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Project Procurement Management Professional- Rolling Stock - Sacramento California
Company: Siemens Mobility Location: Sacramento, California
Posted On: 05/13/2024
Siemens Mobility provides efficient and coordinated transportation of people and goods by rail - including rolling stock, rail automation, rail electrification, and service. We craft and manufacture across the entire spectrum of rolling stock, including commuter and regional passenger trains, light rail and streetcars, metros, locomotives, passenger coaches, and high-speed trainsets. Cities and Railroads also rely on us to provide traction-power substations and electricity transmission, as well as signaling and control technology for freight and passenger rail and transit systems. The purpose of the Project Procurement Manager role is to handle all procurement-required planning, execution, control, and closeout activities for assigned projects. Responsible for leading and handling one or more sophisticated projects to deliver the agreed scope within planned quality, time, and cost parameters to satisfy the specified project requirements. Supporting the overall business case, targeted margins, and cash flow objectives. You will work towards your goals by demonstrating a clear understanding of the project business structure, good and proactive communication skills, an ambitious attitude, and the ability to multitask and coordinate with various functions. Responsibilities: - Getting involved early within the project at the proposal stage, to drive material cost optimization and develop an outstanding sourcing strategy for bids.
- Establishing material budgets and supervising costs through the project execution phase.
- Clearly define the supply chain. Crafting and maintaining project procurement plans, assuring outstanding supply chain execution throughout the entire project, and detailing and presenting the supply chain strategy to cross-functional project teams.
- Understanding the scope of supply and customer contract agreements, performing risk analysis preparing for negotiations with suppliers identifying supply chain risks, and supervising the supply chain during project execution to avoid potential issues/risks.
- Coordinating with various commodity managers both locally and globally for supplier negotiations to ensure optimization of project spend. Coordinate Supplier meetings for Design-to-Cost workshops. Work with Suppliers, Engineering, and Supply Chain on cost-cutting measures.
- Develop RFQ templates based on Project requirements and coordinate RFQ activities with the Procurement Team.
- Implementing professional sourcing processes coordinating procurement activities to ensure the supply base meets the project's cost, delivery, and quality requirements and proactively driving procurement strategies in the project process- pooling, bundling, crafting to cost, etc.
- Present overall Supply Chain status to Upper Management within the global organization, including the status of Engineering releases, RFQ status, Purchase Order status, FAI status, and deliveries. Collaborate with Siemens Headquarters in Europe to access the European supplier base.
- Ensure effective and open communications throughout the project team and stakeholders.
- Identify, address, and lead critical Supplier situations during each Project phase, such as capacity issues, delivery issues, financial issues, etc. Develop prioritization plans for suppliers.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience: - Bachelor's degree- focus on supply chain or engineering discipline desirable
- 5+ years of project experience
- Proven broad supply chain knowledge
- Proven solid understanding /experience of Microsoft Office applications
- Demonstrated solid communication and listening skills
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills
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