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.

Your area of responsibility as Team lead: 

• Responsibility for procurement in assigned projects and ensuring project requirements are met
• Carrying out supplier evaluations, purchasing cost controls and contract conclusions
• Analyzing cost saving opportunities and supply chain risks
• Improving the project contract margin through procurement measures such as global tenders and supplier selection procedures
• Responsibility for the application of the applicable quality guidelines for the material along the product development process
• Participation in the site budget, KPI tracking and monthly reporting
• Managing procurement issues, quality issues and leading the cross-functional supplier audit at the site
• Ensuring the use of standard instruments, methods and procurement management tools, such as procurement committee, supplier selection sheet, e-RFQ, standard BOM tracking
• Making procurement decisions to improve the contract margin: R&O follow-up, procurement in projects
• Making procurement decisions to improve the contract margin: R&O follow-up, procurement in projects
• Supervision of tenders, support of the PL Sourcing Leader
• Management of supplier relationships and services 
• Design and management of product group strategies
• Close cooperation with internal interfaces such as Sales, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain Management
• Analyzing and reporting key purchasing figures
• Contributing to the improvement of processes and purchasing services in the Group's Purchasing division

Team Management

• Define and allocated the required sourcing resources to projects
• Team coordination (e.g. holiday and substitution plans) of strategic purchasing
• Lead annual performance review of project buyers, hire and train team according to Transit guidelines

Profile:

• You have a degree in technical or business administration, ideally with a focus on supply chain, purchasing management or comparable training with appropriate further training
• You have several years of professional experience in strategic purchasing or project purchasing
• You have a strong technical understanding, and an analytical approach is part of your daily business
• A confident handling of MS Office applications is a matter of course for you
• You have very good written and spoken English skills - German is a plus
• You are able to organize yourself and have a high level of assertiveness
• Experience in an international environment & matrix organization is an advantage
• Team Lead experience is an advantage

We offer:

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

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.