Paweł Surowik

• Managing a team of local Sourcing Category Specialists and Supplier Development Specialist (8 people)
• Coordination of Cost Reduction activities for ABB plant located in Aleksandrow Lodzki
• Execution of Global P&L (Strategic Sourcing) strategy
• Reporting on monthly basis to management about KPIs – savings, payment terms ratio, EM development
• Coordination of Project Cockpit – tool for SCM cost-out projects reporting on Business Unit level

• Project generation, execution and coordination on global (world-wide range) level for Product Group – Excitation and High Power Rectifiers
• Coordination of SCM activities for ABB plants located in Poland, Switzerland, Canada, China, India and Germany
• Preparing SCM strategy for supplier base development including benchmarking and emerging market research
• Reporting on monthly basis to management about KPIs – savings, payment terms ratio, EM development
• Coordination of Project Cockpit – tool for SCM cost-out projects reporting on Business Unit level

Silver contacts Commodity including silver tips, silver rivets, assembly (contact
arm + silver tip or rivet), silver scrap refining on Pan-European level
 Preparing strategy for optimization of prices and deliveries, including
benchmarking on low cost region suppliers
 Searching for new cost-out opportunities with existing and new suppliers
 Negotiating contractual terms (prices, delivery and payment terms)

Between June 2007 and February 2010:
Managing supplier base for 2 plants in Poland – Lodz and Klodzko
 Leading and/or supporting Sourcing cost-out projects in these 2 locations
 Coordinating cost-out Work-Outs and Vendor Days
 Co-operating with local Materials Teams on daily basis in solving all suppliers’
performance issues
 Leading outsourcing projects (Transfer of Works) from European plant to external
Indian supplier

Purchasing Manager
ABB, ABB Elta Sp. Z o.o.
Responsible for:
 Managing Purchasing Department
 Controlling stock value on optimal level
 Supervising direct and indirect purchase orders placing
 Co-operating with Production Department and Sales Department

January 2000 – December 2001
Logistic Manager
ABB, ABB Elta Sp. Z o.o.
Responsible for:
 Managing of Purchasing, Planning and Inbound Warehouse
 Co-ordinating preparation of monthly production plan
 Controlling stock value on optimal level
 Co-operating with Production Department and Sales Department


January 1997 – December 1999
Import Specialist
ABB, ABB Elta Sp. Z o.o.
Responsible for:
 Placing purchase orders for direct materials for transformer line
 Controlling status of orders