Category Manager

titive source of materials or services. They coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to add value, drive continuous improvement and satisfy our customer.

This position reports to

Global Division Supply Chain Manager

Your responsibilities

• Leverage the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) process, by implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with the overall MONM (Motion NEMA Motors) business strategy. Strategies should be ensuring that the supplier base/suppliers have the capability and capacity for meeting current and future business requirements
• Contributing and participating in setting and implementing the budget and targets and ensuring the category sourcing performance targets are achieved
• Develop, negotiate, and administer contracts for key suppliers
• Manage the supplier base in accordance with company policies (cost, reliability, quality) and provide regular performance feedback to suppliers, and drive corrective actions as required
• Resolve nonconformance issues, back charges and claims in a timely manner to minimize the company's exposure. Identify areas of risk within supply chain, implement appropriate mitigation measures
• Work with teams and users to ensure internal customer needs are met and operate on a daily basis to meet reliability objectives for customer supply
• Seeks opportunities to expand diverse supplier spend. Lead Continuous Improvement events with suppliers and in conjunction with the operations team to maximize value across the supply chain, improving total cost of ownership while driving a cultural of continuous improvement
• Managing, planning, and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending and savings forecasts
• Manage cost and assets (cost, productivity, inventory)
• Maintain knowledge of market and industry trends within area of expertise and communicate potential impact on business, including price trends, and future markets to identify opportunities resulting from market shifts and take advantage of such shifts
• Act as central point of expertise and knowledge for users in assigned spend categories. Participate in the Global Category Manager’s community, promoting good practices and driving continuous improvement in the area of category management

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or technical field/Advanced degree is desirable with minimum 10 years' of related experience
• Excellent analytical, communication and leadership skills
• APICS or ISM (Indirect Spend Management Tool) certification strongly desired
• Strong analytical skills
• Familiarity with contract law, commercial terms, and standard procurement procedures
• Requires ability to rapidly respond to unforeseen developments and initiate actions to reduce adverse impact
• Interfacing with other groups, leading a project team, enforcing contract stipulations, negotiating prices and terms, require strong communications skills
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB’s NEMA Motors Division markets, designs and manufactures the market-leading Baldor-Reliance® brand of industrial motors. As the #1 global manufacturer of NEMA motors, our quality products are designed to reliably and efficiently meet the challenges our customers face. Our business is investing in technology, tools, people and processes to ensure our general purpose and application-specific solutions perform as expected, every time. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website https://www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_https://20.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_https://formattedESQA508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 https://A.M. - 5:00 https://P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@https://abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-Onsite