Strategic Sourcing - Specialist

How Youll Make an Impact

• Produce yearly as well as 5 year regional sourcing plans for Middle East and Asia Pacific (MEAP) region for Compression products (goods and services) supply chain, identifying clear strategies on key objectives, challenges, opportunities, etc.
• Plan, coordinate, monitor and support sourcing and supplier qualification activity for business/projects within framework of policies and guidelines of SE enhancing content from MEAP region, while meeting or exceeding the business goals and strive for customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for coordinating with Internal/ External partners, Internal such as Engineering, Strategic procurement, Supplier Quality, Project Mgt., counterparts from various locations of Siemens Energy and External Customers, Suppliers/Vendors, Contractors.
• Sourcing: float inquiry to approved vendor based on provided specifications, provide clarifications to/from vendors for offers received, and coordinate with Engineering department for technical evaluation.
• Offer assessment & negotiations, Order placement, coordination with Engineering & ensure the techno-commercial evaluation of the offers received to identify possible deviations, compare / negotiate technical, commercial and other issues with the vendor
• Vendor Management: To develop vendors best in line with the target cost, MEAP requirements, quality and time schedules as per business requirement.
• Supervise and follow-up on vendor activities, highlight potential delays.
• Support sales department in making proposal at bid stage by providing inputs with respect MEAP contents from various suppliers. Should aim at getting the best price from vendor with in required timeframe to win the order.
• Improve supplier performance based on feedback through relationship management, periodical review on product, services & processes. To achieve improvement in lead time, cost & quality.
• Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification); update supplier evaluation systems to obtain and develop the best suppliers and ensure visibility and high procurement quality with the objective of improving MEAP content year over year
• Development of a contract award strategy under consideration of the project goals, cost and quality, successful presentation of Total Cost Comparison in a sourcing board and implementation thereof
• Prepare and Perform contract negotiations with application of the available procurement levers to achieve best in class results
• Generate, document and implement savings, e.g. savings; plan, supervise and report on relevant Key Performance Index to contribute to the success of the business and make results visible.

What You Bring

• With bachelors/masters degree in mechanical engineering (Preferred) or business administration with strong affinity and experience in respective material field
• Should have 12+ years of experience of procurement. Experience in procurement of rotating equipment would be an added advantage. Should have extensive knowledge & experience of working with Indian supplier base for relevant commodities.
• Able to independently prepare and carry out mid-complex negotiations (including negotiation strategy, max/min goal, fallback position, role allocation, target costing, etc.)
• Ready for national and international travel activities
• Knowledge of contractual law
• Presents facts and processes spontaneously, takes part in discussions about daily tasks and issues in an international team
• Able to qualify and evaluate suppliers, classifications, development measures, create contract entries, implement eAuctions, etc.
• Able to identify and implement measures to ensure the consistency of the suppliers to the requirements of Compliance
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills, along with ability to establish relationships and influence collaborators on different levels
• Data analytics and cost modelling skills
• Excellent command of English
• Able to prioritize tasks and to lead workloads in an effective manner with minimal direct supervision and flexibility in leading multiple and diverse tasks.
• Effective problem-solving skills and ability to work in time critical situations
• Proficient in MS Office suite