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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Manages the Services Engineering activities in a Region / Country / Project

Key accountabilities:

• Manages Project engineering resources.
• Creates the engineering strategy.
• Produces the technical development plan and the engineering work breakdown.
• Monitors progress of engineering studies and Q,C,D achievements.
• Supports the implementation and update of engineering risks mitigation plan.
• Maintains and develops engineering skills and competencies (leveraging with WCE).
• Collaborate with Services Engineering and Platforms to improve Services portfolio of products and services.
• Participates actively in the Services Engineering network.
• Owns the Configuration and Design Change Management and Engineering Management Processes.
• Manages the technical performances of the systems and provide REX to relevant Services Platform.
• Supports cost reduction actions, with Sourcing and Industrial.
• Detects, defines and implements the modifications of the maintained products to improve the reliability and serviceability, in order to reduce project costs and improve the performances of the systems.
• Proposes innovative solutions and develops and implements R&D programs and new technologies in the maintenance project.
• Supports the Product Safety management system ensuring safety risks are mitigated in a timely manner.
• Manages Obsolescence Plan.
• Captures and ensures ownership of regulations and standards to be applied.
• Interfaces with the stakeholders in the Certification processes.
• Is responsible for QCD targets on the department.

Performance measurements:

• OTD, QCD, PMC, Project reliability / availability / cost targets

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• University degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Experience 

Mandatory:

• 3-5 years of experience in Railways system/Application engineering
• Knowledge of rolling stock equipment
• Knowledge of rolling stock maintenance
• Working knowledge of safety management systems and safety risk assessment
• Proficient in the use of MS Office, SAP, BI/BO

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB 

• To Manage his/her Supplier's portfolio (Internal and/or External suppliers) for ensuring goods delivery at right time and place based on Alstom needs.
• Express delivery needs to suppliers and animate the Supplier's delivery performances.   
• Drive action plan for performance improvement & contribute for risk management. 

POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION  

MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:  

• Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site. 

MAIN NETWORK:  

External Suppliers  

• Planning & Logistics Teams, Production, Sourcing, Quality, SDPM (Supplier Delivery Performance Manager) 
• PrSCL (Project Supply Chain Leader) / PrIdM (Project Industrialization Manager), Engineering & Industrialization 
• Finance, Material Planning & SRM Central Team and Internal Suppliers (other Alstom Sites) 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES 

MISSIONS 

• Express delivery needs to Suppliers 
• Follow up deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects 
• Monitor Supplier's performances KPI's 
• Participate/lead to Supplier's performances improvement (animation) 
• Contribute with SC inputs for supplier selection 

TASKS 

• Internal suppliers: Manage Purchase Requisition flow up to Material Planning documents 
• External suppliers: Follow up with Sourcing the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents 
• Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data (in compliance with stock and logistic constraints) 
• Create the Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) & respective Source List 
• Communicate the Material Planning documents to Suppliers and follow Suppliers confirmation 
• Analyze Suppliers confirmations vs. Alstom needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects 
• Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions 
• Maintain a routine with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries 
• Analyze and manage MRP exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand…). 
• Maintain delivery dates in ERP 
• Track missing parts until stock availability 
• Ensure non-conformities replacement 
• Resolve Receiving issues (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, etc.) 
• Analyze and share deliveries performances KPI's with different stakeholders (Internal & External) 
• Collaborate with Material Planning Management/SDPM to validate worst Suppliers and define appropriate action plan (adapted governance: LSCA, LCA, etc...) 
•  Apply appropriate communication routine with Suppliers based on their delivery performances 
• Drive and follow (when involved) Supplier Capacity Assessment 
• Drive and follow (when involved) Supplier's Light Capability Assessment (LSCA)  
• Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plan 

GENERAL SCOPE 

• Apply APSYS roadmap and standards 
• Respect Alstom EHS policy 
• Participate to EHS improvement and targets achievement 
• Respect Alstom Ethics & Compliance codes 

EDUCATION 

• National Diploma/Degree in Supply Chain 
• ERP: SAP  
• Experience with MS Office tools 

EXPERIENCE 

• Excellent communication. 
• 5 years material/production planning experience.  
• Advanced knowledge of Supply chain processes especially in warehouse & material flows 
• Sound material/production planning experience in an industrial/manufacturing. 
• Strong industrial background, with experience in Management: Production/ Supply Chain/ Quality/ Industrialization/ Methods Engineering. 
• Experience in Supplier relationship and management (Qualification of suppliers, Project development, Serial Life Management, Problem Solving). 
• Experience in Automotive, Aeronautics or Rail companies desirable, with exposure to manufacturing. 

