SCM Category Specialist

In this role you will lead sourcing and procurement activities for electronics commodities supporting ABBs Bartlesville Analytical manufacturing operations. This role will develop and execute commodity strategies for electronic components cables and related products ensuring suppliers can meet current and future business requirements while optimizing cost quality delivery reliability and sustainability.

The work model for the role is:Hybrid in Bartlesville OK. #LI-Hybrid

The successful candidate will partner closely with Engineering Manufacturing Planning & Fulfillment Quality Logistics and suppliers to ensure supply continuity improve supplier performance identify cost reduction opportunities and manage supply chain risks.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for electronic components cables and related products aligned with business and procurement objectives.

• Lead strategic sourcing activities including RFQs supplier evaluations negotiations contract management and market analysis.

• Manage supplier relationships and performance driving improvements in cost quality delivery responsiveness capacity and reliability.

• Identify and mitigate supply risks including capacity constraints long lead times single-source suppliers raw material availability and geopolitical risks while developing appropriate contingency plans.

• Drive cost optimization through competitive sourcing negotiations value engineering should-cost analysis and supplier productivity initiatives.

• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering Manufacturing Planning & Fulfillment Quality Logistics and Operations to resolve supply issues and support business requirements.

• Support engineering changes product transfers supplier changes and product lifecycle management to ensure continuity of supply.

• Drive supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with ABB procurement policies contracts and applicable regulations.

Qualificationsfor the role:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Supply Chain Operations Management Business or a related field.

• 8 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing procurement commodity management or supply chain within a manufacturing or industrial environment.

• Demonstrated experience sourcing PCBA electronic components cables or similar electronic/technical commodities

• Proven experience with supplier negotiations supplier relationship management cost reduction and supplier performance improvement.

• Strong analytical negotiation project management and stakeholder management skills

• Experience using SAP and Microsoft Excel.

• Candidates must already haveworkauthorization that wouldpermitthem to work for ABB in the US permanently.

Preferred

• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings technical specifications and Bills of Materials (BOMs) with a strong understanding of manufacturing processes.

• Experience working in a global highly engineered manufacturing environment and managing complex or international supply chains.

Whatsin it for you

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Health Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR aHigh DeductibleHealth Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called theHigh DeductiblePlan.

• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus

• Vision benefit

• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)

• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)

• Voluntary life and AD&D 100% employee paid up to maximums

• Short Term Disability up to26 weeks Company paid

• Long Term Disability 60% ofpay Company to buy-up to 66 2/3% of pay.

• Supplemental benefits 100% employee paid (Accident insurance hospital indemnity critical illness pet insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health general health navigation and virtual health and infertility/adoption

• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions areprovidedvacation under a permissive time away policy.