Strategic Sourcing Analyst

**Strategic Sourcing Analyst**:
**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. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.**:
**This position reports to**:
Global Category Manager

**Your role and responsibilities**:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for data management, analyzing performance, identifying problems, and developing recommendations that support Procurement department activities. Each day, you will lead/support process improvement teams. You will also showcase your expertise by developing and communicating periodic trend and performance reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. The work model for the role is: #hybrid This role is contributing to the Electrification business area in Vittuone. You will be mainly accountable for: - Supporting the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the global Category leader. - Negotiating agreements with main suppliers and periodically renew pricelists, terms and conditions. - Running benchmark studies for the category team and for specific sourcing initiatives. - Creating local contract amendments to frame agreements on behalf of a country and updates/maintains frame contracts. - Supporting regional/global sourcing initiatives within a defined set of categories, working closely with key stakeholders to implement regional category strategies. - On-boarding new suppliers in close collaboration with the respective local buyer and run regular supplier evaluations and provide supplier reports to Businesses and Category Managers. - Fostering 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. You will join a dynamic team, where you will be able to thrive.

**Qualifications for the role**:

- Highly skilled in team working and flexibility.
- Possess an enhanced knowledge of Office suite, Teams and PowerBI.
- Degree in Management or Mechanical Engineering, Economy, STEM.
- You are at ease communicating in Italian and English both written and spoken.

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