Project Procurement Manager

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Global Project Procurement Manager (PPM), as part of the Project Core Team starting from the project tender through until handover to warranty, oversees the complete project procurement (including Onshore-/Regional Scope, Civil, Erection) and identifies / drives / implements solutions for the project.   The PPM is a single point of contact who is knowledgeable and able to apply the full procurement process value add. Driving for best competitive solutions aligning with all relevant x-functions.  The PPM oversees and steers procurement relevant aspects during the whole Project Lifecycle and defines the Sourcing Strategy alongside the Project Core Team / Procurement Community and closely links it to the overall projectstrategy.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Act as Sub-Project Manager Procurement in cross-functional, international teams delivering multi-million-euro energy transition and decarbonization projects; represent procurement in strategically important tender and execution phases.
• Define and align the procurement strategy with the Project Core Team and Procurement Community across the full project lifecycle, ensuring early implementation of tailored sourcing strategies (incl. price escalation models and robust supplier offers) and regional collaboration models for on-/offshore scopes.
• Manage procurement-relevant tender and award activities by reviewing customer contracts, setting and tracking project-specific goals (budget, controlling data, on-time delivery), and ensuring the use of qualified suppliers.
• Optimize bid calculations and execution budgets through procurement levers, sourcing strategies, and close collaboration with engineering to drive cost-out initiatives.
• Monitor market developments, perform supply scope and risk analyses, mitigate risks, lead supplier negotiations (including non-managed fields), and translate back-to-back requirements into project-specific supplier contracts.
• Control procurement activities and resources, collaborate with key stakeholders (e.g., engineering, scheduling, commercial management), support commodity managers, and ensure transparent reporting to project teams, customers, and management.

What You Bring

• Degree in industrial/electrical engineering, business administration (MBA), or comparable qualification, with minimum 5 years of relevant procurement or project-related experience.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and negotiation skills with a customer- and solution-oriented mindset; self-driven, confident, and collaborative team player.
• Digital mindset with excellent MS Office and SAP knowledge (PMP certification a plus), openness to AI-driven procurement solutions, and fluent English skills (German and/or French advantageous).

• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

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

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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