Are you ready to shape the future of manufacturing and innovation? Join our dynamic team at the Digital Industries Motion Control Factory in Nanjing as a Senior Procurement Engineer !

At Siemens, Procurement is far more than just a support function – it's a strategic powerhouse that drives innovation, sustainability, and competitive advantage. By integrating Procurement and our invaluable supplier network early into the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), product development, and manufacturing lifecycles, we unlock incredible opportunities.

Through this proactive collaboration, we effectively reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by optimizing costs from the ground up, enhance Supply Chain Resilience by building robust and adaptable supply chains, and accelerate Innovation by bringing cutting-edge solutions to markets faster.

We empower smarter design decisions, champion sustainable material choices, and foster agile manufacturing strategies by integrating supplier capabilities and market insights right from the start. Your role will be key in aligning with cross-functional partners and internal stakeholders, ensuring that our supplier selections are not only cost-efficient but also future-ready.

As a Senior Procurement Engineer, you will be instrumental in ensuring early involvement of Procurement and suppliers across the entire product journey – from PLM and development to manufacturing. You'll monitor current products to minimize costs, enhance resilience, and drive innovation and sustainability, all while expertly managing interfaces with product development functions. Your leadership will guide cross-functional teams in sourcing the right materials and defining/implementing SNC's material sourcing strategy to meet our growing demands.

In this role, you will:

• Drive Early Procurement Involvement: Actively engage with portfolio management before R&D activities commence. Take an active role in product development and manufacturing to ensure all supplier interactions enhance resilience, innovation, and sustainability, reduce complexity, and achieve ambitious product cost targets.

• Foster Strategic Collaboration: Build strong partnerships with the R&D community, product management, and PLM teams. Internally, you'll drive collaboration across procurement functions, including Commodity Managers, Local Buyers, and CVEs (Cost Value Engineers).

• Align and Deploy Strategy: Ensure seamless alignment between product and procurement strategies, with your procurement strategy actively supporting the PLM team's ambitions, including sustainability and innovation goals. You'll introduce technology roadmaps and facilitate cross-functional discussions, ensuring sourcing decisions align with procurement and safeguard security strategies.

• Ensure Material Resilience in Design: Drive material localization and the development/introduction of second sources to optimize our supplier base. Support R&D in component selection during the design phase and secure material availability for new components in new projects before mass production.

• Lead Early Supplier Involvement: Organize and lead innovation workshops and concept competitions/projects to achieve the best cost-benefit position and harness external expertise.

• Advance Sustainability Goals: Consult with and inspire development teams to design and implement sustainable solutions in product design and procurement. Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to co-develop products that meet stringent sustainability criteria and standards (e.g., RED KPIs and ECO criteria). Implement Carbon Shadow Pricing to integrate the environmental impact of products and materials into procurement decisions.

We're looking for a dedicated professional with:

• Strong project management skills combined with a solid technical background

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Proficiency in cost structure and cost driver analysis

• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes across the entire supply chain

• Advanced experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes

• Expertise in strategic procurement fundamentals, including productivity, resilience, and supplier management

• Demonstrated intercultural experience and a strong customer-oriented mindset

• Proven ability to thrive in agile, virtual, and intercultural team environments

• A proactive and effective communication style

• Fluency in English

• Diverse and inclusive culture, doing the work you like with people who appreciate it.

• Systematic career development platform, various training courses, and online learning resources for you to help you tailor your growth path based on your strengths.

• 12 days+ annual leaves, with additional benefits such as Christmas leave.

• Generous benefits package, long-term care corporate annuity plan, flexible allocation of commercial insurance, employee stock sharing matching plan for mutual growth, etc.

At Siemens, we are human enthusiasts with a diverse set of backgrounds, skills, interests, and needs, united in a unique mission to create a better society. We believe in a culture of diversity and inclusion, reflecting a society with various backgrounds, nationalities, expertise, and mindsets. Here, you'll find trust and freedom to excel. Here, you'll find peers, mentors, and savvy people, for co-creating and growing. If you have curiosity, breakthroughs, and creativity, looking for an equal opportunity to grow and unleash your full potential, join us, bring your authentic self, and transform the everyday with us.