Procurement Sourcing Specialist

• Fort Worth - Texas - United States of America
• Peachtree Corners - Georgia - United States of America

Position Title: Procurement Sourcing Specialist

Location: Forth Worth (Hybrid)

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Siemens is looking for a Procurement Sourcing Specialist to help drive supply chain strategies and support the plant’s procurement activities while optimizing supply cost, EVA contribution and objectives:

• Manage the overall Procurement function in the plant locations.
• Drive commodity strategies for non-pooled commodities
• Ensure the use of, and adherence to the Global Procurement policies and procedures in the plants.
• Drive CNI fulfillment actions for the plant locations.
• Assist with implementing the preferred logistic model, asset management and standard payment terms within our supply base.
• Manage the overall Procurement function in the plant locations; for both Direct and Indirect materials purchased volumes.

You will make an impact with the following responsibilities:

• Procurement Sourcing Specialist helps to develop and drive location procurement strategies (with cross-functional buying in).
• Drive non-pooled direct purchasing volume to drive productivity (using procurement levers – negotiation, eAuction, cost transparency).
• Leads, manage, and develops non-pooled supplier base in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development, and overall relationship management.
• Participate in and support plant location annual budget process and resources for implementation.
• Drive plant cost reduction activities (PPC and MCP) together with Commodity Mgr. and Procurement Eng.
• Develop and drive plant specific supplier strategy with Commodity managers for pooled commodities.
• Support the Commodity managers with supplier negotiation for pooled parts.
• Initiate and participate in sourcing team decisions/activities.
• Monitors and enforce the approved supplier selection process in any sourcing decision made at the location.

Function:

• Materials Management
• Supplier Quality Management
• Engineering
• Commodity Managers
• Plant Operations
• Finance
• Management
• Procurement Controller

Collaboration:

• Asset management, lead-time reduction
• Escalation, supplier Management
• Negotiations, SMS (strategy, execution, escalation etc.)
• Capital, Plant MCP/PPC/VAM projects, Core-Non-Core
• Annual Budget Planning, Monthly Proc. KPI
• Monthly Performance Update
• Reporting

Work / Activity distribution:

• Supplier Management 50%
• Strategy and roadmap
• Supplier Risk Management
• Delivery performance
• Asset management
• Logistic model
• Payment terms

• CNI generation and management 40%
• Supplier negotiations
• E-auctions
• Pooling
• Location driven projects

• Project management 10%
• Supplier changes

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration or Supply Chain Management.
• 3 plus years of relevant experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain management
• Must be eligible to work in the US with no sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An engineering degree is not mandatory, but advantageous
• Master’s or MBA is preferred but not mandatory.
• Having a Growth mindset, embrace challenges and show persistence in overcoming obstacles.
• Strong problem-solving skills, extreme ownership, high level of self-motivation and personal efficiency.
• Collaboration skills to facilitate cross-functional meetings with various departments such as Product Development, Finance and Operations to align on objective, timelines and deliverables.
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Role model for Siemens Values; Operates with a high degree of integrity
• Strong facilitation and collaboration skills; Ability to drive to consensus
• Highly motivated, self-starter that can work autonomously and independently take initiative.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and bring clarity to problem solving
• Proven experience with discretion in handling highly sensitive issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified Applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

Benefits and Perks:

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

The pay range for this position is $74,970 - $128,520. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

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