Global Commodity Manager (f / m / d) Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) for Indirect Material

Global Commodity Manager (f / m / d) Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) for Indirect Material

About the Role

• Country / Region: Germany
• State / Province / County: Land Berlin
• City: Berlin

Remote vs. Office: Hybrid (Remote / Office)

Company: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG

Organization: EVP Global Functions

Business Unit: Strategic Procurement

Full / Part time: Full-time

Experience Level: Mid-level Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Global Commodity Manager for Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) you are working across all lifecycle stages of commercial opportunities. By analyzing spend and contract data, you identify commercial opportunities to drive Siemens Energy forward. With your creative and pragmatic ideas, you can develop plans to exploit these commercial opportunities. Furthermore, you have the ability to negotiate with suppliers and achieve your targets through a good understanding of business and partner needs.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Drive, review, and align the development of a balanced global commodity strategy for the purchase of Office and Factory Supplies, together with our Business Process Outsourcing Partner (BPO).
• Support in negotiating favorable contract & commercial terms and conditions.
• Efficiently support the procurement processes (demand planning, conducting market analyses, invitations to RfX, supplier scouting/selection/developing, negotiating & awarding), together with our external BPO partner.
• Monitor existing/new frame agreements for revealing commercial opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities and build positive relationships with key partners to ensure alignment of procurement objectives and business needs.
• Support in defining P2P and Buying Channel strategy in collaboration with the Global Procurement Process and Technology Owner, based on reports from the Analytics Specialist, identifying and considering automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness.
• Support relationship management with suppliers identified as key suppliers in the selected category, monitor performance of key strategic suppliers according to our Procurement guidelines.
• Implement supplier development activities; set up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers to improve performance and further reduce costs.

What You Bring

• Master’s degree in business administration, engineering, law, or equivalent.
• Professional experience in procurement management as a category/commodity manager.
• Extensive experience in developing commodity strategies and contracting within a large corporate environment.
• Strong experience in Office and Factory Supply, ideally in some of the following areas: Tools & MRO, Office Supplies, Waste, Print, Promo Items, Packaging, and Components.
• Outstanding analytical and commercial skills, combined with a pragmatic way of thinking.
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Profound contract and legal knowledge.
• Proficiency in English and German is required.
• Experience in working with a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Partner.