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Who will you be working with? The Procurement team is an international team dedicated to deploying the company's purchasing strategies, engaging with suppliers and internal stakeholders, analyzing market trends and identifying and solving commodity-related issues.
How will you make a difference? As a Commodity Manager, reporting to the EMEA Regional Commodity Leader, you will be responsible for the Commodity strategy, deploying the guidelines in each Site, developing our Supplier base and driving suppliers performance review.
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 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 What do we want to know about you? At least 5 years experience in Purchasing in a globalized industrial environment Fluent in English (other language is a plus) Skilled multi-cultural negotiator with good written and oral communications skills Curious and dynamic person, able to work across matrix worldwide organization Frequent travel trips (~ 40-50%) Proficiency in Microsoft Office Professional Suite Location: various sites in EU (e.g. France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic). Please upload your CV in English.
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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. Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalized agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired. Who are we? 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.
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