Strategic Buyer

A Snapshot of Your Day
As Strategic Buyer you will focus on the tactical implementation of the procurement strategies defined in Corporate Commodity Management and based on the commodity strategy. You make supplier selections based on the metrics available to you.
You focus on internal customers and partners that cannot be successful without your contribution, timeliness and transparency. You work in a highly motivated team with a "doer" attitude where you help and support each other. You will solve short term/daily issues and create tremendous value for our factories and customers.
In parallel, you will work with global commodity management teams as well as with our Business Optimization Process (BPO)-Partner to develop and implement long-term improvement and development projects. You will become an expert in tactical execution, acceleration and supply chain performance management.

How You will Make an Impact

• You prepare and conduct RfX's and tenders, as well as the offer analysis up to contract drafting and negotiation for local or regional suppliers
• Alignment calls and meetings with the Global Commodity Management and BPO Provider
• Adopt Global Framework Agreements to local needs
• You are responsible for approving Purchase Requisitions and Orders within your area of responsibility
• You ensure ordering processes to stay compliant with internal and external requirements and compliance guidelines and take care for the continuous optimization of the processes
• Be responsible for Supplier Relationship Management for local and regional suppliers
• The setting of key performance indicators for the control, optimization and planning of the purchasing business as well as the local and cross-location optimization of our commodities are also part of your tasks
• By regular participation in working groups as well as permanent communication with your cross-functional partners and internal customers, you ensure permanent exchange of information and early involvement
• You represent the team to internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding of progress
• You will be the point of contact for all (indirect) procurement topics, and proactively ensure the teams information flow for Romania as well as for selected other countries
• Make use and be part of an international and worldwide acting procurement network and contribute to local and global savings targets
• Ensure and implement Governance topics
• Take an active role in welcome new joiners and present Regional Management

What You Bring

• Successfully completed university degree in a commercial specialization or alternatively a successfully completed commercial apprenticeship in conjunction with relevant professional experience
• Ideally, you have several years of relevant experience in procurement functions
• You have profound specialist knowledge in the field of purchasing, ideally purchasing of indirect materials and services, including experience in the application of negotiation techniques
• You can also demonstrate first experience in the field of project management as well as good knowledge in SAP and ideally good knowledge of e-procurement
• Very good knowledge of contract- and ideally (international) employment law
• Personally, you convince with excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Proficiency language with excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Romanian and at least one of the following languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian or Polish round off your profile
• You are a team-player, and you also work independently.
• You are highly motivated to work in an international matrix organization and to collaborate cross-functional
• Terms like empowerment and self-driven-agile teams are nothing new for you
• You have advanced MS Office365 applications skills, experience in SAP would be a plus

About the Team
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At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

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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Rewards/Benefits

• Your lunch with meal tickets
• Keep your brain fit with our trainings
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• Stay safe and healthy with our medical subscription
• Think about your future too with Privat Pension Pilon III
• Take care of yourself with our Wellbeing Initiatives

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