What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commodity Manager position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
The day begins with receiving an RFQ from the engineering team and reviewing it to ensure all required documents are included, clear, and ready for release. Once validated, the RFQ is issued to equipment vendors who had been previously notified of the bid opportunity. Throughout the afternoon, attention shifts to receiving bids on another project and following up with vendors to ensure commercial alignment. In parallel, you are aligning closely with the project and engineering teams to incorporate their technical feedback into these discussions to ensure a coordinated evaluation process.
How You’ll Make An Impact
Grid Technologies
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
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
Rewards
The day begins with receiving an RFQ from the engineering team and reviewing it to ensure all required documents are included, clear, and ready for release. Once validated, the RFQ is issued to equipment vendors who had been previously notified of the bid opportunity. Throughout the afternoon, attention shifts to receiving bids on another project and following up with vendors to ensure commercial alignment. In parallel, you are aligning closely with the project and engineering teams to incorporate their technical feedback into these discussions to ensure a coordinated evaluation process.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Participates in buying strategies to purchase and arrange timely deliveries of supplies and materials.
- Serves as liaison between vendors and users, getting prior approval for purchases.
- Resolves delivery, quality or other supplier related problems with purchases.
- Participates in updating project plans and sourcing strategies
- Reviews and analyzes requisitions and supply plan for domestic and international purchases.
- Participate in the negotiation of prices, terms and quality requirements.
- Prepare requests for quotes and assist in the development of new supply sources
- Evaluates market conditions. Solicits cost reduction ideas from suppliers and initiates follow up action to implement these savings for the company.
- Manage the commercial relationship with the key suppliers through supplier visits and regular business reviews (contract status, quality performance, delivery performance etc)
- Ensure contractual coverage is in place through negotiating framework agreements and price agreements with the key suppliers
- Experience: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in related field
- Preferably 3 years relevant work experience in Supply Chain, Sourcing & Procurement
- Experience in commodity or supply chain management, and contract management
- Solid track record of delivering increased value and significant cost savings for partners and customers through strategic sourcing and supplier analysis.
- Self-motivated and solutions oriented, with a mentality for challenging the status quo while building strong, collaborative relationships across all partner levels.
- Strong individual contributor, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to influence and challenge cross-functional teams to meet project objectives
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
Grid Technologies
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
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
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave