Take the next step in your career at ABB, working in a team that is dedicated to creating a future where innovative digital technologies allow greater access to cleaner energy. 

Our 3,000-plus procurement and logistics employees work in more than 100 countries, to obtain and supply millions of products and services in over 200 categories from thousands of suppliers all over the world. Our goal is to create a supply base that works as an extended enterprise, creating value through continuous improvement in quality, technology, and logistics, while optimizing cost and sustainability.

ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation business is writing the future of flexible factory and smart machines by providing value-added solutions in robotics, machine and factory automation. Our integrated automation solutions, application expertise across a wide scope of industries and our global presence deliver tangible customer value.

The statements included in this Job Description are intended to reflect, in general, the duties and responsibilities of this classification and are not intended to be interpreted as being all-inclusive。

Your responsibilities

• Deeply getting involved in the proposal phase of a project when the win possibility is over 80%, early involving in any material/supplier related activities when a customer contract is signed, including project meetings, project planning, suppliers selecting, etc and involving VAVE project and to be key member for providing support from sourcing side.
• Creating and updating procurement plans according to the pre-cal of a project and specifying main commodities, budget and candidate suppliers and defining the complete sourcing strategy for the related commodities with team.
• Making sure the process is in compliance with company’s policy and joint decision of supplier selection, between project team and SCM sourcing team, even engineering team and leading the regional commodity strategy development activity with Global SCM and lead center project team’s support.
• Maintaining the key supplier’s base for the dedicated commodity and product group, doing maintenance about Project purchasing data, especially for SCM Database and PO control, including material following up, emergency handling on time, trouble shooting for quality issue, etc.
• Building a good relationship with key suppliers by building long-term cooperation and developing potential suppliers to meet the requirements of projects as well as the commodity strategy.
• Defining the agreement with key suppliers according the sourcing strategy and leading commercial negotiation with suppliers and making joint purchase decision with the project team. Supporting other tasks from SCM manager if necessary and driving the Y-Y cost saving target achievement through the project development.
• Pushing the localization/local country source target achievement, developing and executing the commodity strategy for the key commodities within the dedicated PG. and supporting the functional team to reach the quality, OTD and payment terms target.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Must have a 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 and with ISO standards and quality certification processes.
• Strong project purchasing management and problem-solving skills required.
• Excellent English skills (spoken and written), and French/German skill is a plus.
• Highly skilled at MS office.