Category Manager- Engineering Services

ABB; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Bangalore, India, seeks a Category Manager – Engineering Services to lead global category strategies for engineering, software development, cybersecurity, and testing services. You will drive sourcing initiatives, contract structures, and supplier governance to meet cost, quality, and innovation goals.

Collaborating with Engineering, R&D, Product Management, and Legal, you will manage MSAs, SOWs, rate cards, and change requests while building strategic supplier relationships and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 8-12+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Supplier Management.
• Minimum 5 years managing engineering services, software services, technology services, R&D outsourcing, or technical consulting categories.
• Proven experience negotiating multi-million-dollar global contracts and framework agreements.
• Experience working with Engineering, Product Management, Digital, and R&D organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute engineering services category strategies aligned with business and R&D priorities, leveraging market insights, supplier capabilities, and emerging technology trends.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and selection of optimal commercial engagement models.
• Negotiate and manage contracts such as MSAs, SOWs, framework agreements, rate cards, and change requests while ensuring compliance and mitigating risks.
• Build and manage strategic supplier relationships through performance reviews, scorecards, capability development, onboarding, and governance processes.
• Partner with Engineering, R&D, Digital, Product Development, and Program Management teams to drive sourcing decisions, demand optimization, and make-vs-buy analyses.
• Deliver cost savings, productivity improvements, and commercial value through spend management, rate benchmarking, budget support, and innovation-driven sourcing strategies.
• Strengthen procurement governance by managing supplier, cybersecurity, IP, and compliance risks while promoting sustainability, automation, AI-driven solutions, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Category Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Procurement Manager

Your role and responsibilities:

The Category Manager – Engineering Services is responsible for developing and executing global category strategies for engineering and technical service procurement, including software development, embedded systems, product engineering, cybersecurity, testing and validation, certification support, digital engineering, and engineering consulting services. The role drives competitive sourcing, supplier performance, commercial excellence, risk mitigation, innovation, and value creation across the engineering services spend portfolio. The Category Manager partners closely with Engineering, R&D, Product Management, Procurement, Legal, and Business stakeholders to ensure access to high-quality engineering capabilities while achieving cost, quality, delivery, and innovation objectives.

The work model for the role is:

This role is contributing to the Process Automation business for Operation Centers and Quality division based in Bangalore, India.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Develop and execute engineering services category strategies aligned with business and R&D priorities, leveraging market insights, supplier capabilities, and emerging technology trends.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and selection of optimal commercial engagement models.
• Negotiate and manage contracts such as MSAs, SOWs, framework agreements, rate cards, and change requests while ensuring compliance and mitigating risks.
• Build and manage strategic supplier relationships through performance reviews, scorecards, capability development, onboarding, and governance processes.
• Partner with Engineering, R&D, Digital, Product Development, and Program Management teams to drive sourcing decisions, demand optimization, and make-vs-buy analyses.
• Deliver cost savings, productivity improvements, and commercial value through spend management, rate benchmarking, budget support, and innovation-driven sourcing strategies.
• Strengthen procurement governance by managing supplier, cybersecurity, IP, and compliance risks while promoting sustainability, automation, AI-driven solutions, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 8-12+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Supplier Management.
• Minimum 5 years managing engineering services, software services, technology services, R&D outsourcing, or technical consulting categories.
• Proven experience negotiating multi-million-dollar global contracts and framework agreements.
• Experience working with Engineering, Product Management, Digital, and R&D organizations.

More about us:

ABB a provides a comprehensive range of integrated automation, electrical and digital systems and services for customers in the process, hybrid and maritime industries. These offerings, coupled with deep domain knowledge in each end market, help to optimize productivity, energy efficiency, sustainability and safety of industrial processes and operations.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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