Junior Buyer - Full-time

Junior 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.

As a Junior Buyer for the Hackettstown facility, you will be responsible for the procurement of Maintenance Repairs and Operations (MRO). The position requires "end to end" ownership of the procurement process including purchase order creation, delivery schedule creation, vendor follow-up, expediting, goods receipt confirmation, and vendor invoice dispositioning.

This is a position with global grade

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Your responsibilities

• • Initiates purchase orders (PO) in the system, according to the Purchase Requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures
• • Open order communication to vendors and follow up with the buyers
• • Manage all Fastenal POs - bi-weekly review of blanket POs, ensure timely receipt by EOM to accurately reflect Month to month expenses
• • Manage rejected invoice disposition meeting
• • Resolve credit hold / invoice issues
• • GRNI investigation/clearing
• • Finflow management - responsible for adding new vendors, submitting vendor changes including payment terms or banking account changes
• • Confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors, and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements
• • Updates vendor lead times for each raw material procured
• • Good receipt tracking to verify appropriate delivery and ensure proper invoice processing
• • Work will be performed on-site in our Hackettstown, NJ production facility

Your background

• • Bachelor's degree, preferred
• • Ability to work with cross functional teams to build/improve effective processes
• • Ability to deliver on commitments and follow through
• • Strong problem-solving skills
• • Ability to multitask with a strong sense of priority
• • Ability to work independently and as a strong team player
• • Strong verbal and written communication skills
• • Able to effectively interface with all levels of the organization as well as internal and external customers
• • Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft office applications
• • Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Healthcare plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day - orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to . Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. myBenefitsABB.com