Project Procurement Professional at Siemens

Role Headline

• Integrates Procurement in the project management process (PM@Siemens) and organizes, controls and monitors all Procurement activities in a project.
• Responsible for managing direct third-party spending on materials, equipment and construction trade subcontractors on Siemens’ customer projects.
• Directly engages in large projects in the bidding phase to improve Siemens' competitive position by developing a sourcing approach with the sales or project development team, running subcontractor solicitations (RFQs and RFPs), conducting bid levelling and negotiating pricing and contract terms.
• Develops and manages a diverse group of suppliers and subcontractors to support Siemens’ energy efficiency (ESCO) Project.
• Drive adherence to standard sourcing processes and tools with sales and operations teams.
• This role provides opportunities to lead or participate in data analytics, process improvement, commodity strategies as part of Siemens Pty Ltd’ project procurement.
• The position will report to the Head of Supply Chain management responsible for procurement for Siemens Pty Ltd in South Africa.

Responsibilities Of The Role

The Project Procurement Professional role is measured on the following activities:

• Cost Reductions – the role has a target for percentage of cost savings achieved through price negotiations, value engineering efforts, and other means.
• Payment Terms – the role requires negotiation of a target percentage of Siemens preferred payment terms.
• Procurement Processes – there are requirements for implementing new tools to enable more efficient and effective procurement. Drives Procurement strategies in projects and ensures their implementation. Participates in project meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage and to optimize internal workflows and processes. Establishes proper sourcing and Procurement processes and controls all Procurement resources and activities in the project.
• Supplier Management – the role has responsibility for managing relationships with major suppliers including soliciting feedback from internal customers and sharing that with suppliers.
• Internal Customer Satisfaction – key managers are surveyed to determine the service level provided.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree/Diploma in Supply chain Management/Engineering (Advantage: CIPS/MCIPS)
• 3-5 years of experience in commercial/industrial construction with 1 year experience with purchasing construction trade contractors.
• Good Knowledge and understanding of Project Procurement processes and Purchasing
• Ability and willingness to travel to Siemens locations, customer sites and suppliers
• Strong negotiations skills (Supplier Management)
• Management of the contract management Lifecycle in both supplier and Engineering contracts (NEC/FIDIC)
• 2 years SAP Experience

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience

• BS in engineering, engineering technology, business, or construction management
• Sourcing experience with design-build contractors and negotiation of teaming agreements
• Experience working with sales and engineering functions on cost reduction efforts
• Procurement management experience in a large, global corporation
• Experience using Excel to analyze spending data for opportunities
• Experience to developing and delivering PowerPoint presentation to management teams
• Experience creating basic visualizations with Qlik, Tableau other data visualization platforms
• Construction management and contract negotiation experience
• Construction Procurement Professional