Sourcing Engineer-Indirect Materials, MOTR China

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As a Sourcing Engineer-Indirect Materials, MOTR China, for Motion Business Area in Shanghai, you will be providing a sustainable emerging country supply base and advanced supply chain management to enable sustainable profitable growth.

This position reports to

Business Manager - Portfolio

Your responsibilities

• Making sourcing strategy, evaluate and develop the supply base. Introduce new suppliers as appropriate to meet the current and future needs of the business
• Executing Purchasing initiatives and strategies for Indirect materials and services
• Being responsible for MRO supplier sourcing, pricing benchmarking, negotiation, and supplier selection
• Ensuring sustainable cost saving/reduction without compromising the quality and delivery
• Purchasing daily for indirect materials and service to meet stakeholders’ demand.
• Being responsible for evaluation and qualification of suppliers for integrated commodities
• Ensuring Indirect sourcing process control, drafting, review, publishing etc.
• Being responsible for close cooperation with supply planning to support capacity planning and scalability / flexibility planning via development of Logistics agreements
• Identifying, tracking and implementing cost saving actions to meet the productivity targets for the category

Your background

• Minimum 3 years sourcing related working experience, indirect sourcing experience will be plus
• Good knowledge in the machining category & industry would be preferred, having Microsoft office/SAP experience will be plus
• Excellent knowledge in sourcing methods; supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, analytical skills and legal/contractual knowledge
• Possessing strong analytical and negotiation skills
• A University degree or above in Engineering or related field
• A collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills in English
• Ability to handle complexity and work under pressure
• Ability to travel, sometimes at short notice

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Accident insurance
• Sick pay
• Meal allowance

More about us

The IEC LV Motors Division is a global market leader focused on helping industries, cities, infrastructure and transportation increase energy efficiency. The division offers a full range of energy efficient low voltage motors, including SynRM (synchronous reluctance) motors to help customers reduce power bills and cut emissions. With rugged designs, a global footprint and application expertise, IEC LV motor solutions have a well-earned reputation of improving reliability and productivity in the most demanding applications 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.