Senior Commodity Management Professional

Siemens; Santa Catarina; On-site; MXN 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Mentorship programs

Global opportunities

Social responsibility initiatives

Offsite events

Job summary

Siemens in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico seeks a procurement professional with at least 5 years in a factory setting. You will manage strategic supplier relationships, negotiate master agreements, and drive cost savings using market intelligence.

Fluent English and SAP/MS Office skills are essential. You will contribute to our global procurement strategy, coordinate cross-functional teams, and work on projects that improve productivity and reliability in our supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Supply Chain required.
• At least 5 years of strong experience in a factory environment or similar.
• English advanced proficiency is required.
• Experience with SAP and MS Office is expected.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements including pricing, terms and conditions.
• Oversee CNI projects and monitor progress and cost savings.
• Utilize spend pooling and market intelligence to drive productivity.
• RFQ of new/existing products and perform sourcing decisions.
• Lead procurement projects to support factory requirements and MCP.

Skills

English advanced

SAP

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

• Strategies, Pooling Strategies, Supplier Strategies & Negotiation Roadmap

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:

• Siemens Spend Data, Supply Market Intelligence, Supplier Analysis
• Develop and implement SMS with cross functional input to cover Commodity.
• Strategies, Pooling Strategies, Supplier Strategies & Negotiation Roadmap
• SMS Update and Communication to Cross Functional Partners Lead Strategic Supplier Development, Communication, and Implementation

Supplier Relationship Management:

• 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.

Risk Management:

• 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

Digitalization & AI Adoption

• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Aff… All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, protected veteran or military status, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

Location: Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon