Siemens

Global Project Buyer

Siemens$70K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management
  • Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
  • Analytical and structured working style
  • Business-fluent English; additional languages a plus

Responsibilities

  • Lead global and regional supplier negotiations on pricing and delivery terms
  • Manage and monitor global purchase orders for cost-efficient delivery
  • Identify and escalate supply chain risks across regions
  • Evaluate supplier performance against delivery, quality, and cost metrics
  • Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes
  • Act as a trusted partner offering professional support to internal customers

Benefits

  • Career growth and development opportunities
  • Company paid health and wellness benefits
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • 401K savings plan with company match
  • Family building benefits
  • Parental leave
Full Job Description
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
  • 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

What You Bring
  • 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
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.

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.

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

https://jobs.siemens-energy.com/jobs

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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