Procurement Engineer

Siemens is a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. They are seeking a Procurement Engineer to be involved in product development, sourcing, and procurement processes to optimize costs and improve supply-chain efficiency for assigned products. The role emphasizes early supplier integration, market analysis, and collaboration with internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Early Procurement Involvement: Be actively involved in the product development/ manufacturing process and pushing forward cost reduction measures (design to cost, target costing, standardization, Value Engineering, etc.) to achieve the target costs for materials and reduce the overall material costs by fulfilling the necessary functions. Closely align with R&D/ Engineering community, PLM, Commodity Managers, Buyers
• Early Supplier Integration: Include suppliers and conduct cost-benefit analysis workshops, innovation workshops and concept competitions with key suppliers in order to concentrate on the key functions of the components/products
• Analysis: Conduct and provide market information/ analysis on relevant global technologies and price trends in order to develop new competent suppliers and new technologies in the supply chain
• Alignment of Technology Roadmaps: Introduce and follow up given cross-functional Procurement strategies to ensure the linkage of commodity strategies and technological market trends
• Strategy alignment: Support activities planned by the lines of business in order to harmonize and implement the technological line-of-business strategies with procurement strategies
• Strategy deployment: Drive sourcing decisions with interface partners in order to incorporate technological knowhow and safeguard security strategies
• Business support: Provide input for supplier quotes optimization, BoM assessment, lead time reduction and on-time improvement
• Supplier Quality: Develop suppliers from the engineering standpoint (if necessary, jointly with interface partners), conduct suppliers audit and support SQM/ SQC initiatives of suppliers
• Knowledge management: Participate in workgroups in order to stay informed and keep others informed and exert influence from an early stage

Skills

• 5 - 7+ years' experience in Electromechanical / Mechatronics product engineering, R&D, manufacturing or technical procurement
• Skilled in supplier interfacing, communication with supplier and project management
• Ability to understand product / component design and discuss it with suppliers to optimize for manufacture
• Graduate in Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to travel 10%
• Ability to analyze material cost breakdowns and accuracy based on market values through strong analytical skills
• Advanced technical skills assessing supplier capabilities
• Experience of complex problem resolution
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Global mindset & good networking skills
• Self-determined and goal oriented, strategic, proactive and team player with the drive to implement changes

Company Overview

• Siemens empowers customers to transform the industries that form the backbone of economies: industry, transportation, buildings and grids. It was founded in 1847, and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, DEU, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.siemens.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Siemens has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 20 in 2025, 26 in 2024, 24 in 2023, 26 in 2022, 37 in 2021, 36 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.