A Snapshot of Your Day
Join our dynamic team as a Buyer, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of our procurement processes. In this position, you will be responsible for adhering to company processes and procedures while managing all ERP processes and SAP data to maintain compliance. You will collaborate closely with internal customers to ensure their needs are met and that procurement activities align with business objectives. Your contributions will directly impact our sourcing strategies and supplier management, making this role essential for our operational success.
As a Buyer, you will engage in strategic sourcing, executing assigned commodity strategies and making recommendations to the Global Commodity Manager. You will also be involved in negotiations to secure the best possible savings for the company. This role offers a fast-paced environment where your skills in supplier management and process standardization will be key to driving procurement excellence.
How You’ll Make an Impact
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Process Adherence: Ensure compliance with company processes and procedures, maintaining ERP compliance and data integrity within SAP.
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Strategic Sourcing: Execute assigned commodity strategies and manage the sourcing process, providing recommendations to the Global Commodity Manager.
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Supplier Management: Support supplier management processes, including qualification, selection, evaluation, and development, to ensure high procurement quality.
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Customer Collaboration: Work closely with internal customers to ensure their needs are met and to facilitate early involvement in procurement activities.
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Standardization: Contribute to the implementation of globally defined methods and processes to enhance efficiency and compliance in procurement.
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Negotiations: Prepare and conduct negotiations for medium purchasing volumes to achieve optimal savings.
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Purchase Order Management: Convert purchase requisitions into purchase orders, ensuring all documents are issued and maintained appropriately.
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Invoice Resolution: Address minor invoice and commercial queries with suppliers, ensuring smooth procurement operations.
What You Bring
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Experience: Proven experience in procurement functions, with a background in cross-functional teams within operations and engineering environments.
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Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with Energy, Oil, and Gas industry standards for onshore and offshore operations is desirable.
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Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a complex, fast-changing global organizational environment.
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Strategic Understanding: Good understanding of business strategy and plans to ensure alignment with procurement activities.
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Operational Insight: Familiarity with operational management and quality processes.
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Technical Skills: Proficient in SAP and e-Procurement systems, with a creative and innovative mindset for developing business improvements.
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Commercial Acumen: Practical experience in commercial and contractual matters is desirable.
About the Team
At Siemens Energy, we are dedicated to helping our customers navigate the world’s most pressing energy challenges. Our team focuses on delivering innovative solutions that make fossil energy greener, provide decentralised flexible power solutions, and manage the complexities of the grid.
Who is Siemens Energy?
Siemens Energy is committed to making a difference in the energy sector. We empower our customers to transition to a more sustainable energy future. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: Siemens Energy Manifesto
Our Commitment to Diversity
We recognise that building a diverse workforce is critical to our success. Siemens Energy encourages applications from a diverse talent pool and welcomes discussions about flexibility requirements to promote agile working and innovation.
Rewards/Benefits
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26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served
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Flexible benefits portal
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Adjustable pension scheme
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Career development opportunities
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Continuous learning
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Role-specific benefits as applicable
