Project Procurement Manager - Rail Infrastructure

Company: Siemens Mobility
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: April 15, 2024

Job Description:

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 Project Procurement Manager (PPM) for sustainable high-speed rail projects and play a pivotal role in shaping America's infrastructure. You will drive sourcing and contracting activities in collaboration with multi-functional teams to achieve outcomes that align with the overall project objectives while demonstrating impactful functional excellence, including systematic supplier business award planning, developing a local supply base, and securing project deliveries about budget, schedule, and quality. It is also essential to be an execution-focused 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:

Risk Management and Supplier Development:

• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including supplier financial health, capacity limitations, and single-source dependencies.
• 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.
  Procurement Strategy and Execution:
  
  • Develop, maintain, and implement a comprehensive procurement plan with project and offshore teams.
  • Apply procurement market intelligence to optimize technical solutions and develop supplier relationships
  • 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.
    
    Partner Management and Team Leadership:
    
    
    • 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.
    • Oversee the procurement team to ensure project objectives are met, making valuable contributions and efficiency to operations.
    • Conduct management briefings and drive initiatives for project success, ensuring alignment with procurement strategies and goals.
      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:
      
      
      • 5+ years experience as a Procurement professional
      • Proven multi-year experience in managing procurement for large-scale infrastructure projects, preferably with expertise in signaling systems (or railway industry supply market scope)
      • Graduate degree in Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
      • Exceptional 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 is based in Las Vegas, NV. We offer a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees, including PTO, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement. Additional details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html . The base salary range for this position in Las Vegas, NV, is $107,500 - $145,000, and the annual incentive target is 10% of the base salary. The salary may be higher or lower depending on the budget and the candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications.
        
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