Category Manager Facilities

As Facilities Regional Category Manager, EL Indirect Materials and Service (Americas), you will be responsible for developing and executing category strategies for Building Maintenance (including preventive, corrective, predictive, routine, and non-routine services), Construction Projects, Office Redesigns, and Building Repairs. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) and a proven ability to maintain and enhance infrastructure performance. You will collaborate with senior business stakeholders, Procurement, and Finance teams to identify opportunities, manage supplier relationships, and drive category performance, cost savings, and long-term value.

You will be mainly responsible for:

• Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing process for implementing effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy and ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.

• Managing planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending, and savings forecasts.

• Negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists, and terms and conditions.

• Ensuring identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability) in accordance with company policies.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field is preferred

• Procurement Experience: 10+ years in the Procurement / Sourcing area.

• Specialized Experience: 5+ years of proven years of experience and specialization on Negotiation, implementation and Administration of Indirect Services Categories.

• Extensive experience in building maintenance (preventive, corrective and predictive building maintenance, routine maintenance)

• Great Knowledge of the IFM Program (Integrated Facilities Management program) to keep and maintain the infrastructure of a company.

• Category Management: Experience in developing and implementing category strategies.

• Supplier Management: Proven track record in managing supplier relationships and negotiations.

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division's highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers' carbon reduction strategies.

Why ABB?

What's in it for you

We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

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.

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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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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
• Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
• 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. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.