A Snapshot of Your Day
The Head of Strategic Procurement at Siemens Energy might include daily procurement routine involves reviewing critical metrics and supplier performance, engaging with strategic suppliers to enhance collaboration, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to align procurement efforts with business goals. It includes analyzing market trends for informed sourcing decisions, managing supply chain risks, and developing long-term strategies that support sustainability and digital transformation. Additionally, the role entails preparing performance reports for senior leadership, staying updated through industry networking, and conducting end-of-day reviews to ensure continuity and address pending issues.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Cost Optimization: Implementing strategic sourcing initiatives that reduce procurement costs while maintaining quality, leading to improved profit margins.
- Supplier Innovation: Collaborating with suppliers to drive innovation in products and services, enhancing Siemens Energy’s driven edge in the market.
- Sustainability Initiatives: Promoting sustainable procurement practices that align with Siemens Energy’s environmental goals, contributing to corporate social responsibility and brand reputation.
- Risk Mitigation: Developing robust risk management strategies to ensure supply chain resilience, minimizing disruptions and safeguarding business continuity.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Facilitating collaboration between procurement and other departments, ensuring that procurement strategies support overall business objectives and enhance operational efficiency.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Using data analytics to advise procurement decisions, optimize supplier performance, and find opportunities for continuous improvement.
What You Bring
Hard Skills:
- Educational Background: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, supply chain management, engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree or MBA is often preferred.
- Procurement Expertise: Extensive knowledge of procurement processes, sourcing strategies, and contract management, with a proven track record in strategic procurement.
- Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with the energy sector, including market trends, regulatory requirements, and technological advancements relevant to procurement.
- Data Analysis Skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques to evaluate supplier performance, market conditions, and procurement metrics.
- Negotiation Skills: Strong negotiation skills to secure favorable terms and conditions with suppliers, ensuring cost-effectiveness and value.
Soft Skills:
- Leadership and Team Management: Ability to lead and empower a diverse team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey procurement strategies and engage with customers at all levels.
- Critical Thinking: Strong strategic attitude to align procurement initiatives with business goals and drive long-term value creation.
- Problem-Solving Abilities: Proactive approach to identifying challenges and developing innovative solutions to enhance procurement processes.
- Relationship Management: Strong interpersonal skills to build and manage relationships with suppliers, internal partners, and cross-functional teams.
About the team
The Head of Strategic Procurement at Siemens Energy collaborates across multiple departments to ensure procurement strategies are aligned with business goals. This includes managing the procurement team, coordinating with finance to maintain budgetary compliance, and partnering with engineering and R&D to support innovation and technical requirements. The role also involves working with operations to optimize supply chain efficiency, collaborating with legal to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, and engaging with sales and marketing to align procurement with market demands and customer expectations.
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/employeevideo
Our 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
Career growth and development opportunities
Supportive work culture and a healthy work- life balance
Company paid Health and wellness benefits
Paid Time Off and paid holidays
Savings Fund
Above the law benefits
Family building benefits
Parental leave
Competitive base salary
Annual performance bonus
Competitive total rewards package
Parental leave
Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives.
Diversity and inclusivity focused
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