Sourcing manager - Engineering Commodities, EMEA Region

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At Wabtec Corporation, we move and improve the world. We are a global technology leader and supplier of equipment, services and digital solutions to the rail, mining, marine, stationary power and drilling industries. Our innovations help customers deliver goods and services with greater speed and savings using our advanced manufacturing techniques and digitally connected machines.

We are searching for a Sourcing manager to lead the Engineered Systems commodity (pneumatics, filtration, bearings, electric motors) across EMEA region

LocationThe role could be located at any EU countries where the Wabtec manufacturing site is in place. The preferred locations: Poland (Katy Wroclawskie), Czech Republic (Plzen), Macedonia (Scopje), Germany, Spain, Italy

COMMODITY MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLIER PANEL

• Establishes / declines strategy for assigned commodity, incl. Make or Buy
• Develops technical and regional / supplier market intelligence for his/her commodities
• Is responsible for implementing the strategy through panel policy for assigned commodity
• Builds / qualifies / develops / manages the regional supplier panel for assigned commodity, incl. rationalization of panel
• Defines and deploys supplier risk assessments & sole, single, dual sourcing plans
• Drives Supplier performance review
• Defines raw material strategy

SRM

• Drives and monitors the selection process of new suppliers

BUDGET / FORECAST

• Builds budget, forecast, STRAP for assigned commodity
• Monitors PPI savings on a monthly basis, drive action plans

RFQ (off cycle and serial life)

• Manages RFQ, offer evaluation, negotiation & contracting: frame agreements, off cycle and serial life contracts
• Optimizes PO payment terms and implement supplier RPA

PROJECT SOURCING

• Provides supplier vendor list to project buyers before RFQ
• Is responsible for Contracting for suppliers that are new for the site
• Contributes to final negotiations, ensuring leverage of scale effect across other ongoing projects
• Validates supplier selection from project buyers, participate to Project Sourcing Committee

OPERATIONAL

• Drives sourcing competitiveness initiatives for existing / standard parts, e.g. technical savings with Engineering, RFQ benchmark
• Is responsible for re-sourcing in serial life
• Is responsible for contract amendments and renegotiations
• Intervenes in major supplier issues escalated (after threshold to site sourcing specialist): COPQ / claims negotiations

PROFILE

• Extensive expertise on the commodity assigned : Engineering Systems & Pneumatics (hydraulic, filtration..)
• Purchasing professional with minimum of 5 years of experience
• Experience in a globalized industrial environment and project sourcing
• Fluent in English, Other languages is a plus
• Skilled multi-cultural negotiator
• Written and oral communications skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Professional Suite
• Frequent travel trip (~ 30-50%)

Kindly ask you apply with CV in English language.

Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations.