Regional Procurement Leader, Americas

ABB•Auburn Hills, MI

66d

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. We are looking for a Procurement Business Partner / Category Manager responsible for categories within indirect material and services procurement. You will be part of the team responsible for indirect material and service procurement within ABB Robotics. Our primary focus is the Americas but we are working within a global team. Our responsibility covers everything from defining the sourcing strategy, performing supplier qualifications, running sourcing events and negotiations, and developing the relationship and processes with the suppliers, to working with internal stakeholders to capture their demand and develop processes to make it easy to buy indirect material and services. The role reports to Global Manager, Indirect Material & Service Procurement, ABB Robotics.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, Engineering or Economics is preferred, and with 8+ years of working experience within procurement.
Experience working with indirect procurement is beneficial.
Strong background within sourcing and time spent as an experienced negotiator.
Ability to develop sourcing strategies, the skill and motivation to do the hands-on sourcing, run negotiations, and manage contracting.
Analytical and result-oriented and have a structured approach solving problems while delivering to target.
Curious and quick to learn new things, enabling you to handle a broad range of indirect material and service categories throughout the company and capture demand and requirements from many stakeholders.
Strong communication skills (written and spoken), and the ability to create commitment with stakeholders on all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in IS/IT categories is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop, plan and implement sourcing strategy, and drive sourcing initiatives in order to deliver savings to target within defined categories.
Categories in focus are Service, Facilities, and Materials.
Manage a wide supplier base, and develop it to fit to requirements of cost reduction, efficiency, quality, delivery and sustainability in accordance with company guidelines.
Negotiate agreements based on corporate contractual framework with suppliers, and periodically renew price lists, terms and conditions.
Work with process improvements and system implementations, utilizing digital tools to make it easy to buy and always ensuring transparency and compliance.
Live ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

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
Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
Retirement
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
Time off
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.