Global Category Manager

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This Position reports to:

Global Procment & Logistics Mgr -Egy Ind

Your Role And Responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to plan and implement global sourcing initiatives either under the leadership of a global division or independently. You will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. Promotes and enables collaboration in the division, across divisions, business areas, and teams to maximize results for the organization.

The work model for the role is:

This role is contributing to the Process Automation business for Energy Industries division.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leverages the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing process for planning and implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy and ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.
• Ensure 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 group/ business area guidelines.
• Negotiate agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renew 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.
• Contributes to and participates in setting and implementing budgets and targets within the group of global categories. Ensures the category sourcing performance targets are achieved.

Qualifications For The Role

• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management.
• Full time engineering graduate with a certification in Supply Chain.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders in their own area of responsibility and ensure alignment.
• Supplier Relationship Management, Order Handling & Fulfillment.

More About Us
ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation and water sectors. Driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify industry we connect our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with our technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, reduce energy consumption and waste.
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