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Location: Bangalore, India; Bergamo, Italy; Frosinone, Italy; Quartino, Ticino, Switzerland; Richmond, Virginia, USA
Company: ABB
The Global Procurement Specialist / Global Category Specialist for Power Electronics Components is a senior individual contributor responsible for developing and executing global category strategies for key power semiconductor and passive components used across ABB’s power electronics product lines. The role requires deep technical knowledge of power electronics BOMs, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to manage complex, multi-site supplier relationships globally.
Your main accountabilities will be to:
- Define and execute global category sourcing strategies for IGBTs, Film/Electrolytic Capacitors, SCRs, Thyristors, Displays, and Fuses.
- Lead global RFQ/RFP processes; conduct TCO analysis, cost benchmarking, and commercial negotiations with tier-1 and strategic semiconductor suppliers.
- Develop and maintain long-term agreements (LTAs) and global frame contracts with key suppliers (e.g. Infineon, ABB Semiconductors, Vishay, KYOCERA, Eaton, Littelfuse, etc.).
- Manage supplier qualification and onboarding in collaboration with Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) and R&D teams.
- Analyse global spend, supplier concentration, and market trends; develop dual-source and multi-source strategies to mitigate supply risk.
- Monitor power semiconductor market dynamics (silicon, SiC, GaN), component lifecycle, and obsolescence management; implement last-time-buy strategies.
- Drive year-over-year cost savings through volume consolidation, competitive sourcing, design-to-cost, and VA/VE initiatives.
- Collaborate with Engineering and NPI teams globally to influence component selection and ensure strategic alignment from product concept through mass production.
- Manage end-to-end contract lifecycle: drafting, review, execution, and compliance monitoring.
- Report category performance (cost savings, OTD, quality, risk) to senior management on a regular basis.
- Support global sites (Bangalore, Quartino, Richmond, Frosinone, and others) in executing local procurement aligned with global category strategy.
- Ensure full compliance with ABB procurement policies, trade-compliance requirements (export control, sanctions), and supplier sustainability (ESG) standards.
Key Performance Indicators
- Annual cost savings vs. target (PPV, negotiated savings)
- Supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD) and quality performance
- LTA / frame contract coverage (% of category spend)
- Single-source risk reduction (dual-source coverage rate)
- Component obsolescence incidents and resolution time
- Supplier sustainability (ESG) assessment coverage
