Sourcing Commodity Manager

Job Description

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.

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!

In this role, you will work closely with local site purchasing and materials teams, as well as Wabtec Americas and Enterprise Direct and Indirect Sourcing groups, to ensure alignment on sourcing strategies and execution. You will regularly collaborate with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Product Management, and Commercial teams to support cost‑out initiatives, supplier performance, and strategic sourcing decisions. Additionally, you will partner with Wabtec sister companies on joint sourcing opportunities and cross‑functional projects.

Your work will also include preparing and presenting updates to senior leadership, driving integration activities across the six Wabtec Global Services (WGS) business units, and serving as a key point of connection between operational needs, commercial requirements, and global sourcing objectives.

In this role, you will drive the overall sourcing and cost‑out strategy for the Wabtec Global Services businesses by leading the development and execution of material productivity projects across multiple sites. You will play a critical role in reducing total cost, improving supplier performance, and aligning sourcing decisions with operational and commercial needs. Your ability to influence cross‑functional teams, analyze complex data, negotiate effectively, and build strong supplier relationships will directly support Wabtec’s financial objectives and long‑term sourcing strategy.

Through strategic planning, supplier optimization, and active collaboration with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Commercial teams, you will enable cost deflation, supply continuity, and improved competitiveness across all service business units.

4800 Deramus Ave, Kansas City, MO 64120

As a Wabtec Global Services Commodity Manager
, you will:

• Build a commodity strategy to support supply continuity and sourcing alignment across Wabtec Global Services.
• Review raw material indices, market trends, and PPV performance to assess progress against cost‑out targets.
• Collaborate daily with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and site purchasing teams to support sourcing decisions and resolve supplier‑related issues.
• Develop, evaluate, and manage RFQs, supplier bids, and negotiation strategies to secure competitive cost, quality, and delivery terms.
• Analyze supplier proposals, should‑cost models, and total cost considerations to support strategic sourcing recommendations.
• Facilitate the first article inspection process using corporate tools to track the WGS and supplier approval process to qualify samples.
• Enter and update cost‑out and deflation projects in…