Commodity Manager

A Snapshot of Your Day

You will define a commodity strategy for your commodity, forgings, and will work alongside cross functional colleagues to implement that strategy through a commodity circle. You will identify the short, medium and long term direction of travel for the commodity, including developing strong collaborative relationships with the key suppliers for your commodity. You will keep up to speed with market changes and adapt your strategy accordingly. You will maintain key performance indicators to show the progress of your commodity and you will ensure your key partners are kept informed.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Responsible for developing and implementing the commodity strategy, forming a commodity circle with support from other functions to ensure proactive engagement from the business
• Closely work with the business management to ensure their business needs are captured in the strategy (cost, quality, lead time, capacity etc) and facilitate regular feedback to the business management through key performance indicators
• Ensure all sourcing requirements from the business have suitable strategic supply options, including dual/multiple source options and regional and low cost country options
• Work closely with Engineering to facilitate changes that enable the best solutions in the commodity strategy including the incorporation of latest technologies (e.g. material changes, forging methods)
• Manage the commercial relationship with the key suppliers in the commodity by conducting face to face visits and facilitating quarterly business reviews looking at all aspects of the trading relationship (contract status, quality performance, delivery performance etc)
• Ensure contractual coverage is in place through negotiating framework agreements and price agreements with the key suppliers
  
  
  

What You Bring

• A degree or equivalent experience in an appropriate technical or commercial role would be preferred but experience in similar roles will be considered in lieu of a degree
• Professional experience in supplier facing roles in purchasing or technical fields
• Strong negotiation skills and a good understanding of contract terms & conditions
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to influence others outside of direct reporting lines
• Working knowledge of metal forming processes will be a distinct advantage
  
  
  

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 distributed 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.

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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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