Supplier Quality Specialist
About this role
At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This position reports to:
Purchasing Manager__
Your Role and Responsibilities
In this role, you will ensure that critical components are delivered to ABB’s factories with the required quality. You will travel to subcontractor sites to perform quality checks together with the supplier before shipment, focusing on the most important and high‑priority components. Your office will be in Vuosaari, Helsinki, but role requires international travelling around 150 days per year to the suppliers.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Quality checks for components at suppliers manufacturing locations
Performing final quality inspections at supplier facilities to verify component compliance before delivery to ABB factories
Management of quality, delivery and compliance issue resolution
Facilitation of communication between internal teams and suppliers
Specification clarification and requirement alignment with suppliers
- Work model: hybrid, LI#hybrid
Qualifications for the Role
Technical degree
Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications, including tolerances, surface finish requirements, and fit/function criteria
Several years’ working experience in welding or machining
Understanding of welding and machining standards
NDT competence (such as MT, PT, UT, VT)
Good O365 skills and ability to learn new systems
Willingness to travel internationally about 150 days per year
More about us
At ABB Marine & Ports, we are committed to transforming our customers' vessels and terminal operations with innovative electric, automated, and digital technologies. As part of enabling a low-carbon society, we strive to preserve resources and promote social progress. Our sustainable solutions have a far-reaching impact, and by joining us you will actively play a part in contributing to a more sustainable future. www.abb.com/news
We offer an international and dynamic working environment where our business delivers advanced technology in large projects across the world in a customer-oriented and highly globalized industry.
For more information, please contact Purchasing Manager Akseli Kukkonen +358 50 3323177. Interested in joining the crew? Please apply for the position by September 2, 2026. We look forward to receiving your application.
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ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions connect engineering know-how and software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered and operated. Building on over 140 years of excellence, ABB’s more than 110,000 employees are committed to driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation. www.abb.com
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