Global Commodity Manager (f/m/d) Application Management Services (AMS)

Siemens; Erlangen; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Flexible work schedules

Mobile working 2-3 days/week

Workation up to 30 days/year

Training opportunities

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a Global Commodity Manager for Application Management Services (AMS) to shape and execute worldwide commodity strategies. You will lead development for demand, supplier ecosystems, and service models aligning with application, cloud, security, and IT operations requirements.

Responsibilities include strategic sourcing, complex negotiations, supplier governance, and driving digital IT services with sustainability in mind.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic IT sourcing and commodity management.
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations with international suppliers.
• Experience with application management, cloud delivery, ITIL-aligned services.

Responsibilities

• Lead global AMS strategies based on demand, market and technology.
• Establish transparency in purchasing volumes and KPI-driven value.
• Execute international sourcing with modern processes and tools.
• Negotiate MSAs and pricing models including outcome-based terms.
• Manage end-to-end supplier relationships and governance.
• Drive early procurement involvement with application owners.
• Promote cloud, AI, and automation for TCO improvements.
• Align sustainability and security with Siemens requirements.

Skills

Strategic IT sourcing

Commodity management

Negotiation skills

Supplier governance

AMS operating models

English fluent

Education

Masters in IT

Commercial IT degree

Job description

As Global Commodity Manager (f/m/d) Application Management Services (AMS), you will lead the development and execution of global commodity strategies for AMS and related IT consulting. You will create transparent demand, develop resilient supplier ecosystems, and deliver commercially competitive service models align Siemens’ application, cloud, security data and operating-model requirements into strategies. You will drive sourcing excellence, build innovative supplier partnerships, and enable scalable, sustainable IT services.

What We Offer You

• An attractive remuneration package
• 30 days of paid vacation and a variety of flexible work schedules that allow time off for you and your family
• 2 to 3 days of mobile working per week as a global standard
• Up to 30 days workation per year in certain countries
• Flexible training opportunities for both your professional and personal development that you can tailor to your interests

Since each of over 300,000 team members feels that other benefits are particularly important, and we cannot list our entire benefit portfolio here, you can find more information here.

The individual benefits are subject to regulatory, contractual, or corporate conditions.

You’ll create impact by

• Commodity Strategy & Global Standards:
  • Lead the technical development and implementation of global AMS strategies based on demand, market, supplier, and technology requirements.
  • Establish transparency in purchasing volumes and drive value-creation opportunities through technical expertise, analytics, benchmarks, and defined KPIs.
• Strategic Sourcing & Negotiations:
  • Execute complex international sourcing processes using state of the art processes and tools.
  • Negotiate international MSAs, framework agreements, and pricing models, including outcome-based and consumption-based agreements.
• Supplier Management:
  • Manage end to end supplier relationships, including qualification, governance, and performance evaluations and assess technical capabilities.
  • Lead early procurement involvement and cross-functional engineering requirements with application owners
  • Drive supplier innovation, resilience, and compliance, ensuring alignment with Siemens’ sustainability and security requirements.
• Driving Digital & Sustainable IT Services:
  • Promote cloud, AI, and automation opportunities in an agile environment to improve total cost of ownership.
  • Integrate sustainability criteria into sourcing and contracts, addressing supplier design impacts and footprint reduction.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:
  • Act as a trusted commercial and technical counterpart to stakeholders, constructively challenging requirements, design processes and delivery models.
  • Align global standards with regional execution while supporting early procurement involvement and cross-functional collaboration.

This Is How You'll Win Us Over /

• Education:
  • Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Industrial Engineering with an IT focus, or a comparable technical discipline.
  • Alternatively, a commercial degree with extensive experience in IT architecture, application management, or technology consulting.
• Experience & Skills:
  • Longstanding experience in strategic IT sourcing, commodity management, or IT service management. Expert in the global software engineering market, working with international suppliers and experienced in global sourcing initiatives, complex negotiations, and supplier governance.
  • Proven success in working with application owners, architects, IT service managers, or engineering teams to define, source, and deliver complex IT services.
  • Expertise in analyzing supplier proposals, solution concepts, and operating models to ensure alignment with business needs.
  • Strong knowledge of AMS operating models, cloud delivery, ITIL-aligned service delivery, and software quality.
• Ways of working:
  • Strategic and analytical mindset with strong execution capabilities.
  • Ability to challenge both technical and commercial stakeholders and convert complex technology concepts into clear business decisions
  • Strong strategic, analytical, communication, presentation and negotiation skills
  • Collaborative and results-oriented working style, with the ability to navigate complex organizational structures.
• Languages:
  • Fluent English is required; German or other languages are advantageous.

You are much more than your qualifications, and we believe in the potential of every single candidate. We look forward to getting to know you!

At Siemens, we believe that feeling valued and included is the foundation for doing great work. That's why we aim to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, and where individual perspectives and experiences are celebrated. Our commitment to fairness and respect extends to every applicant.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from persons with disabilities. In the case of equal qualifications, severely disabled applicants and applicants with equivalent status will be given preference.

About Us

To solve the biggest challenges of our time, we need bright minds with the ambition to make the impossible possible. Siemens is the place where you can thrive, challenge the status quo, make an impact, and grow alongside a team of innovators who share your passion for technology. Are you in?

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