Americas Forgings Commodity Leader

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has 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, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

Our Global Sourcing team is responsible for the management of Wabtec’s supply base and negotiating agreements according to the long-term strategy of the Company. Here you will partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive the sourcing strategy to ensure our employees can deliver to our customers.

How will you make a difference?

As a people leader on our Forgings team in our Global Sourcing Organization, you are responsible for building the strategy for the commodities of your team to meet the operational needs of Wabtec. Here you will provide daily guidance and direction to your reports on a variety of tasks to drive results. You will need to think creatively about how to establish relationships, mitigate risk and drive down costs for the business while monitoring and evaluating our suppliers’ capabilities, reliability, and quality to ensure that meet their contractual standards.

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college OR 10 years of experience in Sourcing/Procurement, Program Management, or Supply Chain in lieu of education
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in sourcing
• Minimum of 3 years’ leading people
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with an emphasis in Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Broad supply chain knowledge to include knowledge of operations, fulfillment, procurement management, quality, and engineering processes.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Demonstrated negotiation and supplier management skills.

What will your typical day look like?

• Drive margin improvement by creating and executing cost reduction negotiations and optimizing landed cost through control of logistics and tariff costs.
• Drive cash improvement by extending supplier payment terms.
• Support fulfillment and quality functional objectives by conducting supplier leadership reviews, recovering costs incurred associated with defects, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions related to delivery delays, eliminating premium transportation, and ensuring all purchase orders are promised in a timely manner.
• Forecast deflation, tariffs, expense & investment spend and cash improvement.
• Lead, mentor, and guide team of commodity leaders.
• Work across business units to identify synergy savings.
• Develop and execute long term, global strategies for assigned sub-commodities.
• Position the commodity for future success by ensuring each part has multiple suppliers and negotiating strategic long-term supply agreements.
• Work closely with shop operations and commercial / product management teams to prioritize cost out efforts where needed on specific products and programs.
• Monitor index trends monthly and drive appropriate action plans.
• Manage RFQ, offer evaluation, negotiation and contracting.
• Execute contract amendments and re-negotiations.
• Escalate and resolve major supplier issues once escalated.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

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