Hours: Monday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:00pm and Friday 07:30am to 12:30pm, 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Leading the purchasing team to optimise procurement processes and achieving cost efficiency. This includes spearheading cost reduction initiatives by identifying and implementing strategies to lower expenses without compromising quality. Deploy a strategy to aid the delivery of annual deflation aspirations.
Support business planning processes in collating the budget material spend ambition.
Undertake contract reviews for key accounts and purchases above £0.5m.
Develop KPIs to measure performance vs budget.
Work closely with the purchasing manager to deliver a procurement strategy on dual-sourcing existing products of high importance.
CIPS qualified or equivalent Business Degree
A background in purchasing, procurement, or supplier management.
Can you demonstrate the ability to utilise creative and effective procurement strategies to acquire services while maintaining supplier relationships?
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:
Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else's life better? Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
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