Purchasing Manager

• Team Lead

About the Role

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: Purchasing Manager Work Model: Onsite

Location: Nashik, India

Division: Electrification business in Distribution Solution division

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage a team of Buyers for the execution of operational purchasing activities. Each day, you will develop and lead improvement and standardization of transactional purchasing processes. You will also showcase your expertise by executing the implementation, operation, maintenance, and performance of supply chain systems and data analytics tools.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Ensuring operational Buyers minimize risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and group/business guidelines
• Securing effective execution of sourcing strategies in line with procurement strategy and category organization strategy through tactical/operational processes
• Making sure all operational Buyers understand strategies and execute processes accordingly
• Executing programs to drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and working capital (payment terms, lead times, order quantities and purchased material inventory), in accordance with group/business procurement guidelines and manufacturing unit objectives

Qualifications for the Role

• Immersed in purchase function in switchgear business
• 10 to 15 years of experience in Purchase, Supplier Performance, Revenue Targets, Inventory Management, OTD, Liaioning with Suppliers and ABB team, Net-working Capital
• Ability to monitor 120 domestic & 30 International vendor base
• Capable of managing Conflicts with Supplier (i.e Parts Quality, Payment disputes, Delivery, Price Negotiations, Delivery Prepone/Postponing)
• Possess basic knowledge of MV Switchgears
• Degree in Mechanical engineering (full-time)
• Comfortable communicating in English

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

About Us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability™ enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

We Care

At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We Grow

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

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