Lead Buyer Metallic at Alstom

YOUR FUTURE ROLE:

POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –

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WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:

ALL ABOUT YOU

• We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role :

GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ANY OF ENGINEERING/PROJECT MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OR EQUIVALENT.

WORK EXPERIENCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

THINGS YOU’LL ENJOY

• Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

YOU’LL ALSO:

Fluent in English

• Full accountability of the end to end CCM process and deliverables in a High Criticality Project or Program (Level 3).
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and traceability of the delivered products and services to internal and external customers.
• Keep the Project/ Program configuration under control and manage changes during the whole lifecycle of the Project or Program.
• Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site 
• May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
• Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
• Is leading the CCM activities in a Project/Program or is collaborating with the Advanced PrCCM or the Senior PrCCM of the Project when applicable.
• Applies CCM procedures, instructions, templates etc. and ensures that project/ program team members are trained and apply them.
• Establishes Configuration Management Plan with the CCM activities and the associated roles & responsibilities.
• Ensures Configuration and Change Management applicable tools are applied and manages access rights.
• Escalates any risks / issues CCM related within the Project / Program organization and reports on CCM Performance Indicators, derives and manages actions (PDCA).
• Ensures the execution Development for Quality (DfQ) Gates for CCM deliverables.

Performs Configuration Management activities, such as:

• Identifies and monitors the accuracy and maturity of items under configuration control.
• Prepares a Configuration Strategy and publishes Release Notes accordingly (Configuration Baselines, Target Configurations), following review with technical stakeholders, ensuring the product consistency.
• Ensures Supplier Configuration Management incl. CCM requirement negotiation and requested CCM documentation.
• Supervises the correctness of Configuration Status Accounting Report (CSAR) for each unit (i.e. As Build/As Maintained/As Installed).

Performs Change Management activities, such as:

• Organizes and leads the Change Boards, while recording decisions and actions.
• Ensures all Change Requests are complete, clear, evaluated, assessed in terms of cost, schedule, quality and risk through all the stages, with the cooperation of the Change Boards participants.
• Monitors Change Requests progress end-to-end within the Change Process and ensures all involved stakeholders are informed at all times.
• Facilitates event management (e.g. electrical, software etc.) and transfer into the Change Management Process, when necessary.
• Knowledge from Configuration & Change Management
• Knowledge of Business Process Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Requirements Management Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrialization, Data Management and Document Control inter-related with CCM.
• Knowledge of Alstom configuration & change processes and related processes of contributing Métiers/ Functions
• Above 3 years of experience in a configuration and change management role.
• Experience in the entire CCM lifecycle of a Project/Program.
• Mandatory knowledge of railway products, railway solutions (signaling, telecom etc.), systems and components
• Knowledge of CCM tools (ALM, Clear Quest, Clear Case SAP, PLM, AEC-tpPLM, ERP, etc.)
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical project/program stakeholders
• Systematic, rigorous, proactive and organized with good attention to details.
• Is a team player and sets a good environment for team colleagues
• Driven for results with strong multi-tasking and influencing skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.