Lead Commodity Management Specialist

2 Months ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Lead Commodity Management Specialist, you will lead supplier selection, qualification, and management, including the entire contract lifecycle. You will be responsible for multiple procurement categories to achieve cost productivity and cash flow goals. This includes developing innovative ways to meet goals through contract negotiation and sustainable cost controls. You will also analyze the Southeast Asia supply market and identify target suppliers, coordinating with Global Commodity Leaders and local buyers. Your responsibilities will include developing technical and market expertise, monitoring supplier performance, coordinating with factories, and ensuring timely execution of commodity plans. You'll also provide support for delivery and quality issues to mitigate impacts to global sites. This role requires at least 5 years of experience in sourcing and program management.
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering-related majors.
  • 5+ years of Sourcing and Program Management experience.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills in English and Thai.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Negotiation expertise is required.
  • Metallic related sourcing experience is a must.
Good to have:
  • Experience in casting/machining.
  • Chinese Mandarin language skills.

Job Details

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 will you be working with?

Our best-in-class Global Sourcing team combines knowledge of global supply chain management with deep domain expertise of business strategy development and tenured experience of tactical execution. Here you’ll interact daily with our global sourcing & cross functional teams, as well as suppliers to support our global operations and end customers.

How will you make a difference?

As a member of Wabtec APAC Sourcing Team, you will be responsible for:

  • Lead supplier selection, qualification, development, and overall supplier management, including managing the entire contract life cycle from RFP to supplier exit.

  • Responsible for multiple categories of procurement to achieve variable cost productivity, cash flow, and controllership goals.

  • Develops practical and innovative ways to identify and meet goals.

  • Balance strategy development with the tactical execution necessary to execute cost reduction projects through contract negotiation, process changes, and implementation of sustainable cost controls.

  • Identify and analyze the Southeast Asia supply market, searching, developing and promoting the target suppliers in region to global sites, with good coordination to Global Commodity Leader / Local Commodity buyers.

What do we want to know about you?

  • Bachelor’s degree on engineering related majors from an accredited university/college

  • At least 5 years of experience in a Sourcing and Program Management position

  • Strong oral and written communication skills in both English and Thailand, Chinese Mandarin is a plus

  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

  • Ability to cope with multiple complex situations daily

  • Negotiation expertise is must.

  • Metallic related sourcing experience is must. Experience in casting/machining is a plus

What will your typical day look like?

  • Develop technical and market expertise in commodity area.

  • Closely monitor supplier performance to plan and work with the suppliers to manage any required recovery plans/actions. Ensure any quality issues have the appropriate focus.

  • Coordinate with factories to ensure supply meets any and all demand requirements.

  • Hold weekly reviews with suppliers. Track any Red Flags that impede supplier performance and control revisions at Suppliers.

  • Ensure timely execution of commodity plans, supplier analysis, development and selection, quotation/contracting and supplier relationship management within established processes and policies.

  • Provide supports in case of delivery or quality issue to mitigate impacts to global sites.

  • Responsible for work that is less defined in scope and has the understanding and experience to execute business objectives.

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://www.WabtecCorp.com

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.

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About The Company

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

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