TOSM Competitiveness Manager

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Join a forward-thinking company as a TOSM Competitiveness Manager, where your expertise will drive the development and maintenance of reference libraries for Tram & Metro systems. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring competitiveness through strategic planning and cost management, collaborating with diverse teams to enhance operational efficiency. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence project outcomes and contribute to sustainable transport solutions. If you're results-driven and thrive in a multicultural environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience required.
• Engineering or Business degree essential.

Responsabilités

• Manage competitiveness plans and deliver reference libraries.
• Support pre-tendering activities and project start-ups.

Connaissances

Project Management

Excel Proficiency

Financial Software Configuration

Python Programming

Communication Skills

Formation

Engineering Degree

Business School Degree

Outils

Excel

VBA

Description du poste

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TOSM Competitiveness Manager

Date: 29 Apr 2025

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Purpose of the job:

Responsible for the Tram & Metro systems within the Train Operations and System Maintenance (TOSM) department in the Services Product Line:

• Creating, maintaining, and delivering reference libraries and their continuous monitoring versus Quality, Cost & Delivery (QCD) objectives
• Managing competitiveness plans on the platform’s products, reference libraries, and reference solutions: driving during product development, implementation during tender preparation, monitoring during project execution
• Supporting pre-tendering / tendering activities and start of projects with reference libraries.
• Collecting Return of Experience on relevant Projects

Key accountabilities

Competitiveness on Reference Library

• Assisting the Product and/or Solution Manager in developing, implementing, and continuously reviewing the Reference Library regarding Quality, Cost & Delivery aspects: allocating responsibilities, tracking the achievement of cost targets for each contributor, and updating the Reference Library with confirmed cost variations.
• Delivering competitiveness action plans on behalf of the Product and/or Solution Manager, including developing and presenting business cases for new competitiveness initiatives.
• Providing support to the Product and/or Solution Manager for costing activities, including quick costing estimations during pre-tendering.
• Preparing and presenting Reference Library reviews (with Competitiveness Director), according to standards and schedules.
• Adjusting the dimensioning tool according to user or RFP requirements to enhance the Reference Library's competitiveness and usability.

Competitiveness on Tenders and Projects

• Supporting the TOSM cost manager (when existing)
• Assisting the TOSM Platform during pre-tendering and tendering stages by providing quick cost assessments, target costs, and target allocations using a top-down approach with data from the Reference Library.
• Holding reviews with bid cost managers to ensure QCD offering aligns with Reference Library.
• Conducting gap analysis during the tender stage to assess quotation relevance.
• Monitoring gaps between Reference Library and Tender solution, proposing new competitiveness actions to reach target costs.
• Supporting Projects on cost analysis and competitiveness action plans (task force, assessment, Design to cost activities).

Return of Experience

• Participating in analysis/benchmark of competition offering with the Services Product Line Market & Portfolio director
• Ensuring ROE of projects is integrated into the Reference Library (cost, planning, etc.) and reorienting action plans if needed, in coordination with TOSM Platform members.

Educational Requirements

• Engineering degree and/or Business School

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience
• Proficiency in Excel

Competencies and Skills

Technical:

• Project Management and/or Industry background
• Ability to recognize product and associated costs, and understand operational flows (engineering, manufacturing, industrial, etc.)
• Understanding of internal enterprise processes: Tenders, Projects, Engineering, Industrial, Sourcing, Quality, and their interfaces
• Proficient in financial software packages and capable of configuring them
• Ability to modify Excel formulas, VBA macros, and Python code
• Awareness of financial rules and contractual aspects (bonds & guarantees)
• Good communication skills (presentations, synthesis, relationship with contributors)
• Comfortable in an international, multicultural environment
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Behavioral:

• Results and data-driven, Design to Cost mindset
• Rigorous and able to structure teamwork
• Flexible to achieve results and benefits
• Collaborative, facilitating teamwork and driving collective efforts
• Comfortable in international, multicultural settings
• Ability to deliver on time
• Transparent, autonomous, proactive, and reactive

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.