Tag: Siemens

Company: Siemens

Location: Concord, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:17:53 GMT

Job description: Job Description:Change the future with us.We are looking for dedicated and talented people who tackle ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. We embrace change and work with curious minds re-inventing the future of work. Join us and let us focus together on what’s truly important: making lives better with new ideas and the latest technology around the world.Earn while you learn.Are you only a year from finishing school and looking for an exciting career opportunity with Siemens? Our unique Dual Education program prepares you for future leadership roles in the company. The Siemens Certified Education & Talent Academy (SCETA) program combines theory and practice in a work-integrated learning program (WILP) geared towards technical and professional students. It offers students a wide array of technical, interpersonal, and business acumen training and places them in roles within various industry units within Siemens Canada.The SCETA program starts with a 3-week paid orientation, and students complete two summer work terms beginning in May 2025. Once their SCETA terms are complete, proficient students may be hired full-time with Siemens.

• Term 1: May 5 – August 29, 2025
• Term 2: May 1 – September 30, 2026
• Opportunity to work part-time during the school year based on availability and business requirements
• An increase in compensation in Term 2 to reflect your experience and contribution
• Opportunity for growth within our company
• The hiring business unit sets regular working hours.
• Students MUST be willing to work for Siemens for both consecutive summers.

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work-life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast-evolving, cutting-edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Competitive total rewards package
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2024, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2024 and Greater Toronto’s Top Employers 2022.What will you do?We are currently looking for a Commodity Management Intern who would report directly to our Head of Procurement in our Concord, ON, location to ensure strategic procurement for the assigned commodities to achieve the best Total Cost of Ownership.The Commodity Management Professional plays a key role in managing the procurement of materials to meet business needs. This involves working with suppliers, analyzing markets, supporting cost-saving initiatives, and collaborating with various teams to optimize processes and strategies. The role provides an opportunity to develop critical supply chain management and procurement skills while contributing to organizational success.

• Source materials that meet customer requirements by balancing cost, quality, and on-time delivery. Support efforts to identify the most efficient suppliers while ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
• Contribute to cost reduction efforts by supporting negotiations, implementing savings measures, and collaborating on procurement strategies to achieve material cost targets.
• Assist in market research by analyzing trends and supplier capabilities, providing insights that guide sourcing decisions and help identify innovative opportunities in the supply chain.
• Support supplier management processes, including evaluation, qualification, and development, to build and maintain relationships with reliable, high-performing partners.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Product Management, and Procurement teams to align supplier selection and materials sourcing with business objectives and product development needs.
• Help monitor and improve procurement processes by using globally defined methods, tools, and systems to ensure efficiency and compliance with procurement guidelines.
• Provide input for ongoing projects by assessing material requirements, analyzing costs, and identifying potential savings to optimize project outcomes.
• Support sourcing decisions by preparing cost analyses, benchmarking supplier options, and evaluating system architectures to ensure competitive pricing and reliable supply.
• Participate actively in workshops and supplier negotiations by contributing data-driven insights, such as cost breakdowns and market trends, to achieve the best value for the organization.

What will you need to succeed?

• Pursuing a Business Administration or Engineering degree or Diploma in Supply Chain
• Experience in procurement, contract, and supplier management is an asset.
• Understanding of various supplier manufacturing technology and processes, supplier controls and industry standards is an asset.
• The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and quality-related documents is an asset.
• Specialized knowledge of these specific commodities (electronic manufacturing services, printed circuit boards, integrated circuits, metal fabrication/machining, plastic molding, etc.) is an asset.
• Strong collaboration, persuasion/influencing abilities, project management skills, and the ability to drive supplier change projects on a cross-functional basis.
• Having negotiation and influencing skills with suppliers, with demonstrative results in securing competitive pricing and overall terms and conditions is an asset.
• Experience in souring parts for product development is an asset.
• Familiarity with MS Office and SAP is an asset.
• Possessing commercial, technical and digital skills is an asset.
• You have a growth mindset with a passion for learning.
• You are agile and technically savvy, with a knack for generating solutions.
• You are a creative thinker with a unique ability to be resourceful.

About us.We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.Siemens Canada is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose, adding real value for customers since 1912. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power. As of September 30, 2023, the company has approximately 4,200 employees from coast-to-coast and 33 office and production facilities across Canada. Siemens Canada has a revenue of ~ CAD $2Billion.To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website atWhile we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.Siemens is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, Siemens Canada will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.By submitting personal information to Siemens Canada Limited or its affiliates, service providers and agents, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of such information for the purposes described in our Privacy Notice available at .Siemens s’engage à créer un environnement diversifié et est fière d’être un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Sur demande, Siemens Canada prendra des mesures d’accommodement raisonnables pour les personnes handicapées, dans le but de soutenir la participation des candidats dans tous les aspects du processus de recrutement. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour ce poste.En transmettant des renseignements personnels à Siemens Canada limitée ou à ses sociétés affiliées, à ses fournisseurs de services ou à ses agents, vous nous autorisez à recueillir, à utiliser et à divulguer ces renseignements aux fins prévues dans notre Déclaration de protection de la confidentialité, que vous pouvez consulter au .