Category Specialist

ABB•Mebane, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world. This position reports to: Category Manager __ The work model for the role is: Onsite, Mebane, NC Your role and responsibilities In this role as Category Specialist, you will support, develop, implement, and optimize local/regional sourcing initiatives and strategies. Working closely with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, engineering, and finance, you will drive procurement excellence primarily across indirect spending categories and capital investment projects. You will be responsible for managing the full supplier lifecycle, including sourcing, supplier onboarding, contract negotiation, performance management, and project execution support. You will be mainly accountable for: Supporting the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the regional/global category leader. Developing and implementing local category strategies for primarily indirect spend and capital expenditures in alignment with business objectives. Managing planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, service objectives and savings forecasts; Negotiating and drafting agreements with suppliers and periodically renewing price lists and terms and conditions. Managing the complete supplier lifecycle including onboarding, qualification, performance monitoring, and stakeholder reporting; Partnering with cross-functional teams to support strategic initiatives and capital projects.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related fields.
MINIMUM 2 years experience in Category Management or Strategic Sourcing
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, ERP Systems, and data analytics tools
Possess strong communication, execution, and cross-functional collaboration capability to drive change and achieve common goals.
Candidates must already have US work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Power BI, Ariba, and/or SAP, a plus.

Responsibilities

Supporting the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the regional/global category leader.
Developing and implementing local category strategies for primarily indirect spend and capital expenditures in alignment with business objectives.
Managing planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, service objectives and savings forecasts
Negotiating and drafting agreements with suppliers and periodically renewing price lists and terms and conditions.
Managing the complete supplier lifecycle including onboarding, qualification, performance monitoring, and stakeholder reporting
Partnering with cross-functional teams to support strategic initiatives and capital projects.

Benefits

Health, Life & Disability
Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid.
Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.