Siemens

Senior Buyer

Siemens$75K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
  • 5+ years of successful experience in purchasing.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex issues.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Willingness to travel 10% of the time, both domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

  • Manage purchasing responsibilities for defined commodities.
  • Execute complex buying strategies to ensure timely delivery of supplies and materials.
  • Review and analyze purchase requisitions and supply plans.
  • Negotiate prices, terms, and quality requirements with suppliers.
  • Serve as a liaison between suppliers and internal project teams.
  • Evaluate market conditions to develop risk mitigation measures.
  • Solicit cost reduction ideas from suppliers and implement savings initiatives.

Benefits

  • 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.
Full Job Description
A Snapshot of Your Day

A typical day will include interfacing (via email, Teams, face to face) with your procurement team and other project team members from engineering, project management, supplier quality, logistics as well as with your suppliers to ensure well-managed, organized tendering and execution of projects.

How You'll Make an Impact
  • Manage all purchasing responsibilities for a defined group of commodities. Perform and execute complex buying strategies to purchase and arrange timely deliveries of supplies and materials
  • Review and analyze requisitions and supply plans for domestic and international purchases. Participate in the negotiation of prices, terms and conditions, and quality requirements.
Expedite as needed and serves as liaison between supplier and users (engineers, project managers, supplier quality & others as needed)
  • Evaluate market conditions to develop risk mitigation measures for commodities. Lead initiatives for your commodities to find and develop new suppliers based on risk and capacity data.
  • Solicit cost reduction ideas from suppliers and initiate follow up action to implement these savings for the company.

What You Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in related discipline.
  • 5+ years of successful experience in purchasing. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of field of specialization to the successful completion of complex assignments. Identify and resolve complex problems and issues.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team atmosphere, using an organized and disciplined approach.
  • Comfortable working in an international environment and willing to travel internationally. Ability to travel 10% of time both domestically and internationally.
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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