RSC Platform Cost & Competitiveness Manager

ALSTOM Gruppe; Savigliano; In loco; EUR 55.000 - 85.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading global transportation company is seeking an RSC Regional Platform Cost & Competitiveness Manager for their Savigliano site in Italy. The role involves managing competitiveness plans, ensuring the completeness of reference libraries, and supporting tendering activities. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the Railway industry along with an engineering degree and strong project management skills. Fluency in English and a collaborative mindset are essential.

Servizi

Training on Alstom financial rules

Inclusive company culture

Competenze

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the Railway industry.
• Knowledgeable of Costing, Engineering, or Sourcing.
• Experience in Design To Cost processes.

Mansioni

• Ensure completeness of the reference library.
• Manage competitiveness plans on products and solutions.
• Support tendering activities with reference libraries.
• Monitor project costs and propose action plans.

Conoscenze

Project Management

Cost Analysis

Leadership

Communication

Collaborative Management

Design to Cost

Formazione

Engineering degree and/or Business School

Descrizione del lavoro

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RSC Platform Cost & Competitiveness Manager

Company: Alstom

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than 38 900 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

For Platforms we are currently looking for a motivated and enthusiastic RSC Regional Platform Cost & Competitiveness Manager at Savigliano site in Italy

Purpose of the job

In charge for his Platform of :

• Ensuring the completeness of the reference library and its continuous monitoring versus 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
• Support pre-tendering / tendering activities and start of projects with reference libraries.
• Collecting ROE on relevant Projects

Key accountabilities

• Competitiveness on Ref Lib
• Support the Product or Solution manager in building, driving and permanently challenging the Reference Library on QCD aspects: allocate and follow the cost target achievement per contributor, update the Ref Lib with cost improvement confirmed
• Coordinate, on behalf of the Product or Solution manager, competitiveness action plans with all métiers: build and present business cases of new competitiveness actions
• Support the Product /or Solution manager on demand for any costing activity (including quick costing at pre-tendering phase …)

Prepare and present Ref Lib reviews (with Competitiveness Director and Ref Lib manager), according to the standards and the calendar defined

• Competitiveness on Tenders and Projects
• On support to the Platform cost manager (when existing)
• Support the Platform at pre tendering and tendering stage in assessing on demand quick costing, target costs, target allocation to stakeholders (“top down” approach) using Ref Lib costing data
• Hold reviews with bid cost managers to check QCD offering is aligned with Ref Lib
• Monitor the gaps between Ref Lib and Tender solution, and propose new competitiveness action plan to reach the target cost
• Support to Projects on cost analysis, competitiveness action plan (task force, assessment, Design to cost activities…)
• Return of experience
• Participate to analysis/benchmark of competition offering with Platform Market & Portfolio director
• In coordination with the Platform members, ensure that the ROE of projects is integrated into the Ref Lib (cost, planning, etc) and reorient action plan if needed

Performance measurements

• Progress of Competitiveness action plan: volume/number of competitiveness actions proposed, progress of actions
• Cost monitoring of Ref Libs, and delivery on time
• Quality of Reference Library presentation

Educational Requirements

Mandatory: Engineering degree and/or Business School

Experience

Mandatory: Minimum 5 years of experience in industry

• Experience in Railway industry
• Knowledgeable of Costing, or Engineering, or Sourcing in similar industry
• Experience in Design To Cost

Technical

o Project Management and / or Industry background
o Ability to recognize product and associated costs, and understand operational flows (engineering, manufacturing, industrial, etc)
o Understanding of basic enterprise internal processes: Tenders, Projects, Engineering, Industrial, Sourcing, Quality and their interfaces…
o Sufficient awareness of financial rules and contractual aspects (bonds & guarantees, …)
o Good communication skill (presentations, synthesis, relationship with contributors ...)
o Comfortable in an international and a multi-cultural environment
o Fluent in English: spoken and written

Behavioural

o Results and data driven, Design to Cost spirit
o Rigorous, able to give structure to a collective team work
o Leadership to achieve results and benefits
o Collaborative management, facilitating team working, able to drive a collective team work
o Comfortable in an international and a multi-cultural environment
o Ability to deliver on-time
o Transparency, autonomy, anticipation, initiative, reactivity

Training

Training to be performed: Alstom financial rules, Design To Cost (for RSC)

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers. We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.