Procurement Specialist

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You will be working as Procurement Specialist and will be a part of Electrification Business Area for Installation Products Division based in Bangalore, India. In this role, you will be reporting to Procurement Specialist (Manager) and will be responsible for all the activities encompassing supply chain/sourcing and cost reduction projects (as assigned) from the region supporting to global plants of EPIP.

Your responsibilities

• Running / Implementing various sourcing initiatives & projects focused on cost reduction (CR) targets
• Applying and implementing ABB SCM (Supply Chain Management) standards, tools, and processes in a multi-business organization
• Engaging closely with critical suppliers for discussion on performance, planning, pricing, and future development activities
• Negotiating agreements with suppliers to manage inventory, quality, cost, and obtain best terms & conditions for ABB
• Coordinating efforts of inter-company global sourcing teams focused on reducing cost through utilizing purchasing leverage, standardization, technology changes, and overall market knowledge
• Participating actively in commodity teams with various representatives to drive commodity strategies and meet performance objectives
• Co-ordinating and communicating with global SCM and commodity teams on various projects on aspects related to quality and SCM
• Negotiating skills to conduct complex local & global contracting, and to create supplier contracts that address cost & performance

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 Years’ experience in Supplier audits, supplier Qualification, Supplier Performance monitoring and driving for continual improvement.
• Additional course in Supply Chain Management would be preferred.
• BCC sourcing experience would be an added advantage (South East Asia etc.)
• Good knowledge of various commodities like castings, stamping, machined parts, plastics, plating etc
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and address key issues with maximum integrity and professionalism

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day – orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning Work model: on site #LI-onsite