Category Manager

ABB • Senatobia, MS

11d • Onsite

About The Position

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: Procurement Manager Your role and responsibilities In this role, 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. The work model for the role is: onsite #LI-onsite This role is contributing to the ELSP Electrification Plant in Senatobia, MS.

Requirements

• Degree in Business, Engineering or related field.
• Ability to demonstrate your experience in procurement and metals fabrication.
• You have over 7 + years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• You are immersed in highly skilled in with SAP, PowerBI, Office, Contract management, Contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management and the metal and fabrication market
• You are passionate about team collaboration, emotional intelligence, team building, innovation, High performing outcomes, and supplier management.
• You are at ease communicating in English.
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees