Fresh Roles at Alstom

Job Purpose

• To liaise with suppliers in relation to delivery schedules (call off) based on MRP system requirements to: ensure delivery in full against commitments made monitor all gaps and plan ahead so there are no missing parts on the production line identify missing parts with key suppliers provide input into the parameters review, procurement and materials planning for production.

Planning

• Plan the call offs in line with production needs (based on Master Production Schedule planning) and inventory strategy.
• Manage procurement plan accuracy and ensure material on time deliveries.
• Interact with Logistics Method department in parameters definition (i.e. requirements for packaging / stacking / storing / handling of components / material / parts).
• Communicate parameter standards to suppliers thus ensuring preservation and maintaining of high quality of product/s along the value chain.
• Participate in shop floor daily meetings sharing missing parts visibility and recovery plans
• Maintain accurate records so that procurement data is accurate at all times.

Supplier Relationships

• Communicate on a daily basis with suppliers sharing procurement plan.
• Monitor suppliers’ performance and follow up on commitments not fulfilled (i.e. ensure on time delivery in full – OTIF).
• Escalate in case of supplier’s major issues and work on corrective action plan with Supplier Development team and Buyers.
• Visit suppliers on a regular basis both for relationship building and for monitoring compliance to Gibela requirements / standards.

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in Logistics / Supply Chain.
• 3+ Years Material planning experience within an industrial manufacturing environment

Closing Date

• 17 August 2026

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Purpose of the job:

• Site quality director manages the Site Quality Teams in order to ensure the deliveries from the Site are at the right quality level.  He/She cascades & implements the Site objectives within the Quality organisation and implements quality policy & tools at Site level.

POSITION IN THE ORGANISATION

Organisation structure (job belongs to..)

• Quality & CI

Reports directly to:

• Cluster Quality Director

Other reporting to:

• Dotting to Regional SVP

Direct reports:

• Industrial Quality Managers of all TRAXX sites
• Project Quality and Safety Manager
• Quality Management System Manager
• Supplier Quality Manager
• Network & Links   
• Internal
• Site Management/Cluster/Regional Center Committee,
• Alstom Quality network. He is a member of the site management Committee

External

• Customers representative, suppliers, sub-contractors

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Accountabilities & Authorities:

Quality Action Plan:

• Develop Quality Culture & Right First Time Approach.
• Ensure consistency of QCD objectives and the contractual/regulatory obligations applicable to the projects. 
• Drives continuous improvement plans to analyze and reduce the CONQ, NCR, Safety issues and Demerit

Quality embedded in operations:

• Deploy Quality Policy within the management committee of the Site,
• Responsible for Quality and Safety assessment of the products & services delivered, according to the contractual quality requirements.
• Increase Customer satisfaction through periodic meetings, Customers Surveys, product delivery controls,
• Manage and escalate Top issues impacting safety and customer
• Ensure that DFQ Gate Reviews and Suppliers FAI are done in time, including waiver when required

Quality Resources Management:

• Lead, Manage and develop Quality teams, using quality school, expertise, and APSYS.
• Deploy standard tools and indicators, and contribute to their improvement

QMS and Process management:

• Ensure Process governance, Risk and Opportunity management with site interested parties.
• Evaluate by Internal Audits the quality performance in each process.
• Ensure the right update about the Quality (QMS) Reference documents, using REX process. 
• Ensure site QMS conformance against Alstom standards, Customer standards and ISO9001/IRIS requirements/CMMI/ECM...

Performance measurements:

Standard Quality KPI (Demerit, CONQ, FAI, DFQ, Go on Time, K1, K2, K3…)

• APSYS score, Internal & External Audits results
• Customer satisfaction, through Customer audits & yearly sites evaluation

Job Location / Mobility

• Site with travels and missions

MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements  

Mandatory:

• Degree in Engineering  and General Management Qualification

Desirable:

• Knowledge of railway industry (norms, certifications…) would be an asset

Experience  

Mandatory:

• 10 years of experience Quality, project and operation.
• Experience in managing Quality tools and problem-solving tools.
• More than 5 years experience managing Engineering/Quality/Operations population of more than 20 employees. 

Desirable:

• Senior management experience, with preferably good knowledge of all type of products.
• Green/Black Belt Qualification
• Competencies & Skills-(technical & behavioral)
• Fluent in English is compulsory,
• Customer oriented
• Data driven and courageous, rigor
• Ability to manage teams in cross and multicultural relationships
• Leadership and communication skills

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Drive the connection between Material Planning and Production, and Project if needed. Make sure the production line is Fed on time with supplier parts, as per the MPS need dates.
• Integrated and secure needs, (Logistics requirements between suppliers and production line of Alstom Transport (global supply chain Policy, logistics spec., packaging, any other supply chain golden rules)
• Drive an control Supplier capacity
• Identify critical suppliers and drive preventive action plan with PrSM
• Make sure the stock levels are in line with global Supply Chain objectives (Hard inventory)
• Make sure logistics parameters are taken into account during product design phase or if any modification occurs
• Animate Supply Chain of the project (SCL + any other functional position)
• Monitor Budget and optimize spend on the Work Package Supply Chain of the Project             

KEY NETWORK & LINKS:

• SCL, LME, Design department, PrIM, PrSM, Buyers, MP, line managers, PIM, PIQ, PrQSM, Procurement dpt, GI & GP

PERF KPI :

• MPS accuracy
• Missing part rate (line stoppers et risky items)
• External OTIF
• Work Package Supply Chain Project

RESPONSIBILITIES

In A Development Phase :

• With the support of LME, you have to make sure that logistics cost are taken into account at Business Awards and GO Orders steps.
• You are involved into the PMFU and blow the whistle to project team in case of 1st delivery not in line with global planning.
• You monitor and challenge the logistics KPIs (Log. Spec and Dashboard : BDIs, OAs, order placement, missing parts, stoppers and risky).
• Initiate coverage meetings : to be applied on the project and procure the components.
• You make sure the financial needs of Supply Chain are properly considered.

