Strategic Procurement Specialist/Commodity Manager Siemens Energy (Houston, TX)
Quick brief
- Full time
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Visa sponsorship
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Conduct detailed cost breakdown analyses (including cost estimation) and negotiate the lowest total cost to support divisional cost-saving goals.
- Drive cost reduction and resourcing programs to support strategy execution, ensuring minimal disruption to existing supply chains.
- Lead sourcing and negotiations for aerospace and industrial components to optimize costs, contract coverage, and secure supply continuity.
- Manage a range of contractual and price negotiations with new and existing optimizers to reduce commercial risk and enhance commercial advantage.
- Maintain close partnerships with internal customers, prioritize customer care, and demonstrate strong negotiation skills.
- Define the sourcing strategy in collaboration with cross-functional counterparts and support from Global Commodity Managers (GCMs), ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Develop and implement tailored business initiatives and metrics following the commodity strategy and overall business objectives.
- Plan negotiations, define awarding strategies, and prepare sourcing board approvals, adhering to the suppliers defined by the commodity strategy to maximize pooling potential.
- Negotiate contracts locally, regionally, or across multiple sites, covering prices, delivery schedules, payment terms, and other specifics.
- Support and maintain supplier segmentation by actively representing customer views in Commodity Circles.
- Analyze local and regional market trends to inform commodity strategy.
- Identify partner requirements and support the execution process, providing input into sourcing decisions.
- Monitor supplier performance with support from Commodity leadership and communicate with relevant stakeholders when necessary.
- Generate, document, and implement savings measures, track and report key metrics. Drive early procurement and supplier involvement, cost-out activities, and identify procurement risks and opportunities, implementing respective measures.
- Identify potential contractual items and collaborate with strategic commodity management to ensure inclusion in existing contracts or the establishment of new contracts.
- Work with the commodity team to implement process improvements and ensure adherence on-site.
What You Bring
- Ability to work in a complex, dynamic global organizational environment.
- 8 or more years of experience in strategic sourcing and commodity management.
- Exceptional Excel skills.
- Experience working with a global supplier base in a matrix environment.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and customer relationship-building skills.
- Strong commercial, contractual, and project management skills.
- Knowledge of component manufacturing processes and quality standards.
- Preferably, a bachelor’s degree or CPM/CPSM certification.
Authorization to work in the United States without employer-sponsored visa requirements. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities.
- Supportive work culture.
- Company-paid health and wellness benefits.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- 401K savings plan with company match.
- Family-building benefits.
- Parental leave.
