Purchase Engineer

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 ability by identifying new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.

The work model for the role is: #LI-Onsite

This role is contributing to the Electrification business Service division in Nashik, India.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Initiating Purchase Orders in the system, according to the purchase requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirming delivery with suppliers, monitoring, and tracking supplier performance to PO requirements.

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

• Recommending frame agreements to management and executing upon approval.

• Analyzing and evaluating bids to determine the optimal value.

You will join a skilled team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

• You are immersed in Supply Chain Management function in switchgear industry.

• 2-5 years in direct material procurement (fabrication, machining, castings, electrical parts).

• Strong negotiation, supplier management, and analytics skills

• Proficiency in SAP-MM, MS Excel, and standard procurement tools

• Diploma / B.E in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (should be Full-Time)

• You are at ease communicating in English & collaborating with cross-function and suppliers

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 making the grid more resilient. 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- and gas-insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low-voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.