Procurement Strategy & Sourcing Specialist

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.

Reports to: P&L Manager

Work model: On-site

Location: Monterrey, N.L., Mexico

This role is contributing to the ELSP P&L Sourcing organization. Main stakeholders are Plant Management and HUB Manager.

Responsibilities

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

• Experience in Local supplier development, Make vs Buy, negotiation, sourcing, Outsourcing and dual sourcing
• +7 years of experience in Sourcing sourcing of copper and aluminum, especially in electrical or industrial applications, procurement, supply chain, and engineering and/or finance background desired
• Possess an enhanced knowledge of / You are qualified in / Highly adept in SAP, Ariba, SFDB, Ecovadis, Celonis, Microsoft Excel, Power BI reporting, etc
• You are passionate about communication, Self oriented, empowered and adaptability
• Extensive knowledge in Sourcing/Procurement/supply chain in Direct Materials
• Familiarity with nearshore suppliers of copper and aluminum
• Desirable strong understanding of technical drawings, specifications and manufacturing processes
• Advanced English level

Why 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.

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.

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