Material Technical Advisor

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?

You will collaborate with internal teams including operations, quality, engineering, materials managers and operational excellence teams. You will also interact directly with Suppliers and other sites to ensure smooth fulfillment and sources processes.

How will you make the difference

You will manage the buying process for a defined set of goods, applying sourcing policies and interfacing suppliers and the company to ensure quality, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery. Your work will help reduce the excess of inventory, minimize premium transportation costs, improve supplier performance and strengthen fulfillment operations, ultimately ensuring reliable supply chain execution while supporting the company's costs, quality and delivery goals.

What we want to know about you:

Minimum Qualifications and requirements: (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)

Required Qualifications

• Preferred: bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or related field or least 4 years of procurement, sourcing or buying experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Preferred: Experience in railroad, aerospace, automotive or other heavy industrial manufacturing sectors.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven experience working with suppliers, managing purchase orders and ensuring on-time delivery. Demonstrated experience managing suppliers’ relationships and negotiating pricing.
• Knowledge in procurement process, sources strategies, and supply chance management principles.
• Experience working with ERP/ MRP systems (e.g, Oracle, SAP) for purchasing and inventory control
• Basic understanding of cost analysis, supplier performance metrics, and negotiation techniques.
• Ability to interpret and work with technical specifications, drawings, and quality requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suit (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ability to learn software quickly.
• Strong written communication skills for interacting with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to build effective supplier and team relationships.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

What will your typical day look like?

• Place and follow up on purchase orders to support delivery to internal customers.
• Manage supplier relationships for PO execution, shipments, and maintenance to ensure timely delivery, leveraging the Supply Chain Connect System.
• Analyze and track supplier promise date accuracy, develop reports to ensure supplier accountability.
• Analyze and track supplier promise date accuracy; develop reports to ensure supplier accountability.
• Address problems and schedule changes related to shop MSP adjustments.
• Manage transportations needs, working to avoid premium air shipments.
• Reduce the excess of inventory and work with quality/ Engineering to address non-conforming materials.
• Assess supplier capabilities and make recommendations on supplier acceptability
• Support global commodity leader in inflation/deflation goals.
• Serve as the primary accounts payable/ receivable interface for your supply base.
• Execute routine and complex analysis (e.g., ASCP reschedule signals, system signal flows) and suggest process improvements.
• Mentor less seasoned buyers in fulfillment activities.
• Lead or participate in fulfillment-related projects, including Oracle implementation, and onboarding sites into fulfillment standard work.

What about the physical demand of the job:

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Role is primary performed in an office environment requiring extensive use of computers, phone and other office equipment.
• Occasional presence on the shop floor or visits to other manufacturing sites as needed.
• May require extended periods of sitting and working at a desk.
• The position requires the employee to be on-site during the scheduled shift to perform daily duties and responsibilities.
• May require talking, standing, bending to lift lifting (up to 25 lbs.) when handling part of reviewing materials in the shop.

Work Environment: (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing this job.)

• When visiting the shop or production areas, the employee must follow all safety procedures, including the use of PEE as required.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $65k-$70k.

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

Who are we?

The company 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 the company, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One company, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

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

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

The company 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 the company, 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! The company 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.

About Us

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?

At the company, 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 the company, 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. The company 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, the company is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

The company celebrates thinkers and doers. Our values

included in the About Us page

are rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Whether your talents lie in digital solution development, next-gen manufacturing, advanced service delivery, or the spectrum of business functions that support them, the company literally has a world of opportunity for you across our global network.

Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?

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