For Our Bogies Division, We Are Currently Looking for A

Bombardier Transportation

Serving a diversified customer base around the world, Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation offers a full range of rail vehicles for urban and mainline operation as well as modernization of rolling stock and operations and maintenance services.

For our Bogies Division, we are currently looking for a:

LeadBuyerElectronics (m/f)

(Siegen, Germany)

Key Accountabilities:

Drive Strategic sourcing

- Develop a sourcing strategy in cooperation with the Director Strategic Sourcing, the Project/ Commodity Buyer network in BOG and BT

- Develop and manage action plan to achieve Code 30 savings targets based on Total Cost of Ownership

- Manage the supply base in line with the sourcing strategy

- Evaluate and select suppliers; rationalize the supplier base;

- Develop supplier capabilities and QCD performance

- Analyze/anticipate supplier risks

- Drive supplier improvement programs

- Ensure a stable and reliable supply chain

- Develop, in cooperation with engineering, standardized & modularized product strategies

- Integrate and develop global suppliers in the supplier strategy in cooperation with the low cost country sourcing team.

- Lead regular strategic supplier reviews.

Establish contractual relationships

- Establish and negotiate general technical (GRD, TRD) and commercial (T&C) requirements with "key" suppliers,

- Integrate suppliers in the technical developments (JDDP),

- Analyze cost of the different supplier offers, with the help of Project Buyers (expert help on should cost, target cost, financial risk, …),

- Evaluate "key" supplier's offers based on the criteria set in the technical and commercial documents, by involving engineering and quality, but as well other relevant functions in the organization,

- Negotiate frame agreementswith "key" selected suppliers (agreement on prices, product development planning, quality requirements, engineering specifications and purchase terms and conditions)

- Lead negotiations on projects with Project Buyers in support of new bids and major new projects. Bundle volumes across different Business Units.

Manage purchase contracts

- Support the Project Buyer with the design and industrialization process of the procured systems in accordance with the technical specifications, the quality requirements and available budgets.

- Support and receive information from Project/ Commodity Buyers with regards to supplier performance (on time deliveries, quality performance).

- Participate to regular supplier performance reviews.

- Support Project Buyers in negotiating major change orders which are not in line with previously agreed frame agreements.

- Support the Project Buyers and the Legal Department in major claim negotiations.

After sales support

- Observe supplier contract performance, major issues through the Strategic Buyer network and provide input to all involved functions (e.g. engineering, quality)

- University/FH degree

- Minimum of 5 years purchasing/strategic sourcing experience of mechanical equipmentwithin an industrial environment

- Practical understanding of Kanban, JIT, Kaizen, 5S, Lean, etc.

- Project management skills

- Negotiation skills

- Financial awareness, in particular, experience in cost structure analysis andcostreduction activities

- Availabilityto travel internationally

- Good intercultural understanding to help facilitate working with suppliers and internal interfaces in different countries

- Fluency in German and English