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Wabtec Corporation Customer Service Project Buyer in Plzen, Czech Republic

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.

Wabtec in Pilsen

FAIVELEY TRANSPORT CZECH a.s., is the part of the Wabtec Corporation, which after merging with the French company Faiveley Transport in 2016 and the American company GE Transportation in 2019 became the largest manufacturer of components for the railway and transit industry. We are proud to deliver products for major transportation projects worldwide as pantographs, electro -mechanical switches, couplers, brakes, trolleybus collectors.

Who will you be working with?

As a part of sourcing team, you will be in charge of communication about transfer from Germany and England. Here you’ll interact daily with the customer during the problem resolution process and will partner with other key stakeholders to support our customers and their operations.

How will you make a difference?

  • Manage the project suppliers and the project purchasing QCD improvement action plan (Backward planning management, BOM follow-up, risks and opportunities, set up material delivery plan with supply chain)

  • Challenge the Bill Of Material in order to propose price and cost reductions

  • Structure the relationship with suppliers by negotiating frame agreements for parts with or without consumption commitment from our clients

  • Ensure quotation of parts from the suppliers panel, manage negotiations

  • Negotiate terms and conditions and contracts with suppliers

  • Guarantee Project contract signature, according to DoA

  • Evaluate offers and select the supplier with approval of SQ, Project Manager, Commodity manager and inform Engineering, Supply Chain

  • Maximize Services QCD performance and competitiveness with systematic TCO cost breakdown analysis

  • Manage obsolescence process with suppliers and communicate it to sales and product management and propose alternative solutions

  • Manage resourcing of parts needed for Services business in case of unanticipated supplier crisis

  • Reports to Sourcing Manager

What do we want to know about you?

  • Min secondary school (economics/technical)

  • At least 2 years experience from industrial company ( could be from Quality, Project Management, Sourcing, Procurement field)

  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)

  • PC skills (MS Office)

  • Communication skills and negotiation skills

  • Driving licence (B)

What can we offer?

Not everyone offers flexible working hours. Mine does though. We work 7,5 hours per day . With us, you will only find a clean and modern work environment. We create opportunities for your career growth. You will work in a clean and modern open space office environment.

  • For lunch you have a choice of 5 dishes in our company cafeteria

  • You will join a well-established team of colleagues who will start helping you with training

  • We will be happy to contribute to your free time within the Pluxee benefits - education, sports, culture

  • 25 days of vacation + 3 days of a sick day

  • The opportunity to set everything up your way

  • Language courses

  • Contribution for pension ensurance 1000 CZK (after trial period)

  • Discounted call rates for the family as well

  • Annual Bonus Incentive Program

  • Employee referral reward

  • Commuting allowance 2 CZK/ km

  • Corporate events and meetings

  • Helpline for employees

Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations.

*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalized agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition.

If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

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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.

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