Buyer

**Buyer**:
**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. That's our story. Make it your story.**:
**This position reports to**:
Procurement Team Lead

**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 identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team. The work model for the role is: #onsite This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solution in Bac Ninh; Vietnam. You will be mainly accountable for: - Purchases materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. - Ensures purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. - Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing. - Oversees supplier performance (on-time delivery, quality, lead time), and resolves performance issues. - Initiates Purchase Orders (PO) in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors, and tracks supplier performance to PO requirements. - Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on ERP or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability, and price. - Ensures the SAP Ariba platform is updated as defined in the procedure.

**Qualifications for the role**:

- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, logistics, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management.
- Proficiency in SAP for managing procurement processes, including requisitions, purchase orders, and inventory management
- Strong analytical skills to evaluate supplier performance, market trends, and cost-saving opportunities.
- Familiarity with procurement regulations and compliance.

**More about us**:
"ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air