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Wabtec Corporation Lead Materials and Transportation Specialist in Cumberland, Maryland
It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
Who will you be working with?
Reporting to the CSX Account Material Leader, this critical role is part of a team of logistics experts who are located across the Eastern US and is part of the larger Wabtec CSX Field Services Account Team. In addition to immediate team members, this role interfaces with employees at all levels in various other divisions throughout the company, owns multiple vendor relationships, and interacts directly with the customer (CSX Railroad) as necessary.
How will you make a difference?
This critical position is responsible for a variety of tasks to support the account. On a daily basis, your decisions and actions will have a large impact in driving the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire account and closely monitored customer metrics.
What do we want to know about you?
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college preferred
OR a HS diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in a material planning capacity
Additional prior experience in production control or planning, supervision, sourcing, or material control environment
Ability to manage multiple tasks and establish effective work priorities
MS Office Expertise on Access / Excel
Strong oral and written communications skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
The ability to maintain reliable and predictable attendance
A high level of dependability, a great attitude, and an ability to work well with a team towards achieving a common goal
What will your typical day look like?
Some of the main tasks that encompass this position include things such as FMI and program management planning, new fleet material sourcing and tracking, transportation monitoring, customer sales ordering, tracking all AR from order to payment, critical material monitoring. In the event of vacancies in shop locations, the role will support the team to include on-site support and training/helping onboard new hires. Some of the additional tasks that this role will be responsible for include:
Ordering all FMI material across multiple sites at full lead-time to match an RM schedule to prevent program delays while avoiding excess inventory.
Weekly monitor on hand active and upcoming FMI material to ensure material is on hand at needed sites to avoid OOS locos and prevent delays.
Support the account with special projects including developing transactional processes, working through special circumstances or instructions, implementing new processes, and general material support.
Work with Engineering and Fleet teams on upcoming new fleets to develop material lists including estimating potential demand, placing orders to drive demand, and then weekly follow-up with buyers to ensure parts are delivered on-time.
Track new Fleet performance, watching material usage closely to adjust planning on new parts and monitor on hand quantities of parts while planning for scheduled changeouts.
Monitoring constrained or critically allocated material including daily monitoring of extremely low on hand material, attending daily CA calls to obtain parts needed for OOS locomotives.
Process all customer sales orders. Weekly work VEOS errors so orders will generate in system including resolving pricing and other issues.
Weekly update AR Past Due report to ensure invoices are being paid on time and any issues are resolved so payment is not delayed.
Work with internal Senior leadership team on over-the-counter sales, including those to and from customer. Ensure OTC Sales to customer are processed timely and invoices are generated quickly. Ensure OTC Sales from customer are validated and approved monthly. Work to improve both processes as needed.
Reconcile LHFM/MSL penalty payment with CSX each reporting period, resolving disputes, liaison from field to customer, weekly coordination with contract & financial manager.
Provide oversight to repair shops and ML and SL on changes to transport cost changes on per mile and lane as well as port interruptions.
Works with finance manager to determine any transport costs or changes
Overall responsible for all Transportation Metrics for MSA.
Search for potential transportation savings project on the account, generate processes, and drive team engagement of processes to ensure savings are captured.
Support entire account with indirect purchasing for special projects.
All other duties as required
You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.
What about the physical demands of the job?
This position is onsite (not remote) and requires full-time physical presence in any of the major Wabtec CSX MSA Account Locations or at the Jacksonville, FL office. This position is not eligible for remote work.
Speaking and understanding spoken English
Typing and operating a computer
Infrequent visits to shop locations which may require walking on uneven surfaces and standing for prolonged periods of time
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between
$89,100.00-$126,900.00
The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com . Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
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.