Category Manager Facilities

Facilities Regional Category Manager, El Indirect Materials And Service (Americas)

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This position reports to :

Global Procurement & Logistics Manager

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 :

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.

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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.