Trainee procurement Jobs in Essen

Project Manager (f/m/d) for Procurement Cost Control

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Project Manager (f/m/d) for Procurement Cost Control, you will work closely with the management team of GS D Procurement, GCO, Project Management and controlling. Your role is essential to monitor and forecast cost development for future projects. You will work with supply chain to mitigate cost increases, manage risks and secure capacity. The coordination and management of strategic supply chain projects will also be in your scope if they relate these objectives.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Establish, maintain, and actively manage cost baselines, procurement budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Orion and related future projects
• Provide cost-impact assessments for scope changes, supplier agreements, sourcing decisions, and supply chain risks, translating findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders
• Drive cost-saving initiatives and risk-mitigation actions together with commodity managers, project management, finance, engineering, and supply chain teams
• Use SAP and other procurement tools to extract, validate, and analyze cost data, while improving data integrity and reporting efficiency across procurement systems
• Prepare transparent cost reports, dashboards, and stakeholder updates for the PMO and management team, and guide colleagues on cost analysis and reporting tasks

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field, combined with strong project cost-control and procurement knowledge
• Significant senior-professional experience in project cost control, financial analysis, procurement, or a comparable environment
• Proven ability to manage costs and budgets in complex project or manufacturing contexts, including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and risk evaluation
• Advanced skills in ERP and procurement systems, preferably SAP MM, plus strong analytical capability and confidence using data-visualization tools such as Power BI
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder-management, strategic-thinking, influencing, and process-improvement skills across procurement, finance, project management, and supply chain interfaces
• Professional fluency in 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.