**Buyer**:
**At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges.
Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions.
That's our story.
Make it your story.
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**This position reports to**:
Category Manager
**Your role and responsibilities**:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms.
Each day, you will ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures.
You will also showcase your expertise by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.
The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid This role is contributing to the Electrification Services division in San Luis Potosí.
You will be mainly accountable for: - Initiating Purchase Orders in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirming delivery with suppliers, monitoring, and tracking supplier performance to PO requirements.
- Negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists and terms and conditions.
- Recommending frame agreements to management and executing upon approval.
- Analyzing and evaluating bids to determine the optimal value.
- Follow up / tracking payments to suppliers
**Qualifications for the role**:
- Bachelors Degree in International trade, Logistics, Business Management, Industrial engineer, Manufacturing Engineer or Similar
- 2 Years experience in Direct Materials purchasing.
- Quotations and negotiation with suppliers
- Advanced English
- SAP or similar ERP experience
- Excel proficiency
- Electrical materials purchasing experience (preferred)
**What's in it for you?
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- Coaching and mentoring from senior leaders and colleagues
- Get motivated by continuous improvement in what we do and how we do it, bring your know-how.
- Be yourself: join one or many of our Employee Resource Groups and make a difference!
**Benefits**:
- Paid and Unpaid leave opportunities
- Life insurance
- Accident insurance
- Retirement plan
- Wellbeing program
- Dental insurance
- Flex days
- Employee Assistance Program (PAE)
- Development platforms: Spark, Harvard Manager Mentor and English Learning EF English Live School (EF)
**More about us**: