Product Line Tender Buyer

sign using Capitalisation Tools and alternative cost-effective solutions**

• Feed the capitalisation tools with offers coming from suppliers/vendors

• Guarantee Commitment from Purchasing / Sourcing on value of Bill of Material (BOM) proposed to Tender team to process to Appraisal to Customers

• Prepare the Tender Purchase Plan for validation by Management

• Prepare Handover package to Project team in case Business is awarded to our company

Responsibilities

• Evaluate Cost of Components / Contribute to purchasing competiveness:
  • On the basis of Methods Bill of Material, define Unit prices for all items indicating the corresponding assumptions (quantities, index price of raw material)
  • Send the RFQs for critical components
  • Confirm for each price if it is estimation, carry-over quote, offer received from supplier with name of suppliers
  • Highlight share of impacted Raw Material in the BOM with corresponding Index value
  • Utilize should cost tool as standard to estimate costing
• Manage Localization Constraints
  • Integrate the localization constraints in the sourcing process with relevant choice of suppliers
  • Confirm localization content in the BOM with corresponding percentage
• Challenge the proposed design:
  • Using the Capitalization Tool
  • To push to use carry-over components
• Guarantee Commitment from Purchasing:
  • Identify Gaps between purchasing commitment vs tender requirements
  • Integrate and monitor risk of Raw Material and Inflation
  • Highlight potential schedule risks due to the supplier lead-time versus the project schedule request
  • Feed Risks & Opportunities during the project phase - localization opportunities, failure to identify a local source
  • Check application of Km as defined by the finance department
  • Confirm Key assumptions like taxes, freight and exclusions
  • Consolidate REX from previous project and take them into account in the tender costing phase
• Prepare the Tender Purchase Plan (TPP) for validation by Management

  • Feed the TPP file along the tender process (Summary, R&O, Technical Check, Sales Check).

  • Validate the check steps

  • Propose to Site Purchasing Manager for Validation

Requiments:

• Master degree preferred, in Engineering and/or Purchasing Management or professional experience equivalent

• Engineering background is a plus.

• Minimum 5 years' experience within World Class, globalized industrial environment and/or Demanding Discrete Industries (Automotive, Consumer Goods...),

• Expertise on the commodity assigned

• Working experience in cross-functional teams

• Purchasing / Negotiation skills - advanced level

• Excel and Powerpoint - advanced level

• English Professional proficiency written and spoken

  German can be a plus

• Good Communication & interpersonal skills

• Open minded

• Pro-active attitude

• Resistance to stressful environment

We offer:

• Employment based on an employment contract signed with the production plant

• Annual bonus

• Vacations allowance

• Transportation allowance

• Additional medical care

• Pre-paid card

• Opportunity to improve professional qualifications

• Experience and development in an international environment

• Being a part of great team spirit

• Playing a significant role in the global projects

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 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.

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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 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://https://www.WabtecCorp.com

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Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

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