Business Operations 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.

Business Operations Leader Job Description

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. The freight portfolio features a comprehensive line of locomotives, software applications and a broad selection of mission-critical controls systems, including Positive Train Control (PTC). The transit portfolio provides highly engineered systems and services to virtually every major rail transit system around the world, supplying an integrated series of components for buses and all train-related market segments that deliver safety, efficiency and passenger comfort. Along with its industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine and industrial solutions. 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.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Business Operations Specialist to join the global Business Operations team in our Digital business. The business operations team is a horizontal group in the business that works across all P&Ls and functions, with the key focus on supporting the business for accelerated growth through smooth operations, transparent operational insights that can lead to high levels of productivity and efficiency, and by mobilizing and motivating the organization to its best possible outcomes.

The ideal candidate is intrinsically motivated to work collaboratively across global teams to help analyze, identify, and solve operational challenges and roadblocks throughout the organization and a true desire to make an enormous impact. As a technical member of the operations team, this individual will also perform both the technical and process-related duties of the Clarity PPM system administrator for the Digital business globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with engineering, program, project management teams to provide user management support for Clarity users.
• Develop and deploy productivity enhancements developed using Clarity's native configurability.
• Maintain integrations of Clarity with other pillar applications (e.g., Workday, Oracle Project Accounting, Salesforce).
• Analyze data from different sources and systems and consolidate into Power BI reports and dashboards that provide meaningful insights to managers and business leaders.
• Work closely with business operations leaders, engineering operations leaders, engineering managers, and project managers to support them achieve their outcomes based on business goals and priorities. Enhance workflows for efficiency and productivity through improved integrations, simplification of system usage, and training.
• Design and document procedures and training materials to be used by internal clients, including but not limited to maintaining an internal wiki with technical documentation, manuals, and policies/procedures.
• Facilitate deployment of Clarity application upgrades as they are made available by the SaaS provider for the application.
• Monitor up-time and troubleshoot issues and outages with the SaaS provider for the Clarity application.
• Support internal and external Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance audits, as needed.
• Liaise with Wabtec Sourcing/Legal and the third-party SaaS provider in support of commercial activities (contract renewals, etc.) related to the Clarity application.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.

• 5+ years’ experience managing projects and resources in an enterprise PPM system (e.g., Clarity PPM, Primavera EPPM, Microsoft Project Server).

• 1-2 years’ experience working with and analyzing data from various systems and sources and consolidating them into insightful reports and dashboards using power BI or other BI reporting tools.

• Strong working experience in Microsoft applications especially MS Excel, and Oracle SQL.

• Ability to ‘reverse-engineer’ the relationships among relational database tables, and the logic of program code, to facilitate development of new architecture and reports using existing content as a model.

• Proficient with MS Office suite.

• Willingness and ability to learn and demonstrate expertise in the Clarity PPM application to support Clarity system administration duties for the Digital business globally.

• Effective oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate clearly and concisely with working proficiency in the English language.

• Self-motivated, quick learner, results-oriented, good problem-solving skills, and a strong focus on delivering quality outcomes for the business.

• Attention to detail.

• Sharp analytical skills, willingness to learn and develop business acumen.

• A good team player who can work across different teams, business units, functions, and global locations.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience in XML, GEL Scripting, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and Java.
• Knowledge of Railroad or Transportation domain.
• Willing and able to travel globally on a need basis (less than 20%).
• Master’s degree in a STEM field, Business, or Finance.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation 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 have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation 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 have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.