A Snapshot of Your Day
As Global Commodity Manager for Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) you are working across all lifecycle stages of commercial opportunities. By analyzing spend and contract data, you identify commercial opportunities to drive Siemens Energy forward. With your creative und pragmatic ideas you can develop plans to exploit these commercial opportunities. Furthermore, you have the ability to negotiate with suppliers and get your targets through. Additionally, you have a good feeling for business and partner needs to satisfy their demands.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Drives, reviews and aligns the Development of a balanced global commodity strategy for the purchase of Office and Factory Supplies, together with our Business Process Outsourcing Partner (BPO)
- Supports in negotiating favorable contract & commercial terms and conditions
- Supports efficiently the procurement processes (e.g. demand planning, conducting market analyses, invitations to RfX, supplier scouting/selection/developing, negotiating & awarding), together with our external BPO partner
- Monitors existing/new frame agreements for revealing commercial opportunities
- Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities and build positive relationship with key partners to ensure alignment procurement objectives and business needs
- Supports in defining P2P and Buying Channel strategy in collaboration with the Global Procurement Process and Technology Owner and based on reports from the Analytics Specialist, identifying and considering automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness
- Supports the relationship management with suppliers identified as key suppliers in the selected category, monitors performance of key strategic suppliers according to our Procurement guidelines
- Implements supplier development activities; sets up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers to improve performance and further reduce cost
What You Bring
- Master’s degree in business administration, engineering, law or equivalent
- Professional experience in procurement management as a category/commodity manager
- Excessive experience in developing commodity strategies and contracting within a large corporate environment
- Strong experience in Office and Factory Supply, ideally in some of the following areas: Tools & MRO, Office Supplies, Waste, Print, Promo Items, Packaging and Components
- Outstanding analytical and commercial skills, combined with a pragmatic way of thinking
- Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
- Profound contract and legal knowledge
- Proficiency in English and German is required
- Experience in working with a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Partner
About the Team
In 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. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
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.
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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