Buyer

**Buyer**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
You will be working as Buyer and will be the part of Motion business area for Drive Products division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Sales Support Manager and will be responsible to purchase materials according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures

**Your responsibilities**:

- Identifies new suppliers in cooperation with relevant category team, qualifies new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists and negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions
- Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs, recommends frame agreements to management and executes upon approval, analyzes and evaluates bids to determine the optimal value
- Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information, 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 purchase order requirements
- Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability, and price
- Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures, ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure
- Processing of customer orders, provide internal and external customer support (e.g., order processing, payment-related assistance) by coordination with relevant resources to have complete case ownership and to increase customer satisfaction
- Recommends appropriate solution for customer requests, and coordinates with related teams to ensure the complete handling of the request (e.g. scheduling, monitor deliveries, invoicing) is in place
- Proactively informs customer about issue status based on inputs and clarifies any question, ensures a positive customer experience throughout the entire process, prepares and analyzes regular statistic (e.g. forecast) using available tools and collecting relevant information

**Your background**:

- Matric/ Relevant Qualification in purchasing, logistics, supply chain management
- Minimum of 5 years procurement / Buying experience in Direct/ in direct materials and project buying
- Critical thinking and negotiations skills
- Understanding of Commercial terms and conditions along with being an Analytical thinker, with communication and interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Fluency in English language is mandatory

**Benefits**:

- Retirement plan

**More about us**:
ABB Drive Products is a technology leader serving industries, infrastructure and machine builders with world-class drives and soft starters. With our products, global scale and local presence, we help our customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day Work model: on site #LI-onsite