Head of (f/m/d) Operational Procurement Blades & Vanes, Berlin
Your day as Head of Operational Procurement Berlin begins with a short virtual check-in with your Buyers and MRP Planners to align on priorities, urgent material needs, and critical supplier updates. Afterwards, you participate in the daily production coordination meeting, aligning with planning, manufacturing, and logistics to ensure material availability for upcoming builds.
Later in the morning, you join a delivery review meeting with internal customers, such as project managers or production leads. Together, you go through key delivery dates, identify potential supply bottlenecks, and agree on mitigation measures for any upcoming risks.
Midday, you attend a weekly KPI session with your manager, presenting updates on delivery performance, backlog reduction, and supplier responsiveness. Lead and develop a team of Buyers, MRP Planners and warehouse staff
Supporting Siemens Energy’s growth plan by stringently executing contracts, following up-on capacity expansion initiatives, optimizing logistics and ensuring on-time delivery
Collaborate closely with production, logistics, and strategic procurement. Establish supplier relationships with key supplier representatives, supporting escalations.
Developing and optimizing state-of-the-art global procurement process and KPIs in alignment with Central Procurement guidelines and interfaces.
Building and developing a high-performing operative procurement team, which “owns” the supply chain and support implementation of digitalization and automation initiatives.
Leadership and Team Management: Focused, driven and empathetic leadership skills cultivating an ownership culture and “One Team” mindset in collaboration with cross-functions. Experience in Supply Chain Management: Several years of experience in operational procurement, ideally in a leadership role.
Vendor and Supplier Management: Structured, analytical, and solution-oriented working style with solid knowledge of SAP (especially MM and MRP processes) and procurement workflows.
Project Management: Proven track record of leading and implementing complex supply chain projects and initiatives. Experience in developing and introducing procurement processes in a global organization including alignment across different locations.
Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. 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.
Rewards/Benefits
In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer‑financed company pension scheme
The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. 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