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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Representative of procurement on Site as member of the Site Management Committee: relays to Procurement/Site any information or decision that could impact respective activities such as organizational changes, supplier difficulties, local/global instructions, Make or Buy decisions.
• Liaise between Procurement Function and Site operational members
• Support tender preparation by supervising procurement cost commitment preparation
• Support project execution by managing suppliers QCD performances

HIERARCHIC DIRECTOR

• Head of Procurement

MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:

• 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

TEAM FACILITATION AND MANAGEMENT :

• Secures compliance of its team to the Alstom code of Ethics
• Ensure team animation in close link with Cluster/ Country Procurement Directors
• Manage and develop procurement manager, Procurement Project Manager (PPM), Procurement Tender Manager (PTM), senior Buyer and Buyer
• Motivate, inspire and continuously develop his team in a multicultural interface to improve competencies
• Close link with Global Procurement (Commodity Manager (CM), Domain Director (DD)) to deploy Global strategies and have synergies
• Welcome the new resources, manages their local integration, and is responsible for their coaching by their senior colleagues
• Applies & support Alstom Transport Procurement rules, process & tools
• Management of its cost center, ensure the adequate sizing of his/her organization according to the business needs

PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE :

• Applies & support Alstom Procurement Golden rules, process & tools
• Bring Procurement expertise to support local buyer team
• Challenge global sourcing (Commodity Manager (CM) / Commodity Director (CD) to secure project execution and profitability in escalation phase
• Drive continuous improvement within whole local buyer team through APSYS Procurement
• Manage Supplier Local QCD performances
• Perform regular (min. Monthly) supplier QCD performance, solves major issues and secure objectives achievement

PROJECT EXECUTION AND PROFITABILITY:

• Support local team to face commercial and contractual negotiation during project execution phase
• Challenge site stakeholders (engineering, supply chain, quality...) to secure project execution and profitability
• Track procurement performance in project and issue action plan in case of deviation
• Analyses risks and sets appropriate mitigation plan
• Formalize and share return on experience on main issues

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & CASH FOCUS:

• Support supply chain to monitor and secure raw material inventory and OTIF objectives
• Support quality on Non-Conformities Report (NCR) treatment and improvement, Cost of Non-Quality (CONQ) S1 management
• Support accounting department to align on invoice accounting and payable days
• Participate actively on industrial continuous improvement

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:

• Savings (actions aiming at securing and improving gross margin)
• Non-Conformities Report and On Time Delivery / CONQ S1 & coverage from Procurement
• Launch Gate Review (LGR) and Specification Gate Review (SGR) on time
• First Article Inspection (FAI) on time (RS&C)
• Tender ambition tracking (ASIP) & Sourcing action plan tracking from SPR including claims and ambition covering
• Purchase Order (PO) Go on time
• APSYS Procurement maturity roadmap improvement
• Savings P&L and Cost to Complete
• Non Conformities Event and On Time Delivery
• Panel situation Supplier compliancy status rate

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR

• National Diploma in Purchasing or equivalent. BS or BA in Purchasing, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Information Technology or other business-related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Procurement, or same/similar Industry work experience (e.g., quality/engineering/costing/ etc).
• Procurement professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background.
• Solid working experience, with sourcing/supply chain exposure (manufacturing / automotive / rail industries preferred), with at least 3 years in management
• Purchasing professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background
• Fluent English
• International mind-set
• Communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
• Internal and external influencing skills
• Pro-active, autonomous
• Ability to work in complex organization and to manage wide transversal network
• Negotiation Skills
• Strategic vision
• Ability to work independently
• Willingness to travel

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• International mindset
• Leadership
• Communication skills & Team spirit
• Internal and external influencing skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment
• Ability to challenge
• Results oriented
• Team management
• Negotiation and strategic vision

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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 across all Customer Depots.
• Technical support for Reliability Growth through investigations and data analysis. Identify new faults and system failures, root cause analysis, field investigation and reporting.
• Technical support for Troubleshooting in order to ensure maximum train availability.

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:

• 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

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR

MANDATORY:

• Graduate in Engineering or Industrial
• Internal EHS training

DESIRABLE:

• University Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or Industrial

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

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Be in charge of all the Logistic teams: warehouse, logistic engineering and transport teams (Alstom employees or external - provider) for your site / country.  
• Manage and optimize the logistic flows to always keep the physical and system flows aligned. 

