Siemens Energy
"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.
About the Role
Location
Germany
Bayern
Erlangen
- Country: Germany
- State/Province/County: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- City: Muelheim an der Ruhr
- Country: Germany
- State/Province/County: 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
Experienced Professional
A Snapshot of Your Day
Join Siemens Energy as a Senior Negotiation Lead (f/m/d) in our Corporate Strategic Procurement Department, where you will be instrumental in shaping and executing high-stakes negotiation strategies that drive significant value for the company. Imagine being the go-to expert for complex negotiations, providing both hands-on and strategic guidance to transform settings and outcomes. Each day, you will engage in impactful negotiations, optimize supplier agreements, and enhance procurement processes. Your expertise will directly influence our corporate procurement strategies, making a meaningful contribution to Siemens Energy’s mission of reimagining energy for a sustainable world.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Collaborate with our commodity managers to prepare, develop, and implement negotiation strategies that optimize supplier agreements, achieving significant impact through cost optimization and cost recovery
- Act as a lead-negotiator in challenging negotiations with key suppliers to achieve favorable terms and conditions
- Establish a negotiation competence hub in collaboration with colleagues, serving the needs of a globally operating blue-chip company
- Validate and shape how negotiation targets and outcomes are defined; Collaborate cross-functionally to align negotiation strategies with overall procurement objectives and advise Procurement executives
- Provide guidance and training to the procurement team on negotiation standard processes
- Engage with our commodity managers to ensure that negotiation outcomes and lessons learned are feedback into respective corporate procurement strategies
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field
- Extensive hands-on experience in high-stakes negotiations as a senior negotiator in strategic procurement, backed by a proven record of success
- In-depth understanding of negotiation principles, practices, and procedures; Proven ability to lead complex negotiations, consistently achieving favorable outcomes
- Superior analytical and strategic thinking capabilities; Outstanding communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to coach and challenge colleagues across different levels of seniority
- Experience in building strong internal networks and effectively advocating for ideas within the organization
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 global 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.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo.
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 programs 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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