Procurement Specialist-2

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This position reports to:

Procurement Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to ensure the implementation, maintenance, and compliance of the purchasing and logistics-related activities in the Procurement function to support the businesses. Each day, you will execute assigned activities as per ABB standard procedures. You will also showcase your expertise by delivering and participating in training programs as required to ensure compliance and to foster professional development.

The work model for the role is: {onsite}

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Be responsible for daily operational quality management of global suppliers (focusing on electrical and automation, spare parts & service suppliers, spare parts & service suppliers); act as quality liaison between LBL, procurement and overseas suppliers.
• Review inspection plans, outgoing inspection reports, test data and process documents submitted by overseas suppliers to ensure compliance with company quality standards and technical specifications, with special focus on verification of electrical‑related product performance, safety compliance and electrical test documentation.
• Follow up supplier quality non-conformities, issue corrective action requests, track CAPA implementation, verify effectiveness and ensure full closure of quality issues.
• Organize quality review meetings with LBLs and suppliers for incoming defects and customer complaints, conduct root cause analysis and formulate improvement plans.
• Conduct regular quality performance evaluation for global suppliers, monitor incoming quality rate, defect frequency and corrective action on-time rate, deliver KPI reports and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide quality training and standard promotion for overseas suppliers, with emphasis on quality specifications and test requirements for electrical products, assist suppliers to optimize production and inspection processes.
• Handle quality-related claims and disputes for cross-border supply, collect evidence and coordinate with procurement to complete claim execution.
• Establish supplier quality files, non-conformance records and corrective action logs; maintain global supplier quality database and standardize quality management processes.
• Update global quality standards and inspection specifications regularly, prioritizing technical inspection requirements for electrical products, to ensure consistent implementation among all overseas suppliers.

Qualifications for the role

• Education & Major: Bachelor’s degree or above, major in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Automation, Quality Management.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years’ working experience in SQE, supplier quality management or incoming quality control. Experience in quality management for electrical equipment and electronic component suppliers is preferred. Experience working with overseas suppliers and cross-border quality management is a plus.
• Language: Proficient in English reading and writing; oral English for daily quality communication, meetings and official correspondence; able to review English inspection reports, quality documents and CAPA reports independently.
• Professional Knowledge: Familiar with IQC process, supplier quality management, 8D, CAPA and root cause analysis tools; possess solid knowledge of electrical product basic performance, safety regulations and testing.
• Skills: Proficient in MS Office and basic quality statistical tools; capable of document review, record management and meeting arrangement.
• Competencies: Strong sense of principle, meticulous and detail-oriented; excellent problem analysis and improvement driving ability; good communication skills for cross-department and cross-time zone collaboration; able to work under pressure.
• Preferred: ISO9001 or internal auditor certificate; familiar with quality management system of overseas manufacturing plants; working experience in electrical equipment and power equipment industry is highly preferred.

More about us
 

The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs.

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