Head of Procurement (f/m/d) - Advisory Services - #2137170

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Head of Procurement for Advisory Services (ADV), you will manage a high-impact portfolio of professional services—including Consulting, Corporate & Process Audit, Learning & Training, HR Services, Finance & Tax Services, general Outsourcing Services (BPO), Legal Services, and Marketing & Communication.

In this pivotal role, you will partner closely with internal partners to understand business needs, find opportunities, and deliver smart sourcing strategies. You will be responsible for driving supplier performance, developing a strong and future-ready supplier network, and securing contracts that ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and innovation.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Manage the employees in the ADV team within Indirect Material (IM) Procurement and give guidance to other members of SE Procurement dealing with, e.g., regional sourcing activities for ADV.
• Develop and implement global supply & commodity strategies; identify and manage procurement risks, opportunities, and market forces.
• Lead global tendering, contracting, and supplier activities, such as supplier identification, qualification, and development.
• Secure global pooling & bundling alignments in ADV are realized across SE, and -where applicable- with other pooling partners.
• Ensure reporting and controlling of defined information and figures such as spend forecast and savings reporting; develop, initiate, lead and/or support improvement initiatives, e.g., support outsourcing activities.
• Represent IM in the interface with senior management of relevant cross-functions and internal customers within the Siemens Energy Business Areas and at corporate level, as well as with other Procurement teams and leadership.
  
  
  

What You Bring

• A degree or equivalent experience in a technical or commercial field
• Longterm professional work experience in Procurement, Management, Consulting, and/or commercial area and experience in digitalized procurement processes and systems beneficial
• Strong communication and managerial skills and proven people leadership skills for managing a diverse global team
• Broad experience and understanding of value & supply chains, preferably in the area of ADV
• Strong analytical and planning skills; an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to translate the supply chain, market & supplier environment into a global category strategy & roadmap
• Proficiency in English; German language skills are a plus
  
  
  

About The Team

In our Business Functions we enable our organization to reach their targets by providing best-in class services and solutions in the areas of IT, HR, Finance, Real Estate, Strategy & Technology and more.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
• We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
• In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical
  
  
  

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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