Embark on a thrilling journey at the forefront of the high-speed rail revolution with Siemens Mobility. As the heartbeat of innovation in Rail Automation, we are transforming the transportation landscape in America. Picture a future where your expertise in digitalization shapes the destiny of mass transit and freight systems, enhancing safety, punctuality, reliability, and sustainability across the tracks. This historic moment is a foundation for a new industry and a remarkable High-Speed rail project that will serve as the blueprint for how we can repeat this model throughout the country.

We invite you to join our dynamic Las Vegas, NV, team as a Junior Project Procurement Manager (Jr PPM) for sustainable high-speed rail projects and play a pivotal role in shaping America's infrastructure. You will drive cradle to grave supply chain management activities in collaboration with multi-functional teams to achieve outcomes that align with the overall project objectives while demonstrating impactful functional excellence, including contract execution, supplier schedule alignment, and project execution. It is also essential to be a detail oriented teammate as well as a strategic and analytical problem solver who is adept at managing capacity constraints, procurement challenges, and supplier development.

What your day-to-day will look like:

Contract Execution:

• Assist project procurement managers with tactical contract execution.
• Establish accountability with suppliers and champion local supplier development initiatives to meet quality, sustainability, and innovation specifications.
• Integrate customer requirements and innovative solutions from suppliers during bidding and project execution.
• Manage all supplier contracts throughout project execution to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.

Supplier Schedule Alignment:

• Collaborate with cross-functional team to identify and mitigate delivery risks for domestic and international shipments.
• Appropriately escalate supply chain risks through the proper channels to avoid impacts to the project.
• Maintain delivery schedules and hold suppliers accountable for delivering per contractual obligations.

Partner Management and Team Leadership:

• Identify and achieve cost-saving opportunities in project procurement to optimize budget impact, availability, and quality.
• Complete and monitor purchases, ensuring that the total cost of ownership is optimized for all goods, services, and equipment.
• Build relationships with suppliers, partners, and internal team members to achieve project and business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with local and offshore cross-functional teams to align on requirements, priorities, schedules, and technical solutions.

These responsibilities encompass strategic and operational aspects of procurement, risk management, supplier development, and partner engagement to achieve supply chain excellence and project success.

To thrive in this role, it's important to have:

• Desire to learn and grow in procurement in the evolving High Speed Rail business on large-scale infrastructure projects
• 0-5 years experience as a Procurement professional
• Degree in Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Collaboration, negotiation, and interpersonal skills in engaging with US and European cross-functional partners.

The future of high-speed rail is not just a destination – we're setting out on a thrilling expedition, and you are invited to be a key player in this groundbreaking narrative! Are you ready to join our team and redefine the pulse of transportation in America?

This career may be based in Las Vegas, NV, Pittsburgh, PA, Louisville, KY, or remote.

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