Global Procurement Manager, B&R Automation

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This position reports to

RAMA Operations Manager

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking a dynamic Global Procurement Manager to lead our procurement strategies, focusing on transition, and transformation across the globe. This role involves developing and implementing strategic sourcing plans, optimizing supplier relationships, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and assure team development across the whole organization. This role is contributing to the Global Procurement organization within Machine Automation Division Globally. Main stakeholders can be found internally within R&D, Operations and Finance and externally with our suppliers. You will be mainly accountable for: • Lead the development and execution of global cost management and sourcing strategies for direct materials and services, aligning with group strategy, R&D, and Operations. • Negotiate and establish long-term arrangements with key suppliers, implementing comprehensive supplier evaluation frameworks and ensuring compliance with group standards, supplier quality, and supplier delivery performance (On-Time Delivery / OTD). • Implement cost, productivity, quality, delivery, and inventory improvement plans using different techniques like JIT and Kanban, while managing raw materials inventories in collaboration with the Global Inventory Manager and Manufacturing team. • Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and excellence by encouraging continuous improvement, leading cross-functional category teams, and managing succession planning for procurement positions. Our team dynamics In this role you'll be supervising a team of 60 global purchasing professionals.

Qualifications for the role

• +15 years of experience in Global Procurement and Strategic Sourcing.
• Completed degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Knowledge of inventory optimization techniques (e.g., JIT, Kanban) and familiarity with operational excellence frameworks (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma).
• Effective leadership ability to develop and grow global category teams
• Proficient negotiation and supplier relationship management skills with expertise in cost reduction and productivity improvement programs.
• You are business fluent in English and German

More about us

At B&R - a member of the ABB Group, you can expect an exciting and challenging job with an individually tailored introductory training. You will work in agile teams where you have the opportunity to actively contribute and drive ideas forward. Our flexible work models (e.g. flextime, hybrid) offer you an optimal work-life balance. Our unique B&R spirit is characterized by appreciation, communication at eye level and an informal work culture. We offer you customized training and development programs as well as exciting development opportunities within the company. Numerous other B&R benefits (Parental Leave Program, Employee Assistance Program and many more) round off our offer. In order to comply with legal regulations, we refer to the minimum salary of the collective agreement of the electrical and electronics industry of € 6,211.44 gross/month. There is a clear willingness to overpay, depending on qualifications and experience. ABB's Machine Automation Division, also known to our customers as B&R, is an innovative automation company headquartered in Austria with additional offices around the world. B&R became part of ABB's Robotics & Discrete Automation division in 2017 and, together with the ABB Robotics division, employs more than 11,000 people at over 100 locations in more than 53 countries. As a leading global provider of automation solutions, B&R develops, produces and sells industrial electronics, software solutions and mechatronic solutions as well as technologies for machine and factory automation. Since 2020, B&R's automation portfolio has also included Codian brand delta robots. With its innovative solutions, B&R sets new standards and consistently exceeds its customers' expectations. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.