At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Category Manager
Run What Runs the World
At ABB, we help important industries outrun - leaner and cleaner.
Every person here makes that happen. By rethinking, rewiring, and improving, we combine the world’s best minds and technologies to elevate performance to a whole new level.
Because at ABB, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a category manager, you’ll take on challenges that transform industries and drive innovation. We give you the market-leading expertise, technology, and opportunity, and you own the challenge to make an impact that matters.
It won’t always be easy. Growing takes grit. Innovating takes the courage to try, fail, learn, and succeed. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone.
Your Role: Own the Challenge/Take on the Journey
For global category sourcing parts, can provide professional advice to global category manager for strategy making/optimizing, implements effective sourcing strategies in line with global sourcing strategy ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements. Ensures all relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly. Participating in the contract negotiation of the global suppliers together with the GCM, and leading the contract negotiations of the local suppliers.
For local category sourcing parts, make sourcing strategy independently, evaluate and develop the supply base. Introduce new suppliers as appropriate to meet the current and future needs of the business. Manages planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, minimizes risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and in accordance with Company guidelines.
Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Provides ongoing oversight and contract management with suppliers. Ensures identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost and sustainability) in accordance with Company policies. Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with Company directives and guidelines. Contributes to, and participates in setting and implementing budget and targets within the framework. Ensures the responsible category sourcing performance targets are achieved.
Define & constant improvement of value chain with focus to shorten lead time and optimize logistic processes, considering total cost. Close cooperation with purchasing team to support capacity planning and scalability / flexibility planning. Define and reach targets for Quality, Delivery, Cost, Innovation in the responsible category. Work with Quality and SQE to improve supplier performance (OTD, DPPM, lead time etc.) and Manage and monitor the supplier portfolio and develop supplier to build right supply base. Identifying, tracking and implementing cost saving actions to meet the productivity targets for the category.
What it takes to Run what runs the world
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 knowledge.
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. Ability to handle complexity and work under pressure, travel sometimes at short notice.
Why ABB?
A global market leader redefining industries through technology and expertise.
Results that matter—what we run here, runs the world.
Autonomy & Ownership—we trust you to implement solutions.
Run What Runs the World—join a team that drives progress forward.
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.