In A Serial Phase :

• You organize the Supply Chain team of the Project (Material Planner and SPC).
• You are part of CCB : Modifications, to make sure logistics and planning requirements are properly considered (rank of application)
• You are part of Resourcing process and make sure the overlap former / new supplier is OK.
• You define and animate the action plans for critical deliveries.
• You support suppliers in case of production ramp up (Supplier Capa).
• You monitor and optimize spend and propose improvement for Work Package Supply Chain

BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING AND DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Supply Chain Diploma or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE

• Similar experience of 5-10 years in an industrial environment
• Advanced knowledge of Supply chain processes especially in warehouse & material flows
• ERP: SAP (GSI) - Knowledge of SAP success factors, having worked in a matrix environment/structure
• Experience with MS Office tools

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Excellent communication
• Strong negotiation skills & leadership
• Active team player, deadline driven, process driven

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills
• Proactive and efficient responses to pressing issues and challenges
• Exemplary planning and time management skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload
• Excellent organization & planning capabilities
• Discretion and Confidentiality
• Knowledge of communication tools
• Strong interpersonal skills

PROFILE:

• Fluent English and an international mindset
• Leadership, communication, internal and external influencing skills, strategic vision

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Manage the technical contractual scope of the project ensuring its delivery according to the quality, cost, performance and scheduled commitment originally agreed and, if applicable, updated as a result of negotiated variation orders.

POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –

MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:

• Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site 
• May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices

RESPONSIBILITIES:

MANAGE THE TECHNICAL CONTRACTUAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

• Be accountable for the customer acceptance of the project solution
• Manage the project technical risks and the corresponding mitigation plan
• Together with the Project Manager, in case of contractual scope evolution, rise variation order and manage it
• Validate the technical design choices with the peers and Solution Director
• Identify which are the applicable regulations in the customer country/city and ensure they are taken into account in project solution design

MANAGE THE PROJECT SOLUTION, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMIZATION AND SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION OF THE GENERIC SOLUTION TO MEET QUALITY, COST, DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE (QCDP) COMMITMENTS:

• Ensure, with support of the required experts and involving all stakeholders, that all the technical requirements of the contract are fully addressed throughout the project lifecycle, from the capture stage up to the demonstration
• Act as a chairman of Project Change Control Board (CCB)
• Be responsible of the project design and application engineering activities
• Supervise Verification & Validation activities
• Be accountable for Engineering WP QCD
• Provide BOM
• Verify Project Safety Case (scope, strategy and exported constraints)

FUNCTIONALLY LEAD THE PROJECT ENGINEERING TEAM:

• Allocate Task(s) across Project Engineering team and ensure engineering activities follow-up
• Together with Domain / Metier Leaders and RC Project Engineering Metier / Domain Department Heads, define the project engineering team organization according to the project phase (and as defined in the EMP)
• Deploy the applicable engineering process, methods & tools on the project
• Manage and participate in the evaluation of the project engineering team
• Share Environment, Health and Security (EHS) rules with project engineering team (receiving inputs from PM/Project EHS Manager/Coordinator or RC EHS Manager)
• Support assessment of the teams involved in project engineering activities, including the ones belonging to a different Regional Center.

MANAGE THE INTERFACE WITH THE PROJECT CORE TEAM:

• Provide all technical documents to the project core team members for the industrialisation, sourcing, installation, test and commissioning (product BOQ, architecture schematics, ...)
• Provide support to the Project Technical Manager on execution of technical activities on-shore (delegation of responsibility could be defined and formalised in the Engineering Management Plan of the Project)
• Solve technical issues detected by different core team members
• During project warranty, coordinate actions to support resolution of pending technical issues following Project Warranty Manager (PrWM) requirements
• Support PrQSM to consolidate the REX of the Project and the Reliability Growth
• Support RC Project Engineering Domain/Metiers Department Head to define/perform knowledge capitalization

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:

• Project QCDP (quality, cost, delivery and performance)
• Project Specification, including Design documents & Projects V&V documents approval status
• Project requirement database maturity (it covers “traceability & coverage of requirements by V&V”)
• Engineering management plan application
• Assessment results based on internal audits and process inspections (applied in the project)

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR

MANDATORY:

• Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or scientific subjects

DESIRABLE:

• Master in Business Administration and/or
• Master in Project Management

EXPERIENCE

MANDATORY:

• Engineering background including project deployment full lifecycle view
• Hands-on experience on functional or hierarchical team management
• Cost and planning control experience in engineering scope
• Hands-on experience on Customer relationship in contractual situations

DESIRABLE:

• Products and services knowledge on different market segments (Urban, Mainline, F&M)
• Engineering product development full lifecycle view
• Safety background

COMPETENCIES & SKILL

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills (teamwork and leadership)
• Decision-making ability
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Problem-solving ability
• Resilience