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:

• Ensure that employees operate in an environment that complies with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies:  
• Know and follow all safety, environmental and emergency procedures 
• Actively participate in all aspects of safety including reporting of near misses and meetings 
• Ensure implementation of all standard processes & golden rules in compliance with Logistic Handbook 
• Ensure optimization of warehousing, packaging, and physical flow according to Lean Manufacturing and QCDE (Quality Cost Delivery Environment Health & Safety) principles 
• Ensure key users are in place to support critical processes and users (training, data corrections, system Key Performance Indicators (KPI)) 
• Ensure the ERP solution (Enterprise Resource Planning solution) is implemented, correctly used and guarantee the master data quality 
• Monitor and report Key Performance Indicators (inventory accuracy, cycle counting performance) 
• Ensure the inventory process is in compliance with Alstom standard rules (Delegation of Authority DOA, instruction) 
• Ensure the deployment of APSYS (Alstom Transport Production System) roadmap by each Team 

Management:  

• Manage Jobs & Skills, Training & Qualification, Workforce, Staffing & organization, World Class Manufacturing network 
• Monitor and report Key Performance Indicators and continuous improvement activity for logistics 
• Manage employees performance and well-being through continuous dialogue, Monitor team performance and implement development plans.
• Manage workload allocation and resource planning.
• Lead, coach, and develop logistics personnel.

Operational activities:  

• Ensure that Environment Health & Safety (EHS) rules are respected and promote EHS culture 
• Ensure alignment between physical and system flows: no physical movement without system update 
• Warehousing & Logistics: implement and run Logistics standards for physical material flow (goods reception, warehousing, picking, line feeding, inventory, and shipping) 
• Optimize warehouse layouts, its internal flows and storage policy 
• Ensure optimization of transportation flow & cost 
• Manage C-Class* activity according to Alstom standard rules (C-Class is the outsourcing of the small parts management) 
• Promote recycling activities: bin management and returnable packaging 

*C Class is the outsourcing of the management of the small parts 

Finance:  

• Manage Budget for his department 
• Monitor freight costs, customs costs, warehousing expenses, and transportation spend
• Analyze logistics costs and identify opportunities for savings.
• Respect the Delegation of Authority (DOA) rules regarding inventory reconciliations     

In case of 3PL (logistic activities totally or partially outsourced):  

Main responsibilities (towards 3PL):  

• Ensure that the 3PL and his employees operates in an environment that complies with Alstom’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies 
• Ensure that the 3PL works according to the conditions and service levels agreed in the contract 
• Be the contact person between the Management of the 3PL and all other Alstom Departments;  
• Manage any complaints or issues concerning the 3PL and escalate if required 
• If the 3PL works in Alstom’s ERP, ensure that is correctly implemented and used by the 3PL 
• Participate in all monthly, weekly and daily meetings with the 3PL 
• Control and validate the 3PL’s KPI’s and invoices 

Management (towards 3PL):  

• Manage the 3PL Supplier according to his Performance: cooperate, motivate, gratify, or intervene and escalate when required 
• Manage 3PLs that are in charge of the external stock (KPIs review, steering committee, manage costs, budget, invoices, define targets, monitor activities…) 

Operational activities (towards 3PL):  

• Guarantee follow-up and performance of 3PL activities through KPIs 
• Analyse the Root Causes of any logistic issues and agree with the internal stakeholders and the Management of the 3PL on corrective actions. Follow up on these actions and participate in their realization 

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR

MANDATORY:

• Graduated from Supply Chain / Engineering / Industrial

DESIRABLE:

• Knowledge of Industrial fields and/or Material Planning

EXPERIENCE

MANDATORY:

• Experience of mini 3-5 years in Logistics & Warehouse management 
• Experience of mini 5 years in Team management
• logistics, inventory management, or a related field preferred.

DESIRABLE:

• Knowledgeable of SAP (WM and IM modules) or similar ERPS, audits

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Good communication, negotiation, leadership and initiative skills 
• Strategic and methodical vision 
• Good risk management and problem solving skills 
• Agile, inclusive and responsible attitude 
• Partnership attitude 
• International mind-set
• Communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
• Internal and external influencing skills
• Pro-active, autonomous
• Ability to work in complex organization and to manage wide transversal network

Ability to work independently

• Willingness to travel