Siemens Energy

Location: Port Harcourt

Department: Strategic Procurement (SE P IM AF)

Mode of Employment: Temporary

Position Title: Buying Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

Buying Professional at Siemens Energy

In your role as a Buying Professional, you are efficiently executing operational & tactical purchasing processes in line with the given budget. You are securing the supply of material based on customer requirements at the lowest price whilst ensuring quality and on-time delivery (Total Cost of Ownership). Contribute to the implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. Compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems). 

How You’ll Make an Impact  

• Purchasing of goods & services by:
• Assessing assigned purchase requests to ensure clear/logic descriptions, specifications, requested lead times.
• Identifying opportunities for Siemens Energy
• Researching and selecting a reliable suppliers guided by Siemens Energy Supplier Selection Guidelines.
• Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation,  development, classification); update supplier evaluation systems to obtain and develop the best suppliers and ensure transparency and high procurement quality.
• Evaluating process options and selecting the most appropriate procurement market approach.
• Identifying financial and contractual risks ie forex, hedging and performance guarantees.
• Formulating and issuing RFQ’s using Siemens Energy approved eTools (SAP Ariba, Siemens Energy Exchange)
• Co-ordinating and leading RFQ evaluations
• Communicating & Promoting Siemens Energy Safety Requirements to Suppliers
• Evaluation of RFQ’s by:
• Evaluating RFQ’s financially, commercially, legally and technically, and co-ordinate inputs from specialists.
• Compiling evaluation report.
• Identifying and recommending negotiation opportunities.
• Presenting evaluation report to the stakeholders, clarifying and substantiating criteria in support of the recommendation
• Taking accountability for decisions to comply with Siemens Energy Procurement Policy and ethical principles.
• Creation of Purchase Orders on SAP.
• Ensuring Governance & Transparency.
• Cost Analysis and Optimization
• Negotiations:
• Identifying negotiation opportunities i.e. Cost benefits, terms and conditions.
• Researching and benchmarking options.
• Collaborating in a Cross-functional Team in negotiations
• Ensuring proper negotiation preparation and role clarity within the negotiation team.
• Prepare and conduct negotiations for medium Purchasing Volumes to obtain highest feasible savings
• Manages Purchase Orders by:
• Administering forex and hedging exposure.
• Resolving issues with suppliers
• Monitoring contractual progress.
• Controlling contract modifications and deviations
• Expediting deliveries
• Maintaining ethical customer & supplier relationships.
• Visiting suppliers and factories to enhance business relationships.
• Updating customer on progress.
• Measuring own performance against KPI’s and customer need.
• Securing an accurate audit trail.
• Participating in Supplier & Enterprise Development efforts
• Ensures effective procurement by:
• Upholding Procurement policies and procedures.
• Upholding ethical and positive relationship with external supplier base.

What You Bring 

• Qualifications:
• Diploma in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management.
• CIPS an Advantage
• Experience:
• Minimum 5 years in Procurement
• Proven experience in procurement within the Engineering, Projects, Industrial Services/Manufacturing sector.

Skills and Competencies

• Business principles
• Negotiation Skills in Procurement  
• Problem Solving & Data Driven Decision Making
• Purchasing calculations
• Communication & Collaboration
• Procurement Concepts
• eSourcing & usage of eTools
• Foreign Exchange Applications
• New Engineering Contracts
• Evaluation of RFQ’s
• Adaptability / Flexibility
• Responsibility / Accountability

Strategic Procurement  

Our mission: Delivering value along the supply chain to power progress for the business

At Procurement, our aim is to add value for Siemens Energy and its customers.

Our actions are consistently based on striving for productivity, quality, availability and digitalization.