SCM Category Specialist

In this role you will lead sourcing and procurement activities for electronics commodities supporting ABB’s Bartlesville Analytical manufacturing operations. This role will develop and execute commodity strategies for electronic components, cables, and related products, ensuring suppliers can meet current and future business requirements while optimizing cost, quality, delivery, reliability, and sustainability. 

The work model for the role is: Hybrid in Bartlesville, OK. #LI-Hybrid

The successful candidate will partner closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning & Fulfillment, Quality, Logistics, and suppliers to ensure supply continuity, improve supplier performance, identify cost reduction opportunities, and manage supply chain risks. 

Your role and responsibilities:  

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for electronic components, cables, and related products, aligned with business and procurement objectives. 

• Lead strategic sourcing activities, including RFQs, supplier evaluations, negotiations, contract management, and market analysis. 

• Manage supplier relationships and performance, driving improvements in cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, capacity, and reliability. 

• Identify and mitigate supply risks, including capacity constraints, long lead times, single-source suppliers, raw material availability, and geopolitical risks, while developing appropriate contingency plans. 

• Drive cost optimization through competitive sourcing, negotiations, value engineering, should-cost analysis, and supplier productivity initiatives. 

• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning & Fulfillment, Quality, Logistics, and Operations to resolve supply issues and support business requirements. 

• Support engineering changes, product transfers, supplier changes, and product lifecycle management to ensure continuity of supply. 

• Drive supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with ABB procurement policies, contracts, and applicable regulations. 

Qualifications for the role:  

Required 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or a related field. 

• 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, commodity management, or supply chain within a manufacturing or industrial environment.  

• Demonstrated experience sourcing PCBA, electronic components, cables, or similar electronic/technical commodities 

• Proven experience with supplier negotiations, supplier relationship management, cost reduction, and supplier performance improvement. 

• Strong analytical, negotiation, project management, and stakeholder management skills 

• Experience using SAP and Microsoft Excel. 

• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US permanently.  

Preferred 

• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, technical specifications, and Bills of Materials (BOMs), with a strong understanding of manufacturing processes. 

• Experience working in a global, highly engineered manufacturing environment and managing complex or international supply chains. 

What's in it for you   

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger  

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age,  race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.  

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf  

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.   

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [email protected]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.   

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees  

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]  

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more  

Health, Life & Disability  

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.    

• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus  

• Vision benefit  

• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)  

• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)  

• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums  

• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid  

• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid.  Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.  

• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance  

• Paid Parental Leave  

• Employee Assistance Program  

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption  

• Employee discount program  

Retirement  

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions    

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)   

Time off   

ABB provides 11 paid holidays.  Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.