Senior Commodity Management Professional

Siemens AG; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 1,681,000 - 2,241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Mentorship program

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Siemens AG in Monterrey is seeking a senior procurement professional to manage supplier strategies for mechanical assemblies and related commodities. You will lead negotiations, drive cost improvements, and collaborate with global partners to ensure quality, on-time delivery, and sustainable supply chain performance.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, 5+ years in manufacturing procurement, advanced English, and proficiency with SAP and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Supply Chain.
• At least 5 years of strong experience in similar factory roles.
• Proficient in English and SAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements and terms.
• Lead procurement projects to support factory requirements.
• Analyze scope of supply and identify procurement risks.
• Utilize market intelligence and levers to drive cost productivity.
• Manage supplier relationships and onboarding.

Skills

English (Advanced)

MS Office

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Supply Chain

Tools

SAP ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get rewards for them!
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Manage supply base for total Purchase Volume of Mechanical Assemblies & Silver Contacts Commodities in Santa Catarina's Siemens location. Align material strategies with our internal business partners on requirements to optimize supply chain performance focused on productivity, quality, and availability. Deliver sustainable results to improve Siemens’ bottom & top line.

Define commodity strategy considering the global sourcing strategies but tailoring them to fit the business requirements.

Apply supply market intelligence and Commercial & Technical Levers to drive CNI.

You will make impact with the following responsibilities:

Contribution to Net Income:

• Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements, including pricing, terms & conditions, payment terms in alignment with RCM, PuC, and Location Procurement.
• Oversight of CNI (PPC and MCP) projects. Drive/Monitor project progress and cost savings implementation.
• Utilize Supply Market Intelligence, Siemens Spend Pooling, and all commercial levers and technical levers to drive productivity.
• RFQ of New/Existing Products, Quote & TOCO Analysis, Component Review, Sourcing Decision.
• Utilization of Siemens eSourcing tools for all new business award.

Project Management:

• Lead Procurement projects of assigned commodity to support factory requirements as well as non-core Procurement projects (MCP).
• Analyze scope of supply, contractual obligations and exactly understand customer’s functional needs.
• Identify Procurement risks, opportunities, potential changes, claims and market forces during the entire project,, to avoid potential damage / exploit potential.

Commodity Strategy:

• Develop and implement SMS with cross functional input to cover Commodity.
• SMS Update and Communication to Cross Functional Partners
  Lead Strategic Supplier Development, Communication, and Implementation
• Manage relationship with all assigned suppliers. Relationship includes negotiating pricing, monitoring performance to agreed terms and conditions, and new vendor on boarding when necessary. Collaborate with key suppliers to expand knowledge of category and identify opportunities for improvements resulting in a joint benefit to the company and supplier.
• Leverage supplier expertise and/or technology to harness improvements in reducing total costs. Collaborate with global/regional commodity management and/or Product Management while optimizing company-wide buying power by reviewing the financial, quality, pricing, service, and availability level of suppliers.
• Develop supplier relationships resulting in optimized supply chain efficiencies and security of supply. Evaluate supplier's capabilities and capacities while implementing plans to ensure adequate supply of goods and services.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers that mitigate or spread the overall risk.

Business Support:

• Assist and escalation in negotiations for Logistics and Shipping Agreement, including consigned inventory, vendor managed inventory.
• Responsible for Overall Supplier Management and supplier relationship management.
• Participate in Supplier Qualification, annual Supplier Evaluation & Supplier Development

Reporting:

• Ensure PVO & ESN code transparency.
• Procurement Reporting of PVO, PPC, CNI, PUMA and other relevant KPI’s

What will you need to succeed?

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Supply Chain required.
• At least 5 years of strong experience working in similar positions (factory environment)
• English advanced
• SAP
• MS Office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management
• Negotiation Skills (Certification or a negotiation training is a plus)
• Background in precious metals commodities and market structure & trends desired.
• International business experience is also an advantage.
• Commercial Procurement Expertise is important.
• A strong network and demonstrated ability to manage and nurture key relationships.
• Strong project management and organizational skills; Meticulous attention to detail
• Proven ability to operate in an influential manner with senior executives to assist in driving the business agenda.
• Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills
• Role model for Siemens Values; Operates with a high degree of integrity.
• Action-oriented approach that is geared toward execution and delivering breakthrough results.
• Strong facilitation and collaboration skills; Ability to drive to consensus.
• Highly motivated, self-starter that can work autonomously and independently take initiative.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and bring clarity to problem solving.
• Ability to organize work and deliver on multiple high priorities at the same time.
• Proven experience with discretion in handling highly sensitive issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and digital procurement technologies to improve supplier selection, sourcing effectiveness, and cost optimization.
• Utilize advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and AI-driven insights to identify cost reduction and risk mitigation opportunities.
• Champion digital transformation initiatives within Procurement and Supply Chain functions.
• Promote automation and data-driven decision-making across sourcing and supplier management processes.

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