Category Manager
Category Manager
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23-08-2025
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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 well give you what you need to make it happen. It wont always be easy growing takes grit. But at ABB youll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Procurement ManagerCore Responsibilities
- Leverages the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) process for implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy and ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.
- Ensures all relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly.
- Manages planning and tracking of procurement activities cost budgets emerging country spending and savings forecasts.
- Minimizes risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and company guidelines.
- 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.
- Provides ongoing oversight and contract management with suppliers.
- Ensures identification investigation and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality delivery cost and sustainability) in accordance with company policies.
- Defines and establishes local standard agreements with all major suppliers.
- Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with company directives and guidelines.
- Designs and implements cost-out programs and/or processes to reach financial targets.
- Applies and implements procurement standards tools and processes focused on business continuity for the assigned commodity or group of commodities.
- Contributes to and participates in setting and implementing budgets and targets within the framework.
- Ensures the category sourcing performance targets are achieved.
License to Operate / Core Values
- Ensures all staff (under scope) understand ABBs core values and group safety and integrity standards and act accordingly.
- Implements and ensures compliance with the ABB code of conduct global and local standards tools policies and processes in their assigned area.
- Ensures adherence to all internal and statutory regulations and policies pertaining to the teams in scope.
- Ensures integrity and compliance with ABB values and ethics in all activities across all teams in scope.
- Accountable for the health and safety of all employees and contractors for the teams in scope and continuous improvement in Health Safety and Environment (HSE) processes and integrity performance.
Collaboration / Leadership
- Promotes and enables collaboration in the division across divisions business areas and teams to maximize results for ABB.
- Provides guidance to the teams and seeks knowledge for their own development and coaching/mentoring of the teams.
- Manages relationships with stakeholders in their own area of responsibility and ensures alignment.
- Ensures that their own area of responsibility is properly organized staffed skilled and directed.
- Inspires guides motivates and develops direct and indirect reports within HR policies.
- Builds effective competent and high-performing teams.
- Reviews organizational effectiveness and performs competence assessments and continuous skill upgrades.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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