COMMODITY MANAGER CASTING & FORGING

Location: The role could be located at any EU countries where the Wabtec manufacturing site is in place. Who will you be working with? Reporting to the “Sourcing Commodity Leader, Machining, EMEA”, you will work closely with suppliers and colleagues from different countries with the objective to drive the Global strategy across our Sites in the EMEA Region. How will you make a difference? As a Commodity Manager – Casting & Forging, you will be responsible for one of the most challenging Commodities in Wabtec in terms of technical complexity, safety related aspects and diversification in terms of material/size/production technology. What will your typical day look like? 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 Manages relationship with his/her regional suppliers, be the key point of contact for regional suppliers. Drives and monitors the selection process of new suppliers. BUDGET / FORECAST Builds budget, forecast, STRAP for assigned commodity. Monitors PPI savings monthly, 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. What do we want to know about you? Experience: Education in Engineering / Economics / Purchasing. +5 years experience in Purchasing. Experience in a globalized matrix industrial environment. Hard Skills: Expertise on the commodity Casting & Forging. Good proficiency with MS Excel. Fluent in English (other language is a plus). Skilled multi-cultural negotiator. Soft Skills: Written and oral communications skills. Independent and autonomous. Proactive, goal-oriented and accountable. Strong intercultural knowledge and open minded. Frequent travel trip, mainly in Europe (~ 30-50%). 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr