Siemens
Procurement Specialist
Siemens, Oakville, ON
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Procurement Specialist, you will focus on tactical execution of procurement strategies and act as strategic buyer to develop and implement sourcing strategies and execute negotiations for the assigned material field. You will focus on internal customers and partners who can't be successful without your contribution, timeliness, and transparency. You will work in a highly motivated team with a can-do attitude, helping and supporting each other. You will solve short term / daily issues, creating value for our organization. You will become an expert of tactical execution, expediting, strategic negotiation, and supply chain performance management.
Multi-function collaboration and support is required, and this position will interface regularly with operations, field service, engineering, marketing and sales, external suppliers, global commodity management, and others.
How You'll Make an Impact
This position requires a dedicated, motivated, enthusiastic, and creative individual with a working knowledge of power generation, excellent project management skills, and a good commercial sense to perform the job function tasks. These tasks include, but are not limited to the following:
The Procurement team supports the Gas Services Service Division, which is responsible for the service and maintenance of Power Generation Plants throughout Canada. The products include Gas and Steam generating equipment in both the fossil and nuclear sectors. The Procurement Team works closely with a cross functional team to ensure all projects are equipped with the necessary goods and services to ensure success and customer satisfaction.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
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
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Siemens Energy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Energy Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
By submitting personal information to Siemens Energy Canada Limited or its affiliates, service providers and agents, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of such information for the purposes described in our Privacy Code available at www.siemens-energy.ca .
Siemens Energy s'engage à créer un environnement diversifié et est fière d'être un employeur souscrivant au principe de l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi. Sur demande, Siemens Énergie Canada prendra des mesures d'accommodement raisonnables pour les personnes handicapées, dans le but de soutenir la participation des candidats dans tous les aspects du processus de recrutement. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour ce poste.
En transmettant des renseignements personnels à Siemens Energy Canada limitée ou à ses sociétés affiliées, à ses fournisseurs de services ou à ses agents, vous nous autorisez à recueillir, à utiliser et à divulguer ces renseignements aux fins prévues dans notre Code de protection de la confidentialité, que vous pouvez consulter au www.siemens-energy.ca .
As a Procurement Specialist, you will focus on tactical execution of procurement strategies and act as strategic buyer to develop and implement sourcing strategies and execute negotiations for the assigned material field. You will focus on internal customers and partners who can't be successful without your contribution, timeliness, and transparency. You will work in a highly motivated team with a can-do attitude, helping and supporting each other. You will solve short term / daily issues, creating value for our organization. You will become an expert of tactical execution, expediting, strategic negotiation, and supply chain performance management.
Multi-function collaboration and support is required, and this position will interface regularly with operations, field service, engineering, marketing and sales, external suppliers, global commodity management, and others.
How You'll Make an Impact
This position requires a dedicated, motivated, enthusiastic, and creative individual with a working knowledge of power generation, excellent project management skills, and a good commercial sense to perform the job function tasks. These tasks include, but are not limited to the following:
- Strong collaboration with the cross functional team to achieve most effectiveness in planning, alignment, and execution.
- Send out request for quotations (RFQ), initiate / support technical clarification in RFQ phase, compare quotes based on Total Cost of Ownership. Negotiate quotes with traditional and Advanced Negotiation Techniques.
- Select supplier based on agreed guidelines (qualification status, Long Term Agreement status, commodity strategy, supplier performance etc.). Continuously monitor own procurement list, create, and update purchase orders, follow up on execution such as order confirmation, progress, compliance with quality requirements. Support and ensure compliance with transportation and customs requirements in close collaboration with Logistics team.
- Responsible for high data quality in Procurement.
- Responsible to implement the tactical procurement plan (like pricing, supplier mix strategy, new vendor, lead time). Lead technical clarifications with Engineering, suppliers and supplier quality engineers of assigned commodities.
- Lead contract management related functions for own commodities (claim management, terms and conditions clarifications). Continuous improvement of procurement related processes and their execution, continuous improvement of own supplier base.
- Key Performance Indicators: Project related savings, On Time Delivery
- Resolve complex delivery, quality or other related issues with purchases and invoices.
- Work with customers and suppliers as needed to expedite shipments to meet customer requirements.
- Negotiate favorable pricing, terms, and quality requirements with external suppliers and flow down customer-specific requirement.
- 5-10 years of successful experience in a related field is required. Knowledge of Power Generation products / supply market is preferred. Project management experience preferred.
- Intermediate to Expert Microsoft Office knowledge and experience required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaboration and influencing techniques, result-orientation and strategic-innovative thinking is required.
- Technical aptitude preferred (to read and understand technical drawings, specifications, etc.).
- SAP functional knowledge and experience preferred.
- Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships with intra-organizational connections and external contacts is required.
The Procurement team supports the Gas Services Service Division, which is responsible for the service and maintenance of Power Generation Plants throughout Canada. The products include Gas and Steam generating equipment in both the fossil and nuclear sectors. The Procurement Team works closely with a cross functional team to ensure all projects are equipped with the necessary goods and services to ensure success and customer satisfaction.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we're also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
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
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work cultureand a healthy work- life balance
- Flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
- Competitive total rewards package
- Flexible benefits and savings programs
- Rewarding vacation entitlement
- Parental leave
- Profit sharing
- Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives
- Diversity and inclusivity focused
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Siemens Energy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Energy Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
By submitting personal information to Siemens Energy Canada Limited or its affiliates, service providers and agents, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of such information for the purposes described in our Privacy Code available at www.siemens-energy.ca .
Siemens Energy s'engage à créer un environnement diversifié et est fière d'être un employeur souscrivant au principe de l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi. Sur demande, Siemens Énergie Canada prendra des mesures d'accommodement raisonnables pour les personnes handicapées, dans le but de soutenir la participation des candidats dans tous les aspects du processus de recrutement. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour ce poste.
En transmettant des renseignements personnels à Siemens Energy Canada limitée ou à ses sociétés affiliées, à ses fournisseurs de services ou à ses agents, vous nous autorisez à recueillir, à utiliser et à divulguer ces renseignements aux fins prévues dans notre Code de protection de la confidentialité, que vous pouvez consulter au www.siemens-energy.ca .