Junior Buyer - Services Procurement

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Junior Buyer you will be responsible for the supply of materials based on customer requirements at the lowest price whilst ensuring quality & on-time delivery and support the handling, controlling, and monitoring of Procurement activities.

As a member of the Services Procurement organization, you're responsible for developing procurement strategies for direct materials that will ensure the optimization of Siemens Energy's competitive position. You will also work and connect with German-speaking colleagues and predominantly German-speaking suppliers in the future, therefore the German language is a very important characteristic for us.

How you'll make an impact

• Offer support for 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, etc.
• Generate, document, and implement savings, (e.g. CNI), plan, monitor, and report on relevant key performance indicators to chip in to the success of the business and make results clear
• Process and follow up on order requisitions from main interfaces, end to end process
• Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, on-boarding, development, etc.) and conduct e-Sourcing activities
• Sensitize cross-functional partners for Procurement related practices, processes, and metrics
• Ensure a close collaboration with Internal Customers to ensure Customer care and early involvement

What you bring

• Capability to negotiate and to operate in different cultures preferred; ability to facilitate and cultivate a collaborative approach beyond your own organizational unit & function.
• Knowledge of basic legal terms and ability to recognize risk and advantages from contracts.
• Basic knowledge of industry standards & norms that apply to our business & to their assigned desks/commodities; knowledge of the applicable internal processes, rules, guidelines with reference to supplier quality topics.
• Ability to qualify and evaluate suppliers, classifications, development measures, create contract entries, create RFX and e-Auctions; expert user in SAP systems with focus on all procurement relevant modules.
• Good English language skills, German language skills desirable
• Availability to work from our Bucharest office 3 days per week, with 2 days remote

About the team

At Services Procurement - Services Operations, our aim is to supply to Siemens Energy and its Customers. Our actions are consistently based on aiming for productivity, quality, availability, and digitalization.

We are currently based at 3 different locations: Berlin, Mulheim, & Erlangen and handle an extensive global supply base. We support the Generation Services business by replenishing ELOC, supporting Germany and rest of Europe, Middle East, and Asia when Customer projects require our experience & expertise.

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.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

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.
• Keep your brain fit with our trainings.
• Special for books lovers ??? Bookstore.
• 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.

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

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