Job Description

Buyer

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You will be working as Buyer,reporting to Procurement Manager for Electrification Business Area for Distribution Solution Division based in Nashik. In this role you will be responsible to purchase materials according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures.

Your responsibilities

• Identifies new suppliers in cooperation with relevant category team. Qualifies new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.
• Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Recommends frame agreements to management, and executes upon approval.
• Analyzes and evaluates bids in order to determine the optimal value.
• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing.
• Oversees supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and resolves performance issues.
• Initiates purchase orders (PO) in the system, according to the Purchase Requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
• 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.
• Conducts all Procurement & Logistics activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensure SAP Ariba platform is kept updated as defined in procedure..

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 2 to 5 years of experience in similar role.
• Strong experience in purchase of Low voltage product segment.
• Strong experience in SAP.

More about us

ABB’s Distribution Solutions Division provides utility, industrial and commercial customers with safe, smart and sustainable technologies for the distribution of electricity. With ABB AbilityTM enabled digital solutions at its core, our extensive portfolio includes distribution automation products, switching, limiting, measuring and sensing devices, switchgear, modular substation packages, and related services. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.