Expert Procurement Contract Manager (f/m/d) (Contract Life Cycle Management)

A Snapshot of Your Day

As Procurement Contract Manager / Expert Contract Lifecycle Manager (f/m/d), you will shape how contracts are created, negotiated, managed and digitalized for large international power plant projects across GS SO. You will act as the central authority and coach for contractual excellence within Project Procurement and ensure that our contract landscape is standardized, compliant, efficient and futureproof.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Own, maintain and continuously improve procurement contract standards (project-specific and framework agreements); Ensure alignment with latest Siemens Energy corporate, legal and compliance requirements; Translate corporate requirements or projects specifics into pragmatic, project-usable contract templates and clauses
• Act as first escalation point for complex contractual questions within procurement; Coach and support project procurement managers, buyers and commodity managers in drafting project specific contracts and in complex legal questions during negotiations. Enable procurement colleagues to apply contract standards confidently and correctly in a project environment
• Promote best practices in contract structuring, risk allocation and negotiation strategies; Act as process designer for Contract Lifecycle Management in procurement, ensure project procurement perspective and requirements, especially contract configuration related to a content/databased solution
• Define and optimize end-to-end CLM processes (customer requirements, project standards, individual contracts and amendments)
• Shape and drive the implementation and roll-out of the CLM tool within project procurement organizations. Translate business needs into functional CLM requirements. Coordinate training for procurement and cross-functions (Legal, PM, Engineering, SCM)
• Drive CLM App enhancements and process automation to increase efficiency and transparency by continuously improving data quality, reporting and contract visibility across the lifecycle; Build a strong network across procurement, legal and (commercial) project management

What You Bring

• Degree in Business Administration, Law, Industrial Engineering or comparable; Strong qualification in commercial law and contract management
• Long-term professional experience in complex contract creation and negotiation in an international project environment, ideally in: Project procurement, EPC / large infrastructure projects, industrial or capital goods environment.
• Proven experience working with or implementing CLM apps or digital contract processes
• Solid understanding of process design and optimization
• Recognized senior contract expert with a strong coaching and advisory mindset; High affinity for processes, leveraging AI and digitalization
• Strong communication skills across seniority levels and functions, professional fluency in German and English

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
• We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
• In relation to the 'compatibility of family and work', we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.