Strategic Buyer

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**Job Title: Strategic Buyer, Turbine Blades and Vanes**

**Location: Lincoln**

**A Snapshot of Your Day**

The Strategic Procurement organization at Siemens Energy is a vital part of the company's mission to optimize its competitive position through the development and implementation of effective procurement strategies. The Turbine Blade and Vanes team is responsible for the sourcing and procurement of complex supply chains for the company's gas turbines, including investment castings, machining, and coatings. This department plays a critical role in the company's service-centric strategy and has high visibility to top management.

**How You’ll Make an Impact**
- Collaborate with a global team and international suppliers across 20 different countries
- Define and execute procurement strategies that enhance security of supply, quality, and product cost
- Manage and develop a global supply chain with internal and external suppliers
- Maintain strong relationships with suppliers and their executive management
- Negotiate large volume contracts and implement innovative negotiation strategies
- Analyze the supply market and supplier capabilities to derive cost-effective solutions
- Lead and participate in interdisciplinary workgroups and projects
- Take ownership of special projects and present to Siemens Energy top management

**Your Profile**
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business or Engineering
- Extensive experience in procurement or cross-functional roles
- Knowledge of gas turbine investment casting, precision machining, or thermal coating a plus
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 15%)

Career Development Opportunities:

- A steep learning curve and direct impact on Siemens Energy's results from day one
- High visibility to top management due to the strategic importance of turbine blades and vanes to the business
- The opportunity to gain intercultural experience from working with international teams across 8 locations
- An environment that fosters personal growth and career advancement

**Who is Siemens Energy?**

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

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.

**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.