Category Specialist

About the role

ABB is hiring a Category Specialist in Hangzhou, reporting to the Procurement Manager. The role works with the global procurement and logistics team to develop and implement component and supplier strategies, manage global commodity suppliers and drive supply chain improvements and cost savings.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, align and implement component and supplier strategies based on global market and technology trends
• Build tools to improve global component supply chain productivity
• Evaluate and monitor commodity supplier and distributor performance, and manage global supplier and EMS relationships
• Drive supply chain improvement and cost savings through supplier negotiation, new sourcing models and purchasing process optimisation
• Manage global purchasing productivity plans and maintain the global commodity database and system
• Control global commodity supply chain and stock levels to ensure supply security
• Maintain documentation, manage global prices, analyse data, manage the component library and handle contracts such as LOAs and NDAs

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• At least 3 years of experience as a commodity/category/EMS manager; proven experience in an industrial business area is an advantage
• Knowledge of the electronics market, purchasing processes, sourcing strategy and applications
• Understanding of contractual and legal aspects, business practices and market trends
• Negotiation, communication and influencing skills; able to work independently in a virtual, remote environment
• Fluent written and spoken English and Chinese

Required skills

• Office software including Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI
• Ability to work in a global team