead center project team's support. - Maintain the key supplier's base for the dedicated commodity and product group. - Maintenance about Project purchasing data, especially for SCM Database - PO control, including material following up, emergency handling on time, trouble shooting for quality issue, etc. Supplier Management & Development - Build a good relationship with key suppliers by building long-term cooperation - Develop potential suppliers to meet the requirements of projects as well as the commodity strategy - Define the agreement with key suppliers according to the sourcing strategy Commercial Negotiation - Lead commercial negotiation with suppliers and make joint purchase decision with the project team. - Coordination between: PM/SCM/Quality/Engineering/Suppliers Other support - Support other tasks from SCM manager if necessary
Qualifications for the role
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or others related.
- Minimum 8 years of mechanical or electrical product purchasing/sourcing experience related to projects.
- 2 years+ supervisor or management position experience is preferred
- Knowledge of product development processes
- Techniques, experienced as design engineer and quality engineer a plus
- Experience with international terms of trade and payment
- Experience with ISO standards and quality certification processes
- Strong project purchasing management and problem-solving skills
- Excellent English skills (spoken and written), and French/German skill is a plus
- "Integrity" is highly desirable while dealing with people within the organization and suppliers
- Good influencing and presenting skill
More about us
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
JOB SUMMARY
Senior BuyerABB
Beijing
2 days ago
N/A
Full-time