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Wabtec Corporation Fulfillment Project Leader in Fort Worth, Texas
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.
Who will you be working with?
Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Our team is focused on continually improving our best-in-class production capabilities. We combine deep domain expertise and tenured experience to deliver unparalleled products for our customers. Here you’ll interact daily with team members during the problem resolution process and will partner with other key stakeholders to support our internal customers and their responsibilities.
How will you make a difference?
As a member of the Global Operations Equipment group, you will be responsible for ideation, design, implementation of critical strategic initiatives. We have production facilities across the globe. You will help bring a strong focus to continuously improving both our team and our processes.
What do we want to know about you?
The role will lead material availability projects to keep the production process continuously supplied with materials. In this role you will drive to improve supplier OTD%, material availability by reducing overdue and late Pos. In this role you will use your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and long-term business goals.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Four years technical or business degree or equivalent experience
• Four years minimum sourcing and/or manufacturing operations experience
• Travel requirements 20-35%
• Project management experience in establishing Gantt charts, timelines, schedules for process improvements and qualifications.
• Knowledge of Sourcing qualification process, Materials and fulfillment standard work, WABTEC materials operations.
What will your typical day look like?
- Coordinate and facilitate the critical material and parts needs for our WABTEC freight and mining production sites and prioritize those needs for the critical suppliers being worked.
• Facilitate production allocation with key suppliers as needed.
• Drive regular operating rhythm with team and key stakeholders on supplier improvements and progress.
• Assess critical supplier’s capacity relative to the needed support to fulfillment current and forecasted demands.
• Develop process improvement plans for critical suppliers to increase line rate, throughput, and capacity for our WABTEC freight and mining operations. Execute and manage those improvements to meet our needs.
• If needed, lead second and third source development as needed, with sourcing and sourcing quality engagement to “de-risk” sole and single source suppliers for certain part numbers. In addition, develop suppliers that increase capacity for certain part families and increase our material availability and improved promise dates.
• Continue to assess regularly new parts at risk from the WABTEC shop operations and add/modify priorities based on changing needs.
• Visit critical suppliers and personally drive all focused commodity suppliers causing material availability issues.
- Special focused projects as assigned.
What about the physical demands of the job?
Exposure to shop floor requires wearing PPE
Walking, climbing, stooping, stooping, bending, lifting is all part of the hands on learning process
You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.
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.