[Hiring] Commodity Leader @Wabtec

Role Description

The Lead Engineered Systems Commodity Manager will work closely with global and regional supply chain teams, engineering, project sourcing, operations, and strategic suppliers. This role serves as the primary owner of the Engineered Systems commodity strategy, supplier management activities, and commercial agreements, ensuring alignment with business objectives, cost targets, quality standards, and delivery requirements.

As the Lead Engineered Systems Commodity Manager, you will define and execute commodity strategies that drive supplier performance, mitigate risk, optimize costs, and support operational excellence. You will leverage market intelligence, sourcing expertise, and supplier relationship management to ensure a competitive and resilient supply base while supporting both ongoing production and project-based business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college; OR
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in sourcing, procurement, program management, or supply chain.
• Minimum of five (5) years of strategic sourcing experience.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%.

• Mechanical engineering and/or similar technical degree
• Strong financial, quantitative, and data analysis capabilities.
• Familiarity with sourcing and procurement systems.
• Ability to communicate both complex and straightforward concepts in a concise and logical manner.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Requirements

• Establish and execute the sourcing strategy for the Engineered Systems commodity, including make-versus-buy decisions.
• Develop technical and regional supplier market intelligence to support sourcing decisions.
• Build, qualify, develop, rationalize, and manage the supplier base.
• Define and implement supplier risk management strategies, including sole-source, single-source, and dual-source plans.
• Lead supplier performance management reviews and improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain commodity raw material strategies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for key regional suppliers.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships.
• Lead and monitor supplier selection and qualification activities for new suppliers.
• Develop annual budgets and forecasts for the Engineered Systems commodity.
• Monitor producer price index (PPI) trends and savings opportunities.
• Drive action plans to achieve budget and cost reduction objectives.
• Lead RFQs, proposal evaluations, negotiations, and supplier selection activities.
• Manage commercial agreements including frame agreements, off-cycle contracts, and serial-life contracts.
• Optimize purchase order payment terms and support supplier payment process automation initiatives.
• Lead contract amendments and renegotiations as business needs evolve.
• Provide approved supplier lists and sourcing guidance to project buyers.
• Lead contracting activities for new suppliers supporting assigned sites.
• Support final supplier negotiations to leverage enterprise-wide scale and purchasing power.
• Participate in Project Sourcing Committee reviews and validate supplier selections.
• Drive sourcing competitiveness for existing and standard parts.
• Manage re-sourcing activities throughout product serial life.
• Resolve escalated supplier performance, quality, delivery, and commercial issues.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement, cost savings, and supply chain optimization.

Benefits

• Salary range: $104,800 - $149,300
• Annual bonus eligibility, if applicable.
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Company Description

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs.