Procurement Coordinator

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About the Role

This position reports to: Procurement & Logistics Manager

The work model for this role is:

This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solutions in Mebane. You will have the opportunity to purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Each day, you will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team. You will also act as an important coordination point between different stakeholders viz. production, planning, sourcing, warehouse and suppliers.

Main stakeholders are Sourcing, procurement, production, planning and warehousing teams.

Responsibilities

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Initiating Purchase Orders (PO) in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors, and tracks supplier performance to PO requirements
• Aligning supplier orders with customer requirements (based on ERP or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability, and price
• Coordinating effectively across various stakeholders (production/planning/sourcing/suppliers) to ensure production flow happens without any interruptions owing to material availability and Material Requirement Planning
• Tracking goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing
• Overseeing supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time), and resolves performance issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, coordination of material requirement planning with different stakeholders in a manufacturing/production environment
• Advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, and purchasing software (SAP preferred)
• Strategic planning, organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
• Exceptional communication and coordination skills navigating a dynamic working environment to support the material availability ensuring production needs are met
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

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