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Preferred locations: Piossasco (Italy), Amiens (France), Hosur (India)
Who will you be working with?
Reporting to the “PL Sourcing Director”, you will work closely with suppliers and colleagues from different countries with the objective to drive product standardization & competiveness.
How will you make a difference?
As a Domain Leader Brake Control / Pneumatic & Air, you will be responsible for product standardization & competitiveness and for external spend competitiveness in standard product and bid.
What will your typical day look like?
OFF CYCLE: COMPETITIVENESS OF STANDARD PRODUCT
Set up standard product BOM within PL product portfolio and accountable for its evolution
Establish sourcing strategy for the PL: preferred suppliers for standard product, (based on regional Commodity panels), supplier localization constraints (incl. LCC%)
Drive savings plan by involving / challenging suppliers, commodity buyers, engineering and operations on technical levers: e.g. (re) design to cost, Make-or-buy
Influence specification convergence across PL projects, push to use carry over components
Accountable for cost improvement plan for standard Products (regarding sourcing cross purchasing commodities) and coordinates activities to reach standard products material cost targets defined by the product management
Build and deploy cost modelling toolbox: e.g. historical database of PL tenders / projects, tender checklist
Coordinate sourcing across sites of his / her PL
Inform the Product Manager about obsolescence, supplier IP related issues
Manage & challenge all the Upstream activities
Obsolete components management and anticipation
Attendance at local product platform and R&D meetings and local product platform and R&D reviews
PCR & ECR management: to manage and execute « major changes » (e.g. major design, process or technical changes)
BID
Accountable for Bid sourcing competitiveness
Challenge and validate Bid BOM defined by project buyers
Consolidate REX from previous projects and take them into account in the tender costing phase
Systematize early supplier involvement / supplier co-development for bids
What do we want to know about you?
Degree in Engineering is considered a plus
+6 years of experience in Purchasing
Experience in a globalized matrix industrial environment
Fluent in English
Good proficiency with Excel and data analysis skills
Written and oral communications skills
Skilled multi-cultural negotiator
Leadership skills
Availability to travel (40%)
Kindly ask you apply with CV in English language.
Legal authorization to work in EU is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
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Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
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