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.

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.

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!

Who will you be working with?

To be the single point of contact within the Customer Service COE for Freight Car proposal and pricing agreement activity.  To drive freight car segment knowledge across the Customer Service team.

How will you make a difference?

Develop pricing structure to identify and eliminate pricing conflicts across contracts. To achieve customer loyalty founded on excellent response to support requirements, great service and consistency of performance across the entire Wabtec Freight portfolio.

What do we want to know about you?

• Experience with Customer Service or Inside Sales

• Robust professional network, willingness to continuously grow it

• Demonstrated passion for Customer Satisfaction

• Familiarity of available performance data, data-driven decision maker

• Relentless pursuit of answers on behalf of customers

• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP.

• Demonstrate an understanding of customers’ expectations and commitment to providing quality service.

• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.

• Excellent communications skills both written and oral, with the ability to communicate at all levels.

• Excellent written and verbal English and local language skills

• Manage time effectively and prioritize work to meet deadlines. Accustomed to working unsupervised and under pressure, dealing with conflicting demands.

• Willingness to undertake the many varied duties vital to this position and keen to adopt new challenges.

• Able and willing to travel up to 15% of the time under normal business conditions. 

Desired Characteristics

• Freight Car industry experience

• Highly organized

• Influencing skills

• Project Management

• Oracle experience

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Lean Training

• Undergraduate degree or 2 years related experience

What will your typical day look like?

• Lead creation and distribution of formal quotations, proposals and agreements in support of the Freight Car business units

• Manage central repository of opportunities and agreements

• Coordinate solicitation, quotation and bid responses across business units for Freight Car, Components and Loco Parts including portal activity

• Maintain expiration date database and work proactively with Commercial team to put new agreements in place.

• Freight Car business Point of Contact for Customer Support across the Wabtec Freight Car Portfolio

  • Fields customer questions and uses professional network to provide timely answers

  • Fields customer complaints and uses professional network to solve related problems

  • Proactively seeks solutions to problems before customers realize potential issues

• Customer Satisfaction.  Lead efforts to improve Wabtec's overall performance as measured by the customer.

• Support on-time delivery efforts and Past Due reduction of Freight Car Components

• Participate directly with customer in support of customer led initiatives. 

• Foster working relationship with customer stakeholders at various levels that encourages customer participation in Wabtec led initiatives

• Customer Portal compliance and upkeep

• Report on and reclaim sales where market share has been lost over time

• Participate in and/or provide input to commercial deal review processes

• Drive timely WIM/QER/Reliance case follow up and closure.

• Participate in Fulfillment related meetings with Leadership to Provide the voice of the customer in the Freight Car space.

• Provide specific customer forecast information and intel back to the Supply Chain

Additional Responsibilities:

• Limited backup of core function transactions as required to ensure customer success

• Document established or newly created processes and train team members as necessary. 

• To comply with Wabtec Corporate & local Environment, Health & Safety requirements at all times.

• Professionally represent Wabtec at all times, but especially during all customer communications.

• Contribute to creation of an Inside Sales strategy, planning and training program.

• Actively contribute to all continuous process improvement efforts within the Customer Service COE.

• Document retention consistent with Wabtec Corporate policy.

• Contract pricing conflict and elimination

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

While this position can be remote, it may include occasional work at a Wabtec office/site or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.

More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

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.

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.