Procurement Specialist

2 months ago


Oakville, Canada Siemens Energy Full time

**A Snapshot of Your Day**

As a Procurement Specialist, you will focus on tactical execution of procurement strategies and act as strategic buyer to develop and implement sourcing strategies and execute negotiations for the assigned material field. You will focus on internal customers and partners who can’t be successful without your contribution, timeliness, and transparency. You will work in a highly motivated team with a can-do attitude, helping and supporting each other. You will solve short term / daily issues, creating value for our organization. You will become an expert of tactical execution, expediting, strategic negotiation, and supply chain performance management.

Multi-function collaboration and support is required, and this position will interface regularly with operations, field service, engineering, marketing and sales, external suppliers, global commodity management, and others.

**How You’ll Make an Impact**

This position requires a dedicated, motivated, enthusiastic, and creative individual with a working knowledge of power generation, excellent project management skills, and a good commercial sense to perform the job function tasks. These tasks include, but are not limited to the following:

- Strong collaboration with the cross functional team to achieve most effectiveness in planning, alignment, and execution.
- Send out request for quotations (RFQ), initiate / support technical clarification in RFQ phase, compare quotes based on Total Cost of Ownership. Negotiate quotes with traditional and Advanced Negotiation Techniques.
- Select supplier based on agreed guidelines (qualification status, Long Term Agreement status, commodity strategy, supplier performance etc.). Continuously monitor own procurement list, create, and update purchase orders, follow up on execution such as order confirmation, progress, compliance with quality requirements. Support and ensure compliance with transportation and customs requirements in close collaboration with Logistics team.
- Responsible for high data quality in Procurement.
- Responsible to implement the tactical procurement plan (like pricing, supplier mix strategy, new vendor, lead time). Lead technical clarifications with Engineering, suppliers and supplier quality engineers of assigned commodities.
- Lead contract management related functions for own commodities (claim management, terms and conditions clarifications). Continuous improvement of procurement related processes and their execution, continuous improvement of own supplier base.
- Key Performance Indicators: Project related savings, On Time Delivery
- Resolve complex delivery, quality or other related issues with purchases and invoices.
- Work with customers and suppliers as needed to expedite shipments to meet customer requirements.
- Negotiate favorable pricing, terms, and quality requirements with external suppliers and flow down customer-specific requirement.

**What You Bring**
- 5-10 years of successful experience in a related field is required. Knowledge of Power Generation products / supply market is preferred. Project management experience preferred.
- Intermediate to Expert Microsoft Office knowledge and experience required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaboration and influencing techniques, result-orientation and strategic-innovative thinking is required.
- Technical aptitude preferred (to read and understand technical drawings, specifications, etc.).
- SAP functional knowledge and experience preferred.
- Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships with intra-organizational connections and external contacts is required.

**About the Team**

The Procurement team supports the Gas Services Service Division, which is responsible for the service and maintenance of Power Generation Plants throughout Canada. The products include Gas and Steam generating equipment in both the fossil and nuclear sectors. The Procurement Team works closely with a cross functional team to ensure all projects are equipped with the necessary goods and services to ensure success and customer satisfaction.

**Who is Siemens Energy?**

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled b



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