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This Position reports to:
Category Manager

What we believe in

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. That's our story. Make it your story.

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop, plan, and implement procurement strategy focused on optimizing costs, quality, delivery, and reliability of suppliers and supplied products for an assigned category or group of categories. Each day, you will ensure execution in accordance with company, procurement, and supply base management instructions and procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by recommending frame agreements to management and executing upon approval.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing process for implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy and ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.
• Managing planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending, and savings forecasts.
• Negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists, and terms and conditions.
• Ensuring identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability) in accordance with company policies.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering or Commercial or similar degree
• Minimum 6 years sourcing related working experience
• Good knowledge in the machining/mechanical category & industry would be preferred
• Excellent knowledge in sourcing methods; supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, analytical skills and legal/contractual knowledg
• Excellent communication, cooperation and influencing skills when working with different senior level roles internally and externally with different suppliers
• Continuous improvement mindset with a business-driven and fact base on approach towards suppliers with a focus on building long-term relationship
• Fluent English in both speaking and writing

More about us

The IEC Low Voltage Division is a technology leader delivering a full range of energy-efficient low
voltage motors, including ultra-efficient solutions such as IE5 SynRM (synchronous reluctance motors). Through a global footprint, domain expertise and rugged designs, the Division provides reliable technology that improves efficiency and productivity even in the most demanding applications.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.