Category Specialist Country/el/im&s

5 months ago

SaintLaurent, Canada ABB Full time

**Category Specialist Country/EL/IM&S**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer
- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day - orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used. The objective of this position is to leverage the purchasing power of ABB on a country level and to achieve the set performance targets for the respective categories. The position holder will manage the Canadian IM&S spend and ensures that category strategies get defined and implemented in close collaboration with key stakeholders.

**Your responsibilities**:

- In collaboration with Regional IM&S Team, supports the development and implementation of regional sourcing strategies in close alignment with the regional category leader.
- Ensures that the Category sourcing performance targets are achieved according to the IM&S (Indirect Materials & Services) operational dashboard (especially cost reduction/avoidance and supplier reduction).
- Collaboration / team orientation on defining and implementing solid processes throughout the value chain for an annual spend of around $ 10-25MUSD. No Direct Reports.
- Leverages CIPS category teams locally, regionally and globally for the appropriate supplier selections and ensures that the CIPS methodology is applied in a meaning full and pragmatic manner.
- Define category strategies and manage the execution of the respective category plans in collaboration with IM&S Team and facilitate strategy review meetings involving internal clients when necessary.
- Drive RFIs / RFQs and provide support to regional IM&S business negotiations.
- Ensures that the ABB e-Sourcing tool gets leveraged whenever feasible and define RFQ / P&L standardization processes and negotiation strategies.
- Ensures that contracts for preferred and/or approved suppliers are based on ABB’s terms and conditions and filed in SAP Ariba and provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with Company directives and guidelines.
- Ensures alignment and best practices between local P&L activities and the GBS Global Centers.
- Actively manage supplier portfolio including but not limited to Supplier consolidation, reduction, evaluation and, classification and run regular review meeting
- Drives Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Quality to next level strategy to further reduce Supply Base, NCCs and improve NWC, and to increase sustainability, and solves cost/quality/scheduling issues and runs claim management (when escalated).
- Drives improvements, sustainability and cost-out projects with Suppliers for long-term partnership.
- Applies and implements P&L standards, tools, and processes focused on business efficiency for the assigned commodity or group of commodities.
- Active support to Country Business Partners (CBP) to facilitate business, strategy and performance discussions.

**Your background**:

- University degree (BA/MBA/ENG/MS) in related field: Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Business Economics.
- 5-7 years experience in Strategic Sourcing.
- ISM or CPSM Certification a plus.
- Experience in Negotiation Management and Negotiation Tactics.
- Very good understanding of Contract Management & Supplier Relationship Management.
- Strong Project Management and Communication skills.
- Experience in working in international environments and managing Stakeholders of varying Management Levels.
- Superior English & French in spoken and written. French is required. English is required to communicate with customers outside Quebec on a regular basis.
- Self-starter mentality.
- Desire to work in a strong and fast paced environment.
- Travel: 10%.

**Benefits**:

- Retirement plan
- Healthcare plan
- Accident insurance
- Wellbeing program

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