Global Category Manager EMS - Business Line Analytical

ABB; Ort im Innkreis; On-site; EUR 107,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Global Supply Chain Manager, BL Analytical, to own the EMS/PCBA category and shape its global direction. This senior individual contributor will consolidate strategy with factories and cross-functional teams to build a resilient, cost-optimized supply chain.

You will lead strategy development, supplier negotiations, and contract management while driving performance targets across global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic sourcing and category management.
• Track record building global strategies and executing them across functions.
• Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management experience.
• Data-driven mindset with collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the global EMS/PCBA strategy for the Analytical business line.
• Lead sourcing strategies using the CIPS process to ensure capability and capacity.
• Negotiate agreements, renew price lists, and manage terms and conditions.
• Manage procurement planning, budgets, savings forecasts, and cost-out programs.
• Identify and qualify suppliers focusing on quality, cost and sustainability.
• Provide ongoing contract management and supplier oversight.
• Align factories, local teams and global leadership to achieve targets.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship mgmt

Stakeholder management

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

CIPS process

Tools

CIPS process

Job description

Global Supply Chain Manager, BL Analytical

Bei ABB unterstützen wir Industrien dabei, effizienter und sauberer zu arbeiten – und jede einzelne Person trägt hier dazu bei. Wir bieten allen Mitarbeitenden die Möglichkeit, Verantwortung zu übernehmen und die eigene Entwicklung aktiv voranzutreiben. Gemeinsam entstehen Lösungen, auf die alle stolz sein können. Wir suchen engagierte Talente, um gemeinsam die Welt voranzutreiben.

About The Role

Are you a sourcing professional who can turn strategy into action? ABB's Analytical business line is looking for a Global Category Manager to own the EMS/PCBA category and shape its global direction.

This is a senior individual contributor role with real ownership. You will consolidate the global strategy and supply base together with our factories, working across local, regional, and global teams to build a resilient, cost-optimized supply chain. The category is at a critical moment, and we need someone who can step in, build the plan, and deliver it.

What You'll Do

• Develop and implement the global strategy for the EMS/PCBA category for the Analytical Business Line, including supplier footprint, risk mitigation, and cost optimization
• Lead sourcing strategies using the CIPS process, ensuring the supply base has the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements
• Negotiate agreements with key suppliers, renew price lists, and manage terms and conditions
• Manage procurement planning, budgets, savings forecasts, and cost-out programs to reach financial targets
• Identify, investigate, and select suppliers with focus on quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability
• Provide ongoing contract management and oversight with suppliers
• Ensure all relevant parties understand and execute the strategy, and that category sourcing performance targets are achieved

What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, you bring proven experience in strategic sourcing and category management, ideally within EMS/PCBA or electronics manufacturing. You have a track record of building global strategies and, just as importantly, executing them — turning plans into tangible results on the ground. You bring strong stakeholder management skills, able to align factories, local teams, and global leadership around a common direction, and you have solid negotiation and supplier relationship management experience. You bring a data-driven mindset to analysis and reporting, and you approach your work with a collaborative, humble spirit that fits our culture. If you're someone who can both craft the strategy and roll up your sleeves to deliver it, this role is for you.

Why ABB

• A global role with real impact in a critical category
• The opportunity to shape the supply base and strategy from day one
• A supportive, hands-on team that values execution over slides

US candidates

* While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant's qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $119,000 and $221,000 annually and is eligible for an annual bonus.

Die Zukunft wird sauberer und intelligenter durch vielfältige Talente – neugierige, mutige und kreative. Wir schätzen Menschen mit unterschiedlichem persönlichem Hintergrund und Erfahrungen.

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