A Snapshot of Your DayAs a Global Commodity Manager (f/m/d) you will have the opportunity to build up the strategic procurement for the Engineering Services category in one Business Area. The category is focusing on the outsourcing of Engineering Services (e.g. testing, simulations, mechanical/electrical/systems engineering) to suppliers during the R&D, product development and customer implementation phase. In this key role, you will work closely with partners from engineering globally being at the forefront of the latest innovations and product developments within Siemens Energy.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Lead sourcing activities from demand request to awarding performing total cost analysis selecting high performing suppliers that meet cost, quality and delivery requirements; Initiate and lead cost-saving and bundling activities (incl. reporting) and increase managed spend
- Prepare and negotiate global frame contracts & price agreements for strategic suppliers in accordance with business and market requirements
- Build and maintain relationships with strategic suppliers, build up and further develop strategic supplier portfolio as well as de-risk supplier dependencies and reduce tail end suppliers
- Consult partners up to senior management, e.g. outsourcing strategies and risk avoidance (contract model options) and work closely with different procurement areas (business area, regional and project level)
- Work with partners and other procurement areas to build and implement the engineering services category strategy for one Business Area and create additional value meeting business area needs and strategic objectives
- Understand demand structure and business area product portfolio and strategy, regularly review with partners planned projects/demands and derive strategic procurement activities and build up basic technical knowledge for business area product portfolio
What You Bring
- Bachelor's or master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, supply chain management, engineering, or similar
- Long standing experience in a procurement or commercial role, ideally in a global organization as well as experience in engineering is a plus
- Strong negotiation, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills as well as leadership and project management experience (e.g. PMP certification) is a plus
- Experience working in global teams and communicating up to senior management across the organization
- High sense of accountability & initiative combined with strong analytical skills as well as results-oriented, structured work style, strategic thinking and customer-focused
- Business fluent in English and conversational in German
About the TeamIn our Business Functions we enable our organization to reach their targets by providing best-in class services and solutions in the areas of IT, HR, Finance, Real Estate, Strategy & Technology and more.
Who is Siemens Energy? At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:
https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideoOur Commitment to Diversity Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits- In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
- We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
- We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
- The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
- In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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