Lead project execution and drive innovation within procurement function at ABB across global stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration and deliverables.
About the role
- Procurement Category Manager responsible for strategic sourcing and category management for Plastic Components at Electrolux. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance supplier relationships and achieve business targets.
Responsibilities
- Managing the business strategically with the objective to leverage, promote complexity reduction, modularization, cost performance and innovation driving and ensuring productivity targets
- Demonstrated ability to develop and retain strong supplier relationships with 360 degree approach (focusing on cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, risk management, innovation…) and extensive negotiation skills
- Working in collaboration with Product Line Purchasing and Business Area Purchasing to build and deploy a category strategy that aligns all Product Line and Business Areas requirements supporting new project timing execution and matching with company targets
- Manage relationships / partnerships with cross functional teams and internal stakeholders in different BA
- Responsible of budget definition and implementation, Cost Model, NOWC optimization, supplier base definition
- Manage and evaluate contractual agreement terms to ensure compliance
- Address / support resolution to supplier driven performance issues as well as activities on supplier development and improvement projects
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Finance, Business Management, or Equivalent
- Minimum 3-5 years of relevant, progressive strategic sourcing, category management or equivalent
- Strong soft skills in managing relationships with both external and internal stakeholders inside a global environment and at different hierarchical levels
- Great communication skills
- Ability to manage large data sets, and convert to actionable information / intelligence / actions
- Stress management
- Fluent English written and spoken
Benefits
- Flexible work hours/hybrid work environment
- Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services
- Family-friendly benefits
- Health and Well-being initiatives
- Extensive learning opportunities and flexible career path
- Continued Progress on Diversity & Inclusion
- Living our Sustainability Commitment
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