Siemens Gamesa

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Global Logistics Network & Warehouse Manager you are responsible for and will lead the implementation of Siemens Energy’s Warehouse & Logistics strategies, ensuring alignment between business requirements and SE’s strategy. As a member of a distributed team, you ensure sourcing, tendering, and purchasing incl. contract agreement initiatives are successfully implemented. Analyze SE’s transport- and material flow network and Warehouse footprint to derive an optimized network design. Contributes to significant reduction of logistics spent worldwide. Collaborate with business to define and implement HUB concepts and ensure preferred Logistics Service provider (LSP) utilization together with additional corporate cost out initiatives.

This will have a significant impact on the financial results of SE and help optimize organizational processes!

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Create transparency on warehouse footprint and material flow; thereby analyze, identify and derive optimization initiatives in line with SE Global logistics & warehouse strategy. This contributes to a reduction in logistics spent worldwide in collaboration with businesses.
• Implement SE Global logistics & warehouse strategy in alignment with internal and external collaborators.
• Leading frequent coordination with Business, involving senior management from fulfillment across borders and internal BA log partner teams to discuss performance trends and central initiatives.
• Establish an interface and build strong and sustainable connections between the operating units in the Business Areas for North and South America Establish and maintain a good business relation with the operating units in the Business Areas to understand their business needs (requirements) and support them in cooperation with procurement & strategy.
• Requirements gathering with the collaboration of operating units; definition of clear and detailed specification documentation to allow proper RFI / RFP documents. Actively contribute to establish governance documentation and process Descriptions.
• Establish a center of competence for Warehouse topics in North America + LATAM. Identify supply chain risks, opportunities, and market forces to avoid potential damage / exploit potential opportunities through tailored risk and change management.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, logistics, or equivalent experience is preferred. 8+ years of expertise in industry within logistics, supply chain or strategic procurement for services (transport, warehouse).
• Expertise in contract negotiation as well as deep understanding of service contracts. Ability to cooperate, especially to work cross-functional and cross-disciplinary in a global work environment. Legal background and experience are desirable.
• Ability to gather, reduce and organize data from multiple sources in multiple formats, and organize effectively from various data sources and databases systems.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of organization and cultural Environments!
• Beneficial to have experience in international customs clearance requirements and processes as well as tax requirements, different modes of transportation, warehouse operations. Travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
• Fluent in English written and spoken (native speaker) and good Spanish skills preferred.