SCM Services Buyer

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Working with Process Automation, you will be executing material purchase requests, according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Ensuring purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision. This role reports to Procurement Team Lead and is graded as 15

Your responsibilities

• Negotiations: Periodically renews pricelists, terms, and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Contracts: Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.
• Goods received: Track’s goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.
• Supplier performance: Oversees supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.
• Orders: Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms the delivery with suppliers, monitors, and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
• Customer alignment: Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability, and price.
• Process alignment: Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro- Supply procedure within the scope of activities.

Your background

• Higher education in SCM or 5 years’ experience in a related field
• Language skills: English both speaking and writing B2 level (at least); Estonian, Swedish or Finish languages are beneficial
• Computer skills in advanced level (Office 365)
• Good communication skills
• Client-oriented and finding the solution mindset
• Good time management skills and stress tolerance
• User knowledge of SAP is an advantage

More about us

"Our Process Automation business offers a range of solutions for process and hybrid industries, including our industry-specific integrated automation, electrification and digital solutions, control technologies, software and advanced services, as well as measurement & analytics, marine and turbocharging offerings. Process Automation is #2 in the market globally. Based on its deep domain knowledge, experience and expertise in delivering world-class automation products, systems and solutions, a wide area of complimenting digital and collaborative solutions across applications and sectors, the Process Automation business helps customers remain competitive, improving their ROI and running safe and productive operations." Interested in joining our team in this role? If so, we look forward to receiving your application via our online careers tool. Please submit your CV and motivation letter in English – documents in other languages will not be reviewed. Iwona Galikowska Talent Partner, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. Let’s write the future. Together. www.abb.com/careers We reserve the right to withdraw this posting at any time.