What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Project Buyer position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Global Buyer, you manage operational purchasing activities supporting international projects across multiple regions. You collaborate daily with global internal customers and suppliers to ensure timely availability of materials while balancing cost, quality, and delivery performance. Using digital procurement systems and workflows, you process purchase requests, resolve supply issues, and proactively mitigate risks. Your role is highly collaborative, fast‑paced, and critical to ensuring continuity of supply for global business operations.
How You’ll Make An Impact
About The Team
Gas Services
Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.
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
As a Global Buyer, you manage operational purchasing activities supporting international projects across multiple regions. You collaborate daily with global internal customers and suppliers to ensure timely availability of materials while balancing cost, quality, and delivery performance. Using digital procurement systems and workflows, you process purchase requests, resolve supply issues, and proactively mitigate risks. Your role is highly collaborative, fast‑paced, and critical to ensuring continuity of supply for global business operations.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Lead and execute global and regional supplier negotiations, including pricing, delivery terms, and payment conditions, utilizing classical and advanced negotiation methods such as e‑bidding and e‑auctions
- Create, manage, and monitor global purchase orders end‑to‑end to ensure cost‑efficient, on‑time, and quality‑compliant delivery aligned with project and business requirements
- Identify sourcing, delivery, and supply chain risks across regions and escalate issues to global stakeholders to ensure business continuity
- Monitor and evaluate supplier performance across delivery, quality, cost, and sustainability metrics, contributing to strategic supplier relationship development
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement processes, including order bundling, MOQs, standardization, and digitalization
- Act as a trusted partner for global internal customers by providing professional communication, transparency, and solution‑oriented support
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- 3 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain management, preferably in a global or project‑based environment
- Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across regions and time zones
- Strong analytical and structured working style with the ability to break down complex topics and communicate results clearly
- Business‑fluent English language skills; additional languages are an advantage
About The Team
Gas Services
Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.
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