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.
Who will you be working with? You will be working with the Europe Supplier Commodity Managers Group, for the Forging, Casting, and Machining Commodity.
How will you make a difference? As a Europe Supplier Quality Commodity Manager, reporting to the Europe Supplier Quality Commodity Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the best quality performance of suppliers within the supplier commodity panel; managing critical supplier issues (ensuring proper Root Cause Analysis, Corrective actions, and recovery plan implementation); and ensuring continuous supplier performance improvement.
What will your typical day look like?
Ensure Supplier Quality for Forging, Casting & Machining Commodity: Support commodity panel management and development of (sub-) commodity, preparing decisions to the SQC Leader and Commodity buyer(s) for selection of suppliers to commodity panel management and development in link to purchasing strategy.Perform assessment audits (generic and processes) of new and existing suppliers of the commodity panel and follow-up the defined actions in link to these audits as per Wabtec rules.Re-assessment and/or Process re-qualification at main suppliers in the panel to ensure quality standard and continuous supplier development.Support Product Line/Site Supplier Quality for preparation of first PPAPs at new suppliers to ensure good communication and early escalation of potential issues in link to the release of new parts.Support the definition and follow-up of actions for supplier development programs and the link with internal stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing).Prepare and support Top Offender meetings with main suppliers of assigned (sub-) commodity.Join reviews and reporting of commodity panel development with internal stakeholders (Purchasing, Quality).Ensure management and support of Critical supplier issues within the commodity in cooperation with PL/Site Quality, Engineering, and Project Management.Ensure proper root cause analysis at suppliers.Ensure implementation and efficiency of corrective/preventive actions.
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