Lead Buyer

Alstom; Bellevue (WA); On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom Australia is seeking a Lead Buyer on site in Bellevue to lead end-to-end sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance across a multi-site portfolio. You will deploy commodity strategies, drive negotiations, and ensure contract execution to deliver QCDT outcomes.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Engineering, Quality, and Finance, shaping procurement strategies, managing supplier panels, and upholding Alstom’s ethics and CSR commitments across projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Business or related field.
• Experience or understanding of strategic procurement processes and strategies.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality Control and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance across multi-site projects.
• Localise commodity strategies for Australia; govern supplier panels and contracts across projects.
• Ensure alignment with commodity strategies.
• Drive QCDT performance and mitigate risk across bid to ramp-up.
• Lead site/project buyers; standardise practices, tools, and KPIs.
• Promote ethics, CSR, and compliance standards.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field

Job description

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.

Could you be the full-time onsite Lead Buyer in Bellevue we’re looking for?

As the Lead Buyer at Alstom, you will lead end-to-end sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance across a multi-project, multi-site portfolio, consolidating demand to leverage scale and deliver QCDT outcomes from bid through ramp-up. You will deploy commodity strategies, lead multi-project negotiations and frame agreements, ensure contract execution, and drive supplier performance and quality while proactively managing supply risk. Governing the supplier panel and compliance requirements, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams and provide functional leadership and best-practice standardization to site/project buyers to achieve savings, TCO improvements, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your strategic procurement and negotiation expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside innovative, dedicated, and collaborative team members. You'll shape the future of procurement strategies by preparing and launching Request for Quotation with suppliers and ensure our projects align with Australian Standards. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as Engineering, Quality Control, and Finance), support commodity strategy and panel elaboration, and much more.

We’ll look to you to:

• Lead end-to-end sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance management across all projects delivered by Alstom Australia, spanning multiple sites,
• Deploy and localise commodity strategies to the Australian context; ensure robust supplier panel governance and contract coverage across the project portfolio,
• Ensuring alignment with commodity strategies,
• Drive Quality, Cost, Delivery and Technical (QCDT) performance and mitigate risk during bid, development, industrialisation, ramp-up, and serial phases,
• Provide functional leadership to site and project buyers; standardise best practices, tools, and KPIs across sites,
• Promote and enforce Alstom’s Code of Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and compliance standards.

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Engineering, Business or related field
• Experience or understanding of strategic procurement processes and strategies,
• Strong negotiation and communication skills,
• Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic, fast pace project-driven environment.

Things you’ll enjoy

• Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:
• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines,
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues,
• Contribute to innovative projects,
• Progress towards becoming a key player in global sourcing and commodities expertise

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.

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. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people with disability and other minority groups to apply.

We recognise that embracing flexibility & inclusivity is the smarter way of working. Please speak with us about your individual needs or if any workplace adjustments are required. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process please email: [e-mail]

For internal applicants, please ensure you confirm your eligibility to apply with your Supervisor and relevant Human Resources representative prior to submitting an application.

As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing.

There are different compliance requirements for different workgroups. You will be provided with relevant information, during the recruitment process.