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This Position reports to:
Purchasing 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 supporting the identification of new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.

The work model for the role is: #Li-Onsite

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for:

• Analyzing purchasing data, market trends, and supplier metrics to identify cost-saving opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
• Developing and maintaining dashboards and reports to track KPIs, forecast demand, and optimize inventory levels.
• 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.
• Verifying external capacity of all suppliers and approaching new ones on the market.
• Analyzing and evaluating bids to determine the optimal value.

Qualifications for the role

• You hold a degree in Finance, Economics, or Management Engineering.
• You are interested in building your career in product engineering, supply chain, or procurement.
• You have a solid understanding of cost analysis and financial evaluation, ideally within supply chain or purchasing functions.
• You have k nowledge of designing and managing relational databases with MS SQL, and familiarity with web development languages for both frontend and backend (e.g., PHP, .NET, JavaScript)
• You are at ease communicating in both Italian and English.
• You have good proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint). Familiarity with SAP is a plus.
• You bring strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Locally, you can count on:
• Competitive compensation: Attractive salary packages and performance bonuses.
• Corporate welfare: Access to a wide range of services and personal well-being support.
• Career development: Structured career paths, individual development plans, opportunities for internal mobility, including international roles, technical and managerial training programs, mentoring and access to global learning platforms
• Flexibility and work-life balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration.
• Employee Support: free services like psychological help, wellness coaching, and emotional support for employees and their families.
• Parental Leave: at least 12 weeks of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers, promoting DEI values.
• Meal allowance: Access to canteen or ticket restaurant is provided to support daily lunch expenses.

More about us

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division's technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division's portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world's largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division's ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.

Run What Runs the World.

#ABBCareers #RunwithABB

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