Strategic Procurement Specialist
About the Role
Location United Kingdom Warwickshire Warwick Company Siemens Energy Limited Organization Gas Services Business Unit Distributed Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Not defined
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Strategic Procurement Specialist within Siemens Energy's Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Procurement Team, you will play a key role in developing and running a competitive, transparent, and sustainable supply chain. Your day will involve collaborating with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive productivity, quality, and digitisation. You will be responsible for supplier negotiations, contract management, and strategic sourcing to ensure the procurement function contributes to affordable clean energy.
How You’ll Make an Impact
1. Implement commodity strategies and define local/regional material field strategies for non-pooled commodities.
2. Plan negotiations, define awarding strategies, and prepare sourcing board approvals while ensuring alignment with pooling opportunities.
3. Negotiate local, regional, or multi-site contracts, including pricing, delivery schedules, and payment terms.
4. Manage relationships with assigned suppliers, contributing to the EcoSystem commodity strategy and developing a preferred supplier list. Analyze market trends and leverage insights to optimize procurement strategies.
5. Monitor supplier performance, report important data, and encourage early supplier participation in cost reduction efforts. Identify and mitigate procurement risks while implementing strategic measures.
6. Ensure contractual terms are aligned with business needs by collaborating with strategic commodity management teams.
What You Bring
7. Several experience in strategic sourcing or commodity management within a complex, global environment.
8. Bachelor's or Master's degree or CIPS qualified preferred
9. Strong commercial, contractual, and project management acumen.
10. Outstanding Excel skills for data analysis and reporting. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
11. Familiarity with component manufacturing processes and quality standards. Experience working with a global supplier base in a matrix organisation.