Buying Professional at Siemens Energy

• In your role as a Buying Professional, you are efficiently executing operational & tactical purchasing processes in line with the given budget.
• You are securing the supply of material based on customer requirements at the lowest price whilst ensuring quality and on-time delivery Total Cost of Ownership.
• Contribute to the implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance e.g. Compliant Purchase-to-Pay P2P process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems.

How You’ll Make An Impact

Purchasing of goods & services by:

• Assessing assigned purchase requests to ensure clear/logic descriptions, specifications, requested lead times.
• Identifying opportunities for Siemens Energy
• Researching and selecting a reliable suppliers guided by Siemens Energy Supplier Selection Guidelines.
• Support Supplier Management processes e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification; update supplier evaluation systems to obtain and develop the best suppliers and ensure transparency and high procurement quality.
• Evaluating process options and selecting the most appropriate procurement market approach.
• Identifying financial and contractual risks ie forex, hedging and performance guarantees.
• Formulating and issuing RFQ’s using Siemens Energy approved eTools SAP Ariba, Siemens Energy Exchange
• Co-ordinating and leading RFQ evaluations
• Communicating & Promoting Siemens Energy Safety Requirements to Suppliers

Evaluation of RFQ’s by:

• Evaluating RFQ’s financially, commercially, legally and technically, and co-ordinate inputs from specialists.
• Compiling evaluation report.
• Identifying and recommending negotiation opportunities.
• Presenting evaluation report to the stakeholders, clarifying and substantiating criteria in support of the recommendation
• Taking accountability for decisions to comply with Siemens Energy Procurement Policy and ethical principles.
• Creation of Purchase Orders on SAP.
• Ensuring Governance & Transparency.
• Cost Analysis and Optimization

Negotiations:

• Identifying negotiation opportunities i.e. Cost benefits, terms and conditions.
• Researching and benchmarking options.
• Collaborating in a Cross-functional Team in negotiations
• Ensuring proper negotiation preparation and role clarity within the negotiation team.
• Prepare and conduct negotiations for medium Purchasing Volumes to obtain highest feasible savings

Manages Purchase Orders by:

• Administering forex and hedging exposure.
• Resolving issues with suppliers
• Monitoring contractual progress.
• Controlling contract modifications and deviations
• Expediting deliveries
• Maintaining ethical customer & supplier relationships.
• Visiting suppliers and factories to enhance business relationships.
• Updating customer on progress.
• Measuring own performance against KPI’s and customer need.
• Securing an accurate audit trail.
• Participating in Supplier & Enterprise Development efforts

Ensures effective procurement by:

• Upholding Procurement policies and procedures.
• Upholding ethical and positive relationship with external supplier base.

What You Bring

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management.
• CIPS an Advantage

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in Procurement
• Proven experience in procurement within the Engineering, Projects, Industrial Services/Manufacturing sector.

Skills And Competencies

• Business principles
• Negotiation Skills in Procurement
• Problem Solving & Data Driven Decision Making
• Purchasing calculations
• Communication & Collaboration
• Procurement Concepts
• eSourcing & usage of eTools
• Foreign Exchange Applications
• New Engineering Contracts
• Evaluation of RFQ’s
• Adaptability / Flexibility
• Responsibility / Accountability