Procurement Lead

Key Skills: Risk Management, SAP Ariba, Procurement, Stakeholder Management, Root cause analysis

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring Buyers minimize risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and company guidelines.
• Securing the accurate application of group guidelines to drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and working capital (payment terms, lead times, order quantities, and purchased material inventory).
• Executing the implementation, operation, maintenance, and performance of supply chain systems.
• Securing full utilization of the SAP Ariba platform according to the relevant procedures, both related to sharing supplier information and finding existing high-performing suppliers to ABB.
• Investigating problems, finding root causes, and recommending improvement to existing and planned procurement processes.

Skills Required:

• Full-time engineering degree in Mechanical or Electrical.
• 7 to 12 years of experience in a similar industry.
• Builds effective, competent, and high-performing teams.
• Manages relationships with stakeholders in their own area of responsibility and ensures alignment.
• Responsible for coordinating Procurement team talent management and succession planning within their assigned areas.

Education: Full time engineering in Mechanical or Electrical.