Wabtec Hiring for Lean Coordinator – SCM BP at Tamil Nadu Full Time

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else’s life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Responsibilities:
You will be directly collaborating with Sales and Marketing, Projects, Engineering, Purchase, Supply Chain, Quality, Warehouse, Logistics, Finance, and Mfg Departments”

You will be responsible for Develop and Design Lean Processes, improve efficiencies, reduce cost and delight internal and external customer‘s satisfaction.

You will be responsible for Lean Supply Chain Transformation. This will include SIOP review, MPS, Address Capacity related issues, and Eliminate questionable practices, and design a process to improve the situation, Reduce demand variability, Improve forecast accuracy, Inventory reduction and Supply Chain Efficiency improvement

You will be responsible for Creating a process for improving the Inventory Turns ratio, Prevent Back orders or sustain Zero Back Orders, As-Is Study and Baselining of ABC and XYZ analysis

You will be responsible for streamlining the Order management flow, challenges identification, design and implement solutions, Design safety stock strategy, implementation, and Digitization of Supply Chain activities and Eliminate questionable practices

You are responsbile to develop efficient JIT sytem, Kanban system and 2-bin system which should synchronize with intenral kanban

Drive Lean Projects on Supplier Consolidation, Supplier LT reduction, Supplier to Partner Strategy development, Right First Time (RFT) level improvement, Zero Quality issues from Supplier’s and drive Supply Reliability improvement projects and drive Continuous cost reduction projects with cross functional teams

Drive Green Channel Parts strategy and sustenance, Make vs. Buy Strategy implementation and Outsourcing to Bought out implementation

Drive Lean Projects on Warehouse space reduction, Warehouse efficiency improvement (Picking time reduction, no. of manpower reduction, automation of activities etc),

Drive lean projects on Logistics cost reduction,

Assure Manufacturing hours are not wasted due to “Waiting for material”

Strong and demonstrated Problem Solving skills (Why-Why, Fishbone, 8D)

Adhere to process, tools, roles & responsibilities to: 1. Monitor Excess Inventory generation 2. Analyze Root Cause of Excess Inventory 3. Define and deploy structural action plan aiming to sustainably reduce Excess Inventory generation

Education / Skills :
Full Time Engineering Degree in Mechanical/Automobile/Electrical/Electronics/Production & Industrial Engineering from reputed Institute

Optional (added advantage): MBA in Supply Chain Mgmt from reputed B school

Mandatory Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification from reputed international body

Optional (added advantage) APICS training or equivalent

Strong skills on VSM and A3 Strategic Thinking implementation

Demonstrated skills on MPS, MRP, MTS and MTO strategies

Hands on experience in ERP & Excel Macro skills

Analytic & synthesis skill

Communication skills with site multiple departments

Problem Solving skills (RCA, 8D, PDCA, …)

Organizational & time management skills to maintain on time analyzis and reports.

Professional Experience

12+ years of relevant experience in Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Transformation expertise with proven track record

3+ years of leadership experience as a direct manager

Strong project management skills, including relevant industry-standard certifications

Solid experience of working in multi-functional teams and large-scale projects encompassing multiple enterprise applications/systems

Strong emotional intelligence and relationship building ability

Solid communication, presentation, facilitation, and discussion skills

Highly organized and able to remain flexible to the changing business needs

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Highly data-driven and process orientated

Professional experience in a comparable position ideally in automotive /Engineering/Electronics/Railway industry

Self-motivated/ Go getter/ Self Driven/ Needs minimum supervision

Demonstrated commitment for process improvement

Ability to deliver effective presentations and educate at all levels of the organization

Other Specifications

Candidate should have good communication skills along with strong stakeholder management skills – required to align internal and external stakeholders towards common goal. Willingness to solve problems, from process, people, and systems angles, and drive the change

Drive regular connects and cadence with Cross functional teams of Sales & Marketing, Finance, Purchase, Supply Chain, Quality, Project Management and Manufacturing

Rational decision-making, negotiating and influencing skills. An analytical work style.

Experience in working with self-directed teams

The ability to work effectively on a team or independently. Accountability, initiative, integrity and maturity are pre- requisites

Ability to deal with huge ambiguous data sets coming out disparate systems and in tools and spreadsheets of several distributed teams

Must be innovative, detail-oriented, experienced in highly visible/controversial projects

Ability to work like a corporate Entrepreneur with minimum hand holding and defining the correct path for the team members and stakeholders surrounding the business to achieve results

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.