Category Manager

• Leverages the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) process for implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy and ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.
• Ensures 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 company guidelines.
• Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews 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.
• Ensures identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability) in accordance with company policies.
• Defines and establishes local standard agreements with all major suppliers.
• Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with company directives and guidelines.
• Designs and implements cost-out programs and/or processes to reach financial targets.
• Applies and implements procurement standards, tools, and processes focused on business continuity for the assigned commodity or group of commodities.
• Contributes to and participates in setting and implementing budgets and targets within the framework.
• Ensures the category sourcing performance targets are achieved.

• Ensures all staff (under scope) understand ABB’s core values and group safety and integrity standards and act accordingly.
• Implements and ensures compliance with the ABB code of conduct, global and local standards, tools, policies, and processes in their assigned area.
• Ensures adherence to all internal and statutory regulations and policies pertaining to the teams in scope.
• Ensures integrity and compliance with ABB values and ethics in all activities across all teams in scope.
• Accountable for the health and safety of all employees and contractors for the teams in scope, and continuous improvement in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) processes and integrity performance.

• Promotes and enables collaboration in the division, across divisions, business areas, and teams to maximize results for ABB.
• Provides guidance to the teams and seeks knowledge for their own development and coaching/mentoring of the teams.
• Manages relationships with stakeholders in their own area of responsibility and ensures alignment.
• Ensures that their own area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled, and directed.
• Inspires, guides, motivates, and develops direct and indirect reports within HR policies.
• Builds effective, competent, and high-performing teams.
• Reviews organizational effectiveness and performs competence assessments and continuous skill upgrades.

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