Sourcing Product Manager

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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 Sourcing Product Manager 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? 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. Good proficiency with Excel and data analysis skills. Written and oral communications skills. Skilled multi-cultural negotiator. 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. 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. #LI-LF1
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