Sourcing Co-ordinator
Position Title: Sourcing Co-OrdinatorReporting To: Sourcing Manager, Wabtec SAReporting Relationship: This position does not have direct reports.Primary Purpose of Role: Position will serve as the local owner for sourcing for the supply of locally manufactured components into our manufacturing and customer service businesses. These responsibilities include the development, communication, and execution of strategies to ensure realization of the business objectives for project, which includes the Cost of Bill of Materials, Target Costing, Should-Be Costing activities, identifying suppliers and supporting planning of incoming materials. Grow the localization activities for steel fabrications, castings, machining, pneumatic parts tied to contract requirements. Primary Objectives: Localize the manufacturing of fabricated, machined and C-Class parts Assist with the development & execution of our local and international sourcing strategies. This includes supplier selection, development, and supplier consolidation to ensure sourcing optimization and overall supplier performance. Responsible for sourcing execution for assigned commodity(s) or suppliers, including full accountability for buy and meeting deflation targets. Vendor Sourcing activities: conduct supplier audits and perform supplier risk management techniques as and when requiredConduct customer site visits as the need arise.Communicate compliance and quality control standards to vendors by Obtaining site audit documentation, certifications, quotes, pre-production samples (first articles)Market analysis support to Sourcing Manager: Prepare, consolidate, adjudicate and prepare recommendations (administrative tasks) in according to the scope requirements of the RFQ and tender processes against various suppliersPerforming detailed cost analysis of components & manufacturing processes used by our suppliers to ensure highest quality at the lowest cost solution.Monitoring supplier quality and delivery performance and developing improvement strategies to ensure business needs are met.Partnering with key business stakeholders to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business. Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues, and database management.Capture the local content and configuration for manufactured itemsLiaise with Company engineers, SQE’s to guide suppliers to maintain the product requirements.Ability to negotiate contracts and amend old contracts.Works with Material Planner/ Assistant to ensure alignment in forecast vs site/ customer production requirementsMaintain Material Master for Validated / Approved items to correct Sources of Supply in collaboration with the Planning Department.Perform Monthly supplier scorecard in according to the Service level agreement KPI Formal Education/Training National Diploma in Supply Chain Management/LogisticsTrade Tested Artisa...