Plastics Procurement Specialist

About the role

This position reports to: Procurement Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end procurement for thermoset and thermoplastic materials, including RFQs, supplier communications, purchase orders, and delivery issue resolution aligned with sourcing strategies.
• Monitor and manage supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and risk, coordinating with Quality and Engineering to resolve operational issues and maintain accurate supplier and order data.
• Maintain, report and analyze procurement data utilizing Excel, SAP, Power BI, PowerPoint and KPI dashboards to track delivery performance, spend, order fulfillment, and support cost and supplier evaluations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Manufacturing while ensuring compliance with ABB procurement policies, systems, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 3 or more years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain (within manufacturing background preferred).
• Experience working with plastics materials or molded components preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills required; familiarity with SAP and Power BI is considered a plus.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder coordination abilities.

What's In It For You

• Your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
• We provide a range of benefits including health, life & disability, vision, and dental plans, company-paid life insurance, short and long-term disability, and supplemental benefits like accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
• We offer paid parental leave, an Employee Assistance Program, and mental/behavioral health support resources.
• We provide a retirement 401k Savings Plan with company contributions and an Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems.

Benefits Summary

• Health, Life & Disability
• Dental
• Vision
• Company Paid Life Insurance (2X base pay)
• Company Paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
• Paid Parental Leave
• 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)