Group Lead, Procurement

ABB•New Berlin, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Supply Chain Manager - Drive Products. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a team to execute purchasing and logistics strategies that support the business by optimizing costs, quality, and reliability of suppliers and supplied products. Each day, you will ensure execution in accordance with company and Procurement team instructions and procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy to ensure that suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements. The work model for the role is: On Site in New Berlin, WI. This role is contributing to the Motion business, Drive Products Division, Supply Chain Management function in the United States. Main stakeholders are Planning and fulfillment, Category Management, and Manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering or related field and 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, procurement, planning and/or operational excellence in the electronics industry / working with electronic manufacturing service (EMS) suppliers.
Demonstrated track record of team leadership, mentorship or formal training required.
Excellent internal and external relationship management and collaboration with suppliers, engineers and customer service.
Highly knowledgeable in SAP ECC, SAP S4 Hana, Ariba, Celonis and business intelligence tools.
Passionate about networking with a diverse global supply base, managing optimized inventory policies and developing people.
This role involves 20% domestic and international travel, requiring a valid US Driver’s License and US Passport.
Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Responsibilities

Ensuring relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly and ensuring alignment between local procurement activities and division strategy.
Implementing programs to drive improvement in cost, quality, and delivery, in accordance with group/business area procurement guidelines and global division/business area objectives.
Securing 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.
Managing planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending, and savings forecasts.
Ensuring material availability for daily manufacturing and planned inventory levels.
Be the Tactical leader for the Supply Chain - Coordinate Consistent Supply Chain practices across the various manufacturing lines within the business.
Implements methods, practices and techniques to ensure the most economical movement of materials through the supply chain to achieve cost-effective logistics practices and inventory levels while meeting customer delivery requirements.

Benefits

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.