Internship Strategic Sourcing Analyst

**Internship Strategic Sourcing Analyst**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
We are looking for a Strategic Sourcing Analyst to join our Electrification business. You will support regional/global sourcing initiatives under the leadership of a global category manager. You will support material allocations according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule and terms and ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will support market intelligence activities on raw material commodities. Contract: stage

**This position reports to**:
Global Category Manager

**Your responsibilities**:

- Support the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the global Category leader.
- Negotiate agreements with main suppliers and periodically renew pricelists, terms and conditions.
- Run benchmark studies for the category team and for specific sourcing initiatives.
- Create local contract amendments to frame agreements on behalf of a country and updates/maintains frame contracts.
- Support regional/global sourcing initiatives within a defined set of categories, working closely with key stakeholders to implement regional category strategies.
- On-board new suppliers in close collaboration with the respective local buyer and run regular supplier evaluations and provide supplier reports to Businesses and Category Managers.
- Foster communication internally, externally, and between different Divisions, Business Units and Functions and support the implementation of PL activities and initiatives in the Region/Country through this clear communication.

**Your background**:

- A degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering, economy, STEM.
- Knowledge of PowerBI e Teams.
- Good knowledge of Office suite.
- Fluent in both English and Italian languages.
- Team work skills, flexibility.

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