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Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (including project management, quality, and engineering), coordinate procurement activities, and drive supplier performance improvements, and much more.\nYou’ll specifically take care of managing the supplier selection process, but also support commodity strategies and foster strong supplier relationships.\nWe’ll look to you for:\nPreparing and launching Requests for Quotation (RFQs) with suppliers\n\nLeading project negotiations and ensuring compliance with quality, cost, delivery, and technical (QCDT) objectives\n\nMonitoring procurement project evolution, including First Article Inspections (FAI), business awards, and product development\n\nEnsuring work package sheet commitments are met\n\nCoordinating projects across all relevant functions\n\nEnsuring on-time delivery and quality, especially during ramp-up phases\n\nPromoting Alstom’s Code of Ethics and adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct\n\nAll about you\nWe value passion and attitude over experience. 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