Entry Level Commodity Manager - Building Products

Position Overview:

This is an entry level buying professional position that will learn to manage volume in critical direct material categories. Commodities include springs, IT software, and Building Automation products. You will learn about strategies to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of materials. You will generate, document, and implement savings to contribute to the success of the business and make results transparent. You will participate in the supplier relationships as well as negotiate supply agreements. You will create development agreements to improve on-time delivery, quality, and carbon reduction.

Are you interested in working for a company named by Fast Company as “World Changing Company of the Year” and “Best Workplaces for Innovators” and named #1 in Forbes 2022 World’s Most Admired Companies List?

Responsibilities:

Strategic sourcing for electrical and electronics parts: Define, adapt, and implement commodity strategies based on demand, market intelligence and supplier analysis to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of material and services from high performing suppliers. Identify and drive innovative solutions to influence the market as well as implement new or modified market sourcing strategies aligned with global and regional strategies.

Supplier Relationship Management: Develop & manage relationship with suppliers of assigned commodities. Relationship includes negotiating frame agreements, 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 commodity management while optimizing company-wide buying power by reviewing the financial, quality, pricing, on-time delivery, service, and availability level of suppliers.

Contractual Agreements: Develop and negotiate contractual agreements to provide price protection and supply security in consultation with legal, business, and technical functions. Execute requirements per terms of the agreements.

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.

Parts Sourcing & Suppliers Setup: For the parts and material belonging to the assigned commodities, conduct eAuctions, send RFQs, receive and analyze proposals, conduct supplier negotiation, selection, and supplier set-up.

Miscellaneous Responsibilities:

• Create planning tools and management reports in conjunction that provide a more systematic and organized approach to planning the procurement functions. Ensure procurement database integrity.
• Keep current on developments in area of expertise and company policies systems, and procedures.
• Ability to work individually and within a team environment with Product Management, Product Engineering, Operations, Commodity Managers, Buyers, Quality Engineers, Value Engineers, Accounting, Suppliers, and other functional departments.

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education and Experience:

• 0 years of mechanical, electrical/ electronic commodity experience in industrial product business preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree or Associates Degree preferred, High School Diploma is the minimum education required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact with inter and intra departmental personnel, as well as management
• Strong computer skills including Excel, PowerPoint, SAP
• Demonstrated self-starter
• Qualified applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States and must not require support or sponsorship now or in the future

At Siemens, we are committed to an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our company’s success. We utilize lean principles and seek to continually improve our processes and customers’ experience.

Can you see yourself, learning, growing, and succeeding here? If so, we'd like to meet you!

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on qualifications
• Health, dental, and vision plans with options
• Matching 401(k)
• Competitive paid time off plan, holidays, and floating holidays
• Company cell phone and laptop
• Extensive product training and professional career development
• Education and tuition reimbursement programs available

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All

qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, religion,

ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, family responsibilities,

pregnancy, genetic information, domestic partner status, disability, weight, height, or AIDS/HIV status, protected

veteran or military status, other categories protected

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Organization: Smart Infrastructure

Company: Siemens Industry, Inc.

Experience Level: Early Professional

Full / Part time: Full-time

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