Global Category Electronics Specialist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026.
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This position reports to:
Global Category Manager__
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to support global sourcing initiatives and category strategies for electronic components across ABB's Smart Power division. Each day, you will leverage your technical and commercial expertise to ensure suppliers meet business requirements while optimizing cost, quality, delivery, reliability and sustainability. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring purchasing activities align with ABB procurement policies and procedures.
The work model for the role is: hybrid
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Supporting the definition, development, and implementation of global sourcing strategies for Active, Passive, and Power Electronic Components in close alignment with the global category leader.
- Collaborating with Agile Teams and R&D to support component selection, develop sourcing strategies and mitigate supply risks across the product lifecycle.
- Leading global RFQ/RFP processes, conducting cost benchmarking and TCO analyses and negotiating commercial agreements with electronic component and semiconductor suppliers.
- Developing and maintaining long-term agreements and strategic supplier relationships while supporting supplier onboarding, evaluation and performance management.
- Monitoring semiconductor market trends, component lifecycles, and supplier performance to proactively manage risk and ensure supply continuity.
- Driving cost savings initiatives through competitive sourcing, volume consolidation, design-to-cost and value engineering programs.
- Supporting digital supply chain visibility through analytics and reporting while providing regular updates on category performance to senior management.
- Ensuring compliance with ABB procurement policies, trade compliance requirements and supplier sustainability standards.
Our team dynamics
You will join a dynamic and talented team, where you will be able to growth professionally and bring something unique. Together we can achieve unbeatable experience.
Qualifications for the role
- You are highly skilled in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management and supplier relationship management within the electronic components and semiconductor market.
- You have 5-10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, commodity management, electronic components, or supply chain roles within EMS manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturers or similar industries.
- You possess an enhanced knowledge of electronic components, PCBA sourcing, market dynamics and semiconductor manufacturing processes.
- You are passionate about collaboration, stakeholder management, negotiation and delivering results in complex global environments.
- Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business or a related field.
- You are at ease communicating in English; additional languages such as Italian, French, Chinese or German are an advantage.
- You are willing to travel internationally up to 20-30%.
- Professional certifications such as CPSM, CIPS or equivalent are a plus
More about us
ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.
This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.
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