Global Commodity Manager (f / m / d) Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) for Indirect Material

Global Commodity Manager (f / m / d) Office and Factory Supplies (OFS) for Indirect Material

About the Role

• Country / Region: Germany
• State / Province / County: Land Berlin
• City: Berlin

Remote vs. Office: Hybrid (Remote / Office)

Company: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG

Organization: EVP Global Functions

Business Unit: Strategic Procurement

Full / Part time: Full-time

Experience Level: Mid-level Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Global Commodity Manager for Office and Factory Supplies (OFS), you are working across all lifecycle stages of commercial opportunities. By analyzing spend and contract data, you identify commercial opportunities to drive Siemens Energy forward. With your creative and pragmatic ideas, you can develop plans to exploit these commercial opportunities. Furthermore, you have the ability to negotiate with suppliers and achieve your targets through a good understanding of business and partner needs.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Drives, reviews and aligns the development of a balanced global commodity strategy for the purchase of Office and Factory Supplies, together with our Business Process Outsourcing Partner (BPO).
• Supports in negotiating favorable contract & commercial terms and conditions.
• Efficiently supports the procurement processes (demand planning, conducting market analyses, invitations to RfX, supplier scouting/selection/developing, negotiating & awarding), together with our external BPO partner.
• Monitors existing/new frame agreements for revealing commercial opportunities.
• Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to common goals and priorities, building positive relationships with key partners to ensure alignment between procurement objectives and business needs.
• Supports in defining P2P and Buying Channel strategy in collaboration with the Global Procurement Process and Technology Owner, based on reports from the Analytics Specialist, identifying and considering automation potential and P2P/Channel effectiveness.
• Supports relationship management with key suppliers in the selected category, monitoring performance of strategic suppliers according to our Procurement guidelines.
• Implements supplier development activities; sets up cross-functional review meetings with key strategic suppliers to improve performance and reduce costs.

What You Bring

• Master’s degree in business administration, engineering, law or equivalent.
• Professional experience in procurement management as a category/commodity manager.
• Extensive experience in developing commodity strategies and contracting within a large corporate environment.
• Strong experience in Office and Factory Supply, ideally in some of the following areas: Tools & MRO, Office Supplies, Waste, Print, Promo Items, Packaging and Components.
• Outstanding analytical and commercial skills, combined with a pragmatic way of thinking.
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Profound contract and legal knowledge.
• Proficiency in English and German is required.
• Experience in working with a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Partner.