Global Commodity Manager for Metal Structures & Poles

About us

Siemens Mobility
Siemens Mobility provides solutions in the field of integrated transport and logistics and in the field of low-cost and environment friendly transport.

Job description, responsibilities and duties

If you really want to make a difference – make it with us.
Siemens Mobility in Slovakia is a fast growing company employing more than 700 employees, operating in Bratislava and Žilina in Engineering, IT, Automation, Sales and Service projects.
Your role will be:
• Your way leads you into the central global purchasing department of our business unit for railway infrastructure.
• Your way leads you into the central global purchasing department of our business unit for railway infrastructure.
• You will work as global commodity manager for mechanical components
• You will independently negotiate and conclude contracts for complex projects with suppliers in global business divisions
• You will identify, qualify, and develop top performing suppliers on a global scale, build a portfolio for preferred suppliers and optimize their performance continuously
• You will lead and manage an interdisciplinary task force under consideration of regional divisions
• As a go to person you will be responsible for clarification and escalation cases and will maintain an active risk management
• You will initiate, develop, and implement cost reduction solutions with our internal techn. crossfunctions

Required education, skills and personality requirements

Required education
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Educational Specialization
Economy, Finance

Language skills

Number of years of experience
5

Personality requirements and skills
• You hold a university degree (master's degree / diploma) in a commercial or engineering discipline
• You have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in strategic procurement
• You understand technical contexts well and your business actions are structured and solution-oriented
• You have strong communication skills and you are fluent in English and German
• You gained user knowledge of MS Office and SAP R3
• You have a wide-ranged practical experience in negotiation management
• Analytical thinking combined with conceptual and methodical abilities

We offer

• Training and development program (business and product trainings, e-learning, language courses, soft skills trainings, etc.)
• Flexible working time (home office portion from working time by agreement)
• Extra days-off (bridge days, sick days)
• Health program (contracted wellness providers, sport centres, salary reimbursement in case of illness)
• Social benefits programs (teambuildings)
• Family care program (subsidy for newborns, maternity leave, kinder gardens, summer camps)
• Retention program (work anniversary, life anniversary, additional pension plan, employee loans)
• Employee referral program

Don't have a resume ready? Or do you need more information?
Write to me: [email protected] or you can contact me via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenka-hudecov%C3%A1-3514a3129/
I will be happy to keep in touch with you for future cooperation.