Category Manager (f/m/d) Mechanical Components

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG and has been a leading supplier in the field of mobility for over 160 years. Our core business includes rail vehicles, rail automation and electrification solutions, turnkey systems and related services. We have always been very innovative in making traveling faster, safer and more comfortable. Today, we need new solutions to new challenges such as climate change and rising populations worldwide. That's what drives us. That's why we shape mobility with passion, always being one step ahead. Through digitalization, we make infrastructures smart and create opportunities that get us from A to B sustainably and seamlessly. Our 38,200 employees are pioneers in mobility who help to keep the world moving.

 Become part of our dedicated team and provide impulses for sustainable and efficient mobility. You will be responsible for the material field strategy and procurement for a commodity in the field of mechanical components for innovative rail vehicles - from welded assemblies and GRP components to state-of-the-art air conditioning systems for the ICE.

Main responsibilities:

• You will lead a cross-functional team to develop the optimal technical solutions together with our suppliers during the development phase and to break up single-source situations in existing projects.
• Moreover, you will be responsible for designing procurement strategies using game theory methods in order to achieve the optimum cost/benefit position for projects.
• You will manage suppliers in terms of performance and quality and implement supplier development measures on your own initiative.
• Further, you will analyze global procurement markets and identify suppliers, capacities, and technologies.
• Also, you will consistently and proactively drive forward the topics of digitalization and process optimization in your area of responsibility.

Key qualifications:

• The basis for your success is a technical or scientific degree (Master's/Diploma).
• In addition, you will convince us with many years of professional experience in international strategic purchasing, alternatively in international technical project management.
• You have gained this expertise in a technical business field.
• As a result, you have expert knowledge of SAP and common data analysis methods (e.g., CELONIS).
• Also, you have extensive experience in managing cross-functional teams in an international context.
• You feel at home in an intercultural environment and are business fluent in English.

Join us and enjoy following benefits:

• Up to 33 days of holidays/year
• Flexible working hours (fix part from 10AM to 2PM)
• Company kindergarten near the workplace in Prague and Ostrava
• Home office to support your work-life balance 
• Annual budget of CZK 24,000 or 48,000 (depending on seniority) in our Cafeteria to be used for various leisure activities

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Office address: CZ, Prague 5 - Stodulky, Siemensova 1

If you need more details, please, contact me at the following e-mail address: simona.muckova@siemens.com

Thank you!

 

Please, kindly note, that we are currently accepting for our open roles only candidates, who can start immediately, which means they are eligible to work in the Czech Republic.