Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Each day, you will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.


You will be mainly accountable for:

• Support Sourcing/category team in daily operations work.

• Identifies new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.

• Qualifies new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering Specialists.
• Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists and terms and conditions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Recommends frame agreements to management and executes upon approval.
• Analyzes and evaluates bids in order to determine the optimal value.
• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing.
• Oversees supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time), and resolves performance issues.
• Initiates Purchase Orders (PO) in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors, and tracks supplier performance to PO requirements.

• Superior English in spoken and written;
• Good communication skills with internal and external stakeholders;
• Self learning and learn from the job;
• Some knowledge in procurement process would be a plus;
• Knowledge in SAP Ariba would be a plus;

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

This role sits within ABB’s Robotics business, a leading global robotics company. We’re entering an exciting new chapter as we’ve announced the plan for SoftBank Group to acquire ABB Robotics. SoftBank is a globally recognized technology group and investor/operator focused on AI, robotics, and next-generation computing.  By joining us now, you’ll be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of robotics—working alongside world-class experts in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.