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– Sourcing Specialist

Job Title: Sourcing Specialist

Location: Wabtec – India (Bangalore)

Experience: 4–8 Years

Budget – 13 LPA

Domain: Strategic Sourcing / Procurement / Supply Chain / Supplier Management

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Sourcing Specialist to manage supplier identification, RFQ activities, cost analysis, sourcing projects, supplier onboarding, PPAP tracking, and cost-reduction initiatives. The role will work closely with Sourcing, Engineering, SCM, Suppliers, and Project teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Sourcing & RFQ

- Identify and evaluate new suppliers based on category and regional requirements.

- Conduct supplier market research and develop supplier intelligence.

- Manage RFI/RFQ activities, quotation analysis, and commercial evaluation.

- Support new supplier onboarding and supplier data management using HICX / Wabtec systems.

- Prepare business cases covering ROI, CAPEX, NRE, and cost impact.

2. Project Management

- Maintain project trackers with planned vs. actual milestones.

- Conduct regular project reviews and follow up on deliverables.

- Track cost-reduction initiatives and Supplier Cost Reduction Ideas (SCRI).

- Initiate and track PPAP requests and deliverables.

3. Data & Documentation

- Maintain commodity, PIR, SFA/master files, and project trackers.

- Maintain Project Savings Tracker (PST) and ensure timely updates/uploads.

- Ensure accurate sourcing and project-related data across systems.

4. Analytics & Reporting

- Maintain sourcing dashboards and commodity trend analysis.

- Analyze price increases/decreases and their business impact.

- Track part-cost data and perform cost analytics.

- Analyze Deflation / Power BI reports and identify key cost drivers.





- Prepare biweekly forecasts based on open POs and demand forecasts, including Budget vs. PST vs. Gap analysis.

5. Cost Reduction & Sourcing Strategy

- Identify cost-saving opportunities through:

- Dual sourcing

- Supplier negotiations

- SCRI

- Should-cost analysis

- Supplier benchmarking

- Identify and execute sourcing projects to achieve targeted cost savings.

6. Tactical Procurement Activities

- Manage sourcing rules and price-feed uploads.

- Complete PST uploads and updates.

- Initiate PPAP and workflow approval requests.

- Coordinate SCM handover, SSS/PID and site approvals.

- Support PO release for NRE/CAPEX and initial samples.

Required Skills

- Experience in Strategic Sourcing / Procurement / Supply Chain.

- Strong knowledge of RFQ, RFI, quotation analysis and supplier evaluation.

- Experience in supplier identification, onboarding and supplier management.

- Knowledge of PPAP and APQP processes.

- Understanding of cost reduction, should-cost analysis and supplier negotiations.

- Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.

- Experience with Power BI is preferred.

- Exposure to SAP / HICX / procurement databases or similar tools is an advantage.

- Strong project tracking, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Candidate Profile

Good fit: Strategic Sourcing Executive / Sourcing Specialist / Procurement Specialist / Commodity Buyer / Supplier Development / Cost Analyst with experience in manufacturing, automotive, railway, industrial engineering or heavy engineering.

Role- Sourcing Specialist.

Essential Responsibilities

RFQ process

- Category landscaping & Supplier identification

- Develop technical and regional supplier market intelligence.

- RFI (Request for information) from current vendors,

- RFQ (Request for quote) from suppliers and quote analysis





- New Supplier Onboarding and Supplier data management (HICX or in any WABTEC database)

- Offer evaluation & Business case with ROI, CAPEX, NRE details

Project Management
- Project tracker with milestone – Plan v/s actual

- Recurring review to track project milestones

- Track cost reduction activities / SCRI (supplier cost reduction ideas)

- Initiate PPAP requests and PPAP deliverables tracking.

Data Management
- Maintain commodity tracker for all projects.

- Maintain PIR tracker

- Master files/SFA

- Project savings tracker (PST) upload and maintenance

Analytics/ Reporting
- Sourcing dashboard updates, Commodity trend analysis & tracking.

- Impact Analysis and Data collections on Price increase/decrease

- Track part cost data and analytics

- Deflation/Power BI report analysis ,Top drivers

- Biweekly forecasting based on open PO/forecast – Gap v/s Budget v/s PST

Strategy
- Identify cost Saving opportunity using levers like dual sourcing , SCRI, Should cost etcc.

- Achieve target cost saving worth $100k USD for 2024

- Identify target cost saving projects worth $250k USD for 2025

Tactical activities
- Sourcing Rules, Price Feed upload.

- PST Upload

- Initiate PPAP requests

- Workflow Approval Requests for Site approvals – SCM handover / SSS/ PID

- PO release or NRE / CAPEX

- PO release or Initial samples

Why SA Technologies Inc.?

Empowering Work Environment: A Great Place to Work, especially celebrated as one of the Best Places for Women.

Excellence and Quality: A CMMI Level 5 Company, ensuring operational and service excellence.

Globally Acclaimed: A Microsoft Gold Partner and Google Partner, with over 20 years of global IT consulting and Development solutions delivery.

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