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# Configuration & Supplier Manager (Crane Automation)

- **Company:** Siemens
- **Location:** Den Haag, Netherlands
- **Salary:** €5,000.0 - €7,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Baselining, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Document Management Systems, Embedded Software, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Visual Systems, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/job/nla24d28f8a53d2bec0c2d2056c174c8af/eaa

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, or a related field
 * Experience in configuration management within industrial automation, machinery, or complex technical systems
 * Ability to operate as a technical interface towards suppliers
 * Strong understanding of change control, baselining, system integration, and traceability
 * Structured, assertive, and communicative mindset
 * You are professionally proficient in English (Dutch is considered an advantage)

Preferred experiences:

 * Experience with crane automation, terminal automation, or heavy industrial equipment
 * Familiarity with PLC systems, industrial networks, and embedded software
 * Knowledge of sensor systems such as laser scanners, camera/vision systems and positioning systems
 * Experience supporting cybersecurity or regulatory frameworks such as ISO, IEC and machine regulation (machine safety, Cyber Resilience Act, …)
 * Comfortable working in international, project-driven environments

## Description

As Technical Configuration & Supplier Manager, you ensure the integrity, traceability, and compliance of crane automation configurations across their full lifecycle. In addition, you serve as a technical focal point towards key third-party suppliers, ensuring that externally supplied subsystems are correctly specified for harbor cranes, version controlled, documented, and compliant before they are integrated into Siemens crane solutions.
You operate at the intersection of sales, engineering, cybersecurity, quality, and procurement, enabling reliable and compliant deliveries to customers worldwide. In this role, you ensure that projects are built on a standardized foundation and support lead engineers, allowing them to focus on the technical aspects of their projects. While our 'discipline leads' govern standardization within their domains, the Technical Configuration & Supplier Manager will control the use of externally supplied subsystems. In addition, you will drive implementation of the necessary conditions to fulfill the upcoming CRA requirements and you will facilitate all teams by providing tools & methods to support configuration management.
You are someone who thrives on bringing structure and control to complex technical environments. While others focus on designing, programming, or delivering projects, you ensure that systems, suppliers, software versions, and technical documentation remain well-governed, traceable, and compliant. You are analytical by nature, highly organized, and motivated by improving processes and driving consistency across projects. At the same time, you are a strong communicator who can confidently engage with engineers, suppliers, project managers, and other stakeholders. You ask the right questions, think ahead, and proactively identify risks related to changes, compliance, and lifecycle management. With your technical curiosity and attention to detail, you enable teams around the world to deliver reliable, compliant, and future-proof crane automation solutions., Three parts of the job you will handle: Configuration management, technical interface to third party suppliers, Certification & Compliance Support. When you are doing a great job, your colleague's job will be more efficient and less administrative. Collaboration is key to ensuring technical requirements are met.

 1. Configuration Management
 * Define and manage configuration items (CI's) for crane automation subsystems
 * Establish and maintain configuration baselines for third party solutions
 * Maintain traceability between requirements, components, and deployed systems
 * Provide configuration data for audits, customer acceptance, and compliance assessments
 * Maintain overview across projects to enable configuration consistency.
 * Drive standardization of externally supplied subsystems (e.g. laser & camera systems and software solutions)
 * Manage obsolescence and compatibility risks for new and delivered projects
 * Assess the impact of supplier and software changes on projects and installed base

 2. Technical Interface to Third-Party Suppliers
 * Propose products and subsystems based on functional and technical requirements and act as a technical filter between supplier offerings and engineering needs
 * Ensure supplier deliverables are technically consistent with Siemens architecture and correctly versioned and documented
 * Review and assess supplier changes, releases, and lifecycle information
 * Ensure license compliance across projects and deliveries and align licensing topics with suppliers, engineering, and procurement
 * Monitor technical developments and keep the cranes team updated

 3. CRA: Certification & Compliance Support
 * Support Crane systems compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) through controlled configuration and traceability
 * Ensure linkage between SBOMs, supplier components, vulnerabilities, patches, and released crane configurations
 * Provide accurate configuration data for incident and vulnerability reporting
 * Maintain auditable evidence for CE marking, conformity assessments, and regulatory reviews
 * Ensure supplier certificates and documentation required for CRA, ISO, and other standards
 * Chase missing compliance evidence and identify alternatives where required
 * Support CRA obligations such as product support and customer update notifications

Continuous Improvement on tools & processes

 * Govern correct usage of configuration-related tools such as PLM, ALM, version control, and document management systems
 * Drive continuous improvement of configuration and supplier governance processes
 * Optimize tool usage and reduce administrative load on lead engineers and discipline leads


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