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Air supply sourcing leader
Apply locations: Tamil Nadu, Turin (Italy)
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Job requisition id: R0097289
It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
Ownership and key responsibilities
* Accountable for product standardization & competitiveness
* Accountable for external spend competitiveness in standard product and bid
Main Missions
OFF CYCLE: COMPETITIVENESS OF STANDARD PRODUCT
* 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 (including LCC%)
* Drive savings plan by involving/challenging suppliers, commodity buyers, engineering, and operations on technical levers (e.g., redesign 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 and coordinate activities to reach material cost targets
* Build and deploy cost modelling toolbox
* Coordinate sourcing across sites of the PL
* Inform the Product Manager about obsolescence, supplier IP issues
* Manage & challenge all upstream activities, obsolete components management, and anticipation
* Attend local product platform and R&D meetings and reviews
* Manage PCR & ECR for major changes
BID
* Accountable for bid sourcing competitiveness
* Challenge and validate bid BOM defined by project buyers
* Consolidate REX from previous projects for tender costing
* Systematize early supplier involvement and co-development for bids
Key KPI(s)
* Material cost: budget and CMIP
* Material cost: standard products cost targets
* Should Cost, India & China synergies
N+1
Product Line Sourcing Director
N-1
Functional Managers
Functional reporting to: Product Manager
Main stakeholders
* Regional & Enterprise Commodity management
* Product Management, Bid manager, and Core team
* Product Line Engineering
* Suppliers
* Product and R&D Buyers
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.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees worldwide. Visit our website to learn more: http://www.WabtecCorp.com
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also in our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and celebrate the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. We aspire to create a place where everyone belongs and diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
We rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion, aiming to employ the brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. Everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives, which makes us better.
Wabtec is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you require accommodation due to a disability or special need, please let us know.
About Us
Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?
At Wabtec, we realize potential – that of the transportation industry and yours!
Drawing on nearly four centuries of success across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees opportunities worldwide to shape the future of transportation and their careers. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging digital expertise, innovation, and world-class manufacturing to create solutions that move and improve the world. Our portfolio includes products and solutions for rail, transit, mining, marine, and industrial sectors.
We celebrate thinkers and doers. Our values—rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement—drive us to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Whether your talents are in digital solutions, manufacturing, service delivery, or supporting functions, Wabtec offers a world of opportunities across our global network.
Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?
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