Strategic Procurement Buyer

Location(s)

- Goa - Goa - India

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At Siemens, procurement plays an important role in creating sustainable business value through competitive sourcing, resilient supply chains, supplier innovation and strong partnerships. For our GIS business in Goa, we are looking for an experienced Strategic Procurement Manager who will take ownership of strategic sourcing and supplier management for assigned commodities. The role will contribute to business growth and capacity expansion by ensuring a competitive, reliable and sustainable supplier base.

You'll make an impact by

- Developing and implementing commodity and sourcing strategies aligned with business requirements.
- Managing strategic sourcing activities covering cost, quality, delivery, technology, capacity and supply risk.
- Leading commercial negotiations and establishing competitive and sustainable commercial conditions with suppliers.
- Driving localization, alternate-source development and supplier development to improve supply-chain resilience.
- Identifying and mitigating single-source, capacity, delivery, quality and commercial risks.
- Ensuring supplier capacity and sourcing readiness to support business growth and factory capacity ramp-up.
- Driving procurement productivity through cost optimization, benchmarking, value engineering and design-to-cost initiatives.
- Evaluating supplier cost structures and managing cost-increase requests through fact-based commercial negotiations.
- Working closely with Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Manufacturing, Project Management, Finance and other business stakeholders to drive sourcing decisions and resolve critical topics.
- Managing supplier performance and supporting improvement initiatives together with relevant cross-functional teams.
- Supporting contractual and commercial negotiations while ensuring compliance with applicable procurement governance and approval requirements.
- Establishing risk-mitigation and business-continuity measures for critical materials and suppliers.
- Providing procurement inputs for business planning, project reviews and management discussions.
- Driving procurement topics with a strong sense of ownership, customer focus and accountability.

You'll win us over by

- Having a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- An MBA or postgraduate qualification in Supply Chain, Operations or Business Management would be an advantage.
- Having 10 to 15 years of professional experience, including substantial experience in a strategic procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain or supplier management role within an engineering or manufacturing environment, with exposure to global supply chains and international supplier markets.
- Demonstrating sourcing and supplier-management experience in mechanical commodities such as machining, forging, sheet metal and plating or surface-treatment processes.
- Demonstrating strong experience in supplier negotiations, sourcing decisions, commercial management and cost optimization.
- Having a good understanding of supplier capacity management, localization, supply-risk mitigation and supplier development.
- Demonstrating strong analytical and commercial capabilities with the ability to make fact-based decisions.
- Having the ability to independently manage complex supplier situations and cross-functional topics.
- Possessing strong stakeholder-management and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions.
- Demonstrating a proactive approach toward risk identification, problem solving and timely closure of critical business topics.
- Showing strong ownership and the ability to balance cost, quality, delivery, risk and business requirements.
- Experience within the electrical, energy, infrastructure or industrial manufacturing sector would be an advantage.

Your key focus areas

- Strategic sourcing and commodity management
- Procurement productivity and competitiveness
- Localization and alternate-source development
- Supplier capacity and readiness
- Supply-chain risk mitigation
- Supplier performance and development
- Contract and commercial management
- Business continuity
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Support for business growth and capacity expansion

What makes this role important
- This position goes beyond transactional procurement. It requires end-to-end ownership of strategic procurement topics, the ability to independently manage complex supplier and commercial situations, and the capability to influence both internal stakeholders and external partners.
- The role will contribute to strengthening the procurement organization for future business requirements by building a competitive, resilient and sustainable supply base, while supporting customer commitments and continued business growth.

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