Xabier Umerez Argaia

Global Procurement Manager

San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

About

Global expertise in procurement, logistics and manufacturing. Enthusiastic, target oriented, service minded, analytical and people focused professional. Always looking for new ways of improving oneself and the team. Specialties: Strategic Procurement activities such as supply base optimization, category management, Make Vs. Buy analysis, LCC/EM localization, new developments, digitalization and change management.

Experience

  • ABB (19 yrs 6 mos)
    • Global Procurement Manager Business Line Home Solutions ABB
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Global Procurement Manager - HUB BHAS at ABB
      Mar 2018 - Dec 2024 · 6 yrs 10 mos

      Global Procurement Manager for HUB Building and Home Automation Solutions. Head of Procurement for 9 production sites: Busch -Jaeger Elektro (Germany), Niessen (Spain), (Czech Republic), ABB BV (Netherlands), ABB Oy (Finland) and the locations for Emergency Lighting Solutions (Hungary, Canada, England and France). Responsibilities: 1. Strategy: to contribute to definition, implementation, and execution of spend management and sourcing strategies for direct material and services. 2. Performance targets: to determine annual targets and scorecards, for cost reduction, supplier quality, supplier delivery performance. To ensure long-term planning as well as monthly monitoring of results and encourage continuous improvement. 3. Improvement plans: to develop and implement cost, productivity, quality, delivery and inventory improvement plans. 4. Sourcing strategy: to ensure optimized sourcing processes and the selection of competitive suppliers. Acts as sponsor of global Category Team Leadership network. Participates in negotiation with wider suppliers. 5. Excellence: to ensure the execution of supplier audits and monitor audit reports as well as improvement activities based on audit conclusions and recommendations. To implement ABB standards, guidelines, instructions and tools to improve Procurement activities the assessment and selection of most competitive suppliers. 6. Compliance, sustainability and risk management: to implements ABB standards on sustainability and business ethics as well as the Supplier Code of Conduct. 7. People leadership and development: to ensures (with HR Manager support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and skilled. To guide, motivate and develop direct and indirect subordinates

    • Global Procurement Manager for Capex - BU Building Products
      Jan 2016 - Dec 2024 · 9 yrs

      Global Procurement Manager for CAPEX. Business Unit Building products (27 facilities). Scope: machinery, stamping tools for metal parts and tools for plastic parts.

  • Supply Chain Manager at BELLOTA
    Jun 2002 - Jan 2007 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Divisions Agriculture & Garden

  • Internship in Quality Department at IKEI research & consultancy, S.A. | Consultoría de Dirección y Análisis Socioeconómico
    Jul 2001 - Sep 2002 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Quality Deparment.