Siemens Energy Inc. is seeking a Head of Procurement – Switchgears Americas & Supply Chain Manager in Richland, MS to lead all areas of Supply Chain Management (procurement, materials management, supplier development) for Switchgears Americas Cluster (SGA) cluster. Define and implement strategies to deliver business objectives in the areas of procurement. Drive materials savings thru vendor negotiations and alternate sourcing strategies. Define commodity strategy for cluster by bundling commodities. Procurement of material as per customer delivery /manufacturing plan for DT Circuit breakers, CPV & live tank breakers considering supplier lead time for standard material. Enhance supplier capacity in line with cluster growth (E.g. Jupiter) or delivery constraint. Provide support in defining global strategies for various commodities and participate in overseas negotiations. Drive localization/regionalization to get price advantages. Define alternate source development action to minimize business risk. Handle escalation management for material availability. Minimize inventory investments without causing inventory stockouts. Develop alternate vendors/source to minimize the purchasing related risks considering geopolitical situations. Work with engineering team to support engineering design change savings. Manage transactional purchasing function and staff to drive efficiencies. Work with quality organization to hold supply base responsible for non-conforming materials. Work with supply base to reduce lead times and logistic costs. Prepare adhoc reporting for both US and German headquarters. Act as change agent in procurement. Lead overall productivity program (material). Work with cross functional teams to deliver superior business results. Build, train and motivate teams for SGA cluster. 30% domestic/international travel required.

Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field and 8 years of experience. Full term of experience must include: high voltage products; SF6 leak proof casting development; high voltage products/component development from 72.5 kV - up to 550 kV product; knowledge of high voltage product sub-assemblies & assembly line design and implementation; strategic and operational procurement; operational management & business excellence skills; productivity program management; commodity knowledge required for products like Insulating parts, current transformers, composites insulator; quality management; and vendor development meeting/exceeding IEEE standards. 30% domestic and international travel required.

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