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Position Overview

Reports to: Business Manager

• E2E

Leads a team of Supply Chain and Procurement Specialists to execute supply chain, procurement and logistics strategies that support the business by optimizing costs, quality, and reliability of suppliers and supplied products and services. Ensures execution in accordance with company and supply chain team instructions and procedures.

Core Responsibilities

• Implements effective supply chain and sourcing strategies in line with business strategy to ensure that suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.
• Ensures relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly and ensures alignment between local and global supply chain and procurement activities and division strategy.
• Implements programs to drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, resilience, sustainability and integrity in accordance with group/business area supply chain and procurement guidelines and global division/business area objectives.
• Secures full utilization of the SAP Ariba platform according to the relevant procedure, both related to sharing supplier information and finding existing high-performing suppliers to ABB.
• Manages planning and tracking of supply chain and procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending, and savings forecasts.
• Ensures Buyers minimize risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and company guidelines.
• Monitors the supply chain and procurement processes and activities, and resolves issues related to cost, quality, delivery, resilience, sustainability and integrity.
• Monitors and reports internal and supplier performance (Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)), quality issues, and development actions.
• Supports conformance to ABB procurement metrics.
• Leverages category teams locally, regionally, and globally to ensure appropriate supplier selection.
• Defines and establishes local standard agreements with all major local suppliers.
• Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with company directives and guidelines.

License to Operate / Core Values

• Ensures all staff (under scope) understand ABB's core values and group safety and integrity standards and act accordingly.
• Implements and ensures compliance with the ABB code of conduct, global and local standards, tools, policies, and processes in their assigned area.
• Ensures adherence to all internal and statutory regulations and policies pertaining to the teams in scope.
• Ensures integrity and compliance with ABB values and ethics in all activities across all teams in scope.
• Accountable for the health and safety of all employees and contractors for the teams in scope, and continuous improvement in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) processes and integrity performance.

Collaboration / Leadership

• Ensures all staff (under scope) understand ABB's core values and group safety and integrity standards and act accordingly.
• Implements and ensures compliance with the ABB code of conduct, global and local standards, tools, policies, and processes in their assigned area.
• Ensures adherence to all internal and statutory regulations and policies pertaining to the teams in scope.
• Ensures integrity and compliance with ABB values and ethics in all activities across all teams in scope.
• Accountable for the health and safety of all employees and contractors for the teams in scope, and continuous improvement in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) processes and integrity performance.

Required Skills

• Budget & Performance Management
• Strategy & Strategy Implementation
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Customer Satisfaction
• Order Handling & Fulfillment
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement

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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