Senior Buyer for Global R&D Activities

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for the procurement of materials, components, services, and development packages within a dynamic technology environment. You will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality Management, and Strategic Procurement to ensure the availability of critical materials while continuously improving the competitiveness of our products.

In this role, you will drive procurement strategies, lead complex supplier negotiations, and develop a high-performing supplier network. You will be accountable for cost, quality, delivery performance, and risk management across the entire supply chain. The structure and key responsibilities of this position are based on the Senior Procurement Lead role for Digital Grid.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Drive operational and strategic procurement activities for assigned commodities, materials, and services in product management
• Lead RFQs, supplier selection processes, commercial evaluations, and contract negotiations.
• Establish and maintain long-term supplier partnerships.
• Ensure cost competitiveness, material availability, and supplier performance.
• Identify and realize cost-saving and productivity improvement opportunities.
• Drive sourcing for R&D suppliers and identifying potential alternatives in sourcing for R&D demands as well develop and manage framework agreements and procurement contracts for R&D activities

What You Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in strategic and/or operational procurement within an industrial environment, operational preferred.
• Deep Knowledge and skills of SAP MM, SAP S/4HANA, or comparable ERP systems.
• Experience in cost analysis, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and cost engineering is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and structured approach to problem-solving. Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken. Additional languages are an advantage, e.g. German

About the team

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.

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Our Commitment to Diversity

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

• Your lunch with SE meal tickets.
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• Think about your future too with Privat Pension Pilon III.
• Take care of yourself with our Wellbeing Initiatives.

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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