Project Procurement Management Professional at Siemens

About the Role

Integrates Procurement in the project management process (PM@Siemens) and organizes, controls and monitors all Procurement activities in a project.

What are the responsibilities of the role?

• Participates in project/sales meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage and to optimize internal workflows and processes.
• Support project calculation with reliable and up-to-date cost data on the basis of Total Cost of Ownership (ToCO) (rock-bottom price information where available).
• Include (supplier) innovations (e.g. through concept competitions) that improve Siemens' cost position and/or the customer's benefit.
• Establishes proper sourcing and Procurement processes and controls all Procurement resources and activities in the project.
• Analyzes customer inquiries during bid preparation / opportunity management phases and exactly understands the customer's functional needs in order to include (supplier) innovations.
• Supports project calculation with reliable material cost data.
• Analyzes scope of supply and contract agreements, carries out risk analyses and introduces negotiation recommendations.
• Analyzes sales and operations planning in respect of starting / new projects, assessing and controlling of material costs within the whole project business in order to ensure the involvement of Procurement.
• Drive Procurement strategy for assigned projects in accordance with Division- and BU-wide Procurement strategies and ensure implementation (in particular pooling or utilization of master contracts). Introduce negotiation recommendations together with Commodity Management to prepare for negotiations with suppliers (back-to-back where appropriate) and to initiate appropriate measures.
• Lead complex contractual and price negotiations and/or support the specialist buyers responsible for particular material fields (in particular those not covered by any Commodity Management) to secure project targets with optimum conditions on the basis of ToCO.
• Ensure that major Procurement risks, changes to original scope of supply and potential claims (towards customers and suppliers) are covered in valid contracts. Ensure that contractual obligations (towards the customer that must be fulfilled by supplier) are covered in a way that mitigates the own risk exposure.\
• Apply preferred supplier list (e.g. FPL), provide supplier information to the project team, conduct Supplier Management (including Supplier Qualification, project-specific supplier evaluations and supplier development). Follow-up with suppliers in regard to non-conformance costs (NCC).
• Clarifies internal indicators for project controlling and compiling all relevant information to submit qualified reports.
• Forwards systematically all relevant Procurement related project information.

Qualifications And Experience

• Completed Qualification: Logistics/Supply Chain Management/CIPS Diploma/Degree (Advantage: MCIPS)
• 5- 10 years relevant experience in Project Procurement/Strategic Sourcing
• Good Knowledge and understanding of Project Procurement processes
• Prior experience in Strategic Sourcing
• Strong negotiations skills (Supplier Management)
• Management of the contract management Lifecycle in both supplier and Engineering contracts (NEC/FIDIC)
• Good knowledge on value engineering (Advantageous)
• Good knowledge on e-Sourcing (Advantageous)
• International and local procurement sourcing skills
• Strong knowledge on Tender processes advantageous
• 3 - 5 years SAP Experience
• Advanced MS Skills

Competencies

• Strong Analytical Skills
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously
• Deadline driven
• High Degree of Stress Management
• Ability to Prioritise and Multitask
• Pays Meticulous attention to detail
• Ethical Integrity
• Strong Presentation and Communication Skills
• Solid professional judgment and problem-solving
• Improves existing processes and approaches.