Buyer
Siemens Mobility
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Job summary
Siemens Fort Worth is seeking a mid-level Buyer to help keep our manufacturing facility supplied and ready to deliver electrical products. You will execute purchase orders in SAP, follow up with suppliers, expedite materials, and resolve purchasing exceptions affecting production, collaborating with planning, receiving and supplier teams on site.
You'll analyze material information, manage MRPs, communicate shortages, and protect schedules.
Qualifications
- Minimum one year of direct purchasing, buying, or materials coordination experience, including placing and managing purchase orders.
- Experience following up with suppliers, tracking delivery commitments, expediting orders, or resolving purchase order issues.
- Experience using a purchasing, inventory, enterprise resource planning, or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel, for purchasing analysis, reporting, and data management.
- Ability to analyze material information, identify supply risks, and communicate effective recovery actions.
- Demonstrated initiative, urgency, adaptability, and problem-solving ability in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Ability and willingness to work on-site at the Siemens Smart Infrastructure manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Executing purchase orders in SAP or other purchasing systems to maintain material availability for production.
- Following up with suppliers on order confirmations, delivery commitments, backorders, and past-due orders to protect manufacturing schedules.
- Expediting materials and coordinating pull-ins, push-outs, cancellations, and revised delivery dates to resolve supply risks.
- Processing Material Requirements Planning (MRP) recommendations and purchasing requirements in alignment with established procedures and guidance from the Senior Buyer.
- Communicating material shortages, supplier updates, and recovery actions to production, planning, receiving, purchasing, and supplier teams.
- Resolving purchase order, receiving, and invoice discrepancies to improve transaction accuracy and supplier payment flow.
- Analyzing material and supplier information, identifying potential risks, and taking proactive action to support production continuity and customer delivery.
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Job description
SCM-Procurement / Supply Chain Logistics
Mid-level Professional
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrive is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?
As a Buyer within Siemens Smart Infrastructure’s Electrical Products (EP) business, you will help keep our Fort Worth, Texas manufacturing operation supplied and ready to deliver reliable electrical products to customers. Based on-site at our manufacturing facility, you will execute purchase orders, follow up with suppliers, expedite materials, and resolve purchasing exceptions that affect production. You will partner with the Senior Buyer, production, planning, receiving, and supplier teams while building your expertise in manufacturing purchasing and Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
- Executing purchase orders in SAP or other purchasing systems to maintain material availability for production.
- Following up with suppliers on order confirmations, delivery commitments, backorders, and past-due orders to protect manufacturing schedules.
- Expediting materials and coordinating pull-ins, push-outs, cancellations, and revised delivery dates to resolve supply risks.
- Processing Material Requirements Planning (MRP) recommendations and purchasing requirements in alignment with established procedures and guidance from the Senior Buyer.
- Communicating material shortages, supplier updates, and recovery actions to production, planning, receiving, purchasing, and supplier teams.
- Resolving purchase order, receiving, and invoice discrepancies to improve transaction accuracy and supplier payment flow.
- Analyzing material and supplier information, identifying potential risks, and taking proactive action to support production continuity and customer delivery.
- Minimum one year of direct purchasing, buying, or materials coordination experience, including placing and managing purchase orders.
- Experience following up with suppliers, tracking delivery commitments, expediting orders, or resolving purchase order issues.
- Experience using a purchasing, inventory, enterprise resource planning, or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel, for purchasing analysis, reporting, and data management.
- Ability to analyze material information, identify supply risks, and communicate effective recovery actions.
- Demonstrated initiative, urgency, adaptability, and problem‑solving ability in a fast‑paced operational environment.
- Ability and willingness to work on‑site at the Siemens Smart Infrastructure manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
- Experience purchasing materials or supporting production in a manufacturing environment.
- Hands‑on experience with SAP purchasing, inventory management, supplier scheduling, or MRP functionality.
- Experience managing pull‑ins, push‑outs, cancellations, exception messages, backorders, or supplier delivery changes.
- Experience supporting material availability, inventory accuracy, supplier performance, or purchasing process improvements.
- Experience in a distribution environment combined with a proactive, self‑motivated approach and the ability to adapt to manufacturing purchasing processes.
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in supply chain management, business, operations, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Engineering experience or technical knowledge related to electrical products, manufacturing processes, materials, or production operations.
- Association for Supply Chain Management Certified Supply Chain Professional (APICS CSCP) or Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification.
- A combination of education and directly related work experience will also be considered in lieu of a degree.
We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource‑efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers. Learn more about Siemens here .
We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us.
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Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $54,968 - 92,768 annually. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. 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 unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any characteristic protected by Federal or other applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form by clicking on this link Accommodationfor disability form . If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our AskHR team for support at 1-866-743-6367. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility of application or interview status.
This role will be posted for a minimum of five (5) days from the original posting date. The posting timeline may change based on applicant volume to ensure we attract and consider a strong and representative candidate pool.
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Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. 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 unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any characteristic protected by Federal or other applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form by clicking on this link Accommodationfor disability form . If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our AskHR team for support at 1-866-743-6367. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility of application or interview status.
Siemens follows Pay Transparency laws.
This role will be posted for a minimum of five (5) days from the original posting date. The posting timeline may change based on applicant volume to ensure we attract and consider a strong and representative candidate pool.
California residents have the right to receive additional notices about theirpersonal information. To learn more, click here .
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered foremployment in accordance with applicable local and state laws.
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