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/COMPETENCIES 

• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills 
• Commercial and financial awareness, with a full understanding of the impact of failure with regards to business costs, production targets and fulfilment of customer orders 
• Results orientated and organised with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines 
• Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills 
• Project management skills 
• Excellent attention to detail skills 
• Strong negotiation skills & leadership 
• Active team player, deadline driven, process driven 
• Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally. 

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES  

• Strong leadership (in front of Supplier and internal Stakeholders) 
• Cross Functional Team management 
• Can drive the Change/ is a Change Agent 
• Autonomous  
• Able to get global vision of the business, risks & opportunities 
• Priorities & Project Management  
• Materials requirements planning 
• Inventory management & Material Planning techniques 
• Industrial scheduling 
• Transport & Distribution 
• Supply Chain information systems 
• Data analytics 
• Sourcing For Non-Sourcing 
• Entrepreneurship 
• Agility 
• Collaboration

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Provides field engineering leadership, assist and support to projects & PI team for investigation, troubleshooting and resolution of technical/quality issues

ORGANISATION

• Organization structure (job belongs to…)
• Product Introduction Management of Site, Country, Cluster, Region or Platform

Reports directly to:

• PI Customer Site Manager

Other reporting to:

• Project PI Manager within project organization

Direct reports:

• none

Network & Links

Internal

• Participating Units and/or Subsystem Managers
• Customer Site PI team
• PI Support team (Back-office)
• Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety Teams
• Project Engineering team
• Quality team (mainly Project Quality Safety Manager and Supplier Quality)
• Installation and Test & Commissioning team (if applicable)
• Internal Supplier representatives (Components/Participating Units)
• Sourcing and Contract Manager
• Integrated Service Readiness (ISR)
• Maintenance/Service team (if Alstom)
• Global System representatives (if applicable)

External

• Train drivers
• Customer site team
• Customer maintenance team (if not Alstom)
• External Suppliers

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Key accountabilities:

• Support any technical activity on Alstom products during PI period as well as Commissioning, Warranty (and Validation & Certification phase if applicable)
• Diagnoses cause of malfunction/failure of operational equipment and recommends preventative and corrective actions
• Define troubleshooting methodology
• Provides technical guidance and supports technicians in troubleshooting and repairs
• Provides feedback on technical documentation deficiencies.
• Advises PI management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, and suggestions for product enhancements
• Drive Kx (8D) issues with Quality and internal & external Suppliers as support of Project Product Introduction Manager (PrPIM)
• Ensure completeness and quality of input to Failure Management data base for RAMS exploitation
• Drive Reliability Growth through failure/event investigation and reliability forecast implementation (with RAMS support).
• Drive and support containment to avoid reoccurrence of failures
• Supports as-maintained Alstom product configuration control and relevant documentation management
• Support technical reviews with internal and external Suppliers, partners, customers, authorities
• Ensure & facilitate information flow within the PI Customer Site, PI functions and project teams.
• Provides status and transparence on PI activities, key technical issues, to PrPIM.
• Apply EHS requirements on site with the support of EHS team representatives
• Drive technical Return of Experience/reporting/feedback as support of PrPIM
• Support Obsolescence Management (if applicable)
• Support preparation and implementation of Field Modifications (FM)

Performance measurements:

• Achievement of contractual reliability (milestone) targets
• Achievement of contractual availability (milestone) targets
• Containment and solution of K1S/K2/K3 issues on time (Considering K1S – safety relevant issue, K2 – issue causing major passenger service disruption, K3 – issue having impact on service availability and product reliability)
• Completeness and Quality of failure/event diagnosis/data and relevant documentation
• Reliability improvement after FM implementation
• Achievement of PI Dashboard
• Achievement of configuration updates
• Achievement of REX implementation
• Audit results (internal and external)
• Compliance with EHS rules and work-related processes

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Graduate in Engineering or Industrial
• Internal EHS training
• English

Desirable:

• Master’s degree in Engineering

Experience

Mandatory:

• Several years of technical experience, either mechanical or electrical / electronic engineering
• Railway safety & RAM
• EHS knowledge/exposure
• Product knowledge
• Data analytics

Desirable:

• General Railway knowledge
• Field Experience
• Problem Solving skills
• DFQ, Quality and Audit skills
• Customer contact

Competencies & Skills

• Refer to HR system vs PI job codes