Director Life Cycle Cost Management & Pricing (HF)

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.

The Director Life Cycle Cost Management & Pricing will lead a high-performance team responsible for long-term revenue management of Wabtec Transit Services Group.

Who will you be working with?

– Wabtec Original Equipment sales and engineering teams during tender phase.

– Regional leaders (Finance, Sales, Operations, …) to identify levers to increase revenue & margin.

– You will also interface and influence all levels of the customer’s organization.

How will you make a difference?

You will leverage technology, industry and after-market knowledge, creating standard processes and structure to measure costs of major overhauls.

You team drives visibility to areas of efficiencies/ inefficiencies impacting standard costs collaborating cross-functionally to harmonize data, derive insights and drive meaningful outcomes, KPI’s to ensure product cost structures meet business targets.

What do we want to know about you?

• Master’s degree,
• Experience in a long-life cycle industry: Rail, Energy infrastructure, Aerospace, Marine..,
• At least 10 years of experience in Engineering, Tendering, LCC, RAMS, Product Management. Understanding of Finance, Technology and Services Business,
• At least 5 years of experience in a leadership role, in a matrix environment, with proven experience of leading cross functional reviews and workouts to efficiently determine plans, actions, & needs to deliver or overcome issues,
• Automating processes and tools knowledge, using data management AI,
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 15-25 % depending on location.

What will your typical day look like?

• Driving short, medium- and long-term strategy to optimize life cycle costs,
• Delivering Life Cycle Cost during tender phase,
• Monitor margins and operational KPI (TTQ, Hit Rate, Price variation),
• Deploying pricing guidelines and tools (Quote automation using CPQ/CRM, Smart pricing),
• Screening performance and actions to maintain Life Cycle Cost competitiveness.

At Transit Services Group, we support customers by providing maintenance and spares, and by retrofitting equipment.​ The Transit Services Group consolidates all business related to spare parts, repair & overhaul activities on existing trains, platforms and infrastructure.​

Location Europe, with easy access/vicinity to any of our sites in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom.

Legal authorization to work in EU is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalized agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

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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.

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