Regional Procurement Leader, Americas

Procurement Business Partner / Category Manager

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This position reports to :

Global Procurement Manager

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.

Key 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.

Qualifications

We empower you to take the lead, share bold ideas, and shape real outcomes. You'll grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and learning that fits your goals. Here, your work doesn't just matter, it moves things forward.

What's in it for you

We want you to bring your full self to workyour ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

More about us

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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Health, Life & Disability

Retirement

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.

While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant's qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $98,700 and $157,920 annually.

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