Operational Buyer - ABB Electrification Service
Västerås, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Purchasers
Work model On location
Application due date 28 November 2025
Are you the one?

At ABB, we help industries become faster, more resource-efficient and sustainable. Here, progress is a given - for you, your team and the world. As a global market leader, we give you the right conditions to make it happen. It won't always be easy - progress requires courage and strength. At ABB, you are never alone. Run what runs the world.

This position reports to: Project Operations Manager.

We are looking for a dedicated buyer for a key role in our organization to ensure material deliveries on time with quality. You will work with indirect and direct material procurement for our organization. You will team up with the Strategic Buyer and work in close collaboration with Sales Representatives, Order Administrators, Project Managers and Service Coordinators.

Role and responsibilities

  • Create purchases based on purchase orders/requests for direct and indirect materials.
  • Send order confirmation to customer and internal stakeholders.
  • Get order acknowledgement from factories and suppliers.
  • Communicate planned delivery date to customer and monitor any delays.
  • Collect supplier invoices and follow up that we have received all costs before invoicing.
  • Work independently and have extensive contact with internal stakeholders, our factories and suppliers.

The team spirit with us

With us, we support each other, collaborate and constantly continue to learn. Everyone brings something unique to the table - and together we push ideas forward to solve concrete challenges. Being part of our team means that your work makes a difference - every step we take together, contributes to a better world.

Your background

  • Relevant education in Purchasing.
  • Minimum 2 years previous experience in Operational Purchasing role.
  • Good computer and communication skills in Swedish and English.
  • Experience from the business system SAP and Salesforce.

Personal qualities

  • You have a strong ability to plan, prioritize and structure your work.
  • You thrive in a fast-paced environment with many orders and many stakeholders.
  • You are committed, thorough and businesslike.

Additional:

  • Product knowledge and/or practical experience of ABB's products for aftermarket in electric power plants, mainly low and medium voltage switchgears.

This is what we offer

We encourage you to take the initiative, dare to challenge ideas and drive your work forward. Here, you'll grow through meaningful work and lifelong learning, with us supporting you along the way. Every idea you share and every step you take contributes to something bigger.

More about us

You will be part of the project organization where our role is to create good deliveries to end customers and good preparations for our service engineers who help our customers on site every day.

ABB Electrification Service has about 60 employees in ten locations throughout Sweden. We have a wide product program and help customers to ensure the availability of their installed base. Our customers are in paper & pulp, ironworks, energy companies, electricity grid companies, water & sewage, chemical and mining industries.

Recruiting manager Andreas Norgren, andreas.norgren@se.abb.com, will be happy to answer your questions about the service. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Senad Hujic, +46 730 88 30 06; Unionen: Hannah Norén, +46 706 34 03 46; Ledarna: Lenny Larsson, +46 706 32 85 47. Talent Partner Matilda Engman, matilda.engman@se.abb.com

We kindly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of further job advertisements. We look forward to reading your application in PDF format. The deadline for applications is November 28. We work with continuous selection, which means that the position may be filled before the deadline. Please note that the recruitment process at ABB Sweden includes a reference check, a drug test and in some recruitments also an extended background check.

Contribute to a shared vision. Here ideas become reality, progress is made and we shape the world together. Run what Runs the world.

We value people from diverse backgrounds. Could this be your next step? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to learn more about us and see how our technology impacts the world.