Supplier Performance, Delivery Assurance Manager

Role Overview

• Identify constraints to flow that will be used to develop improvement and mitigation plans for improved on time delivery from suppliers.
• Lead/ co-lead Production meetings with Suppliers.
• Acquire a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing operational effectiveness is key to organizational business performance.
• Drive for results, consistently pursuing continued ways to accomplish goals and objectives that requires your extraordinary determination, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills to satisfy our customer’s needs.
• Develop a strong understanding of the products and the operational processes they go through at the suppliers you will be working with.
• Ability to generate and gain opportunities to break functional, operational, & logistical barriers faced with getting products out the door.
• Reveal and work to remove barriers to business goals specific to the on-time delivery of parts.
• Effectively driving tasks/projects to completion which include but are not limited to: Leading Indicator data collection and gap review, material coverage and tracking, facilitating quality notification communication and closures, and sub-tier management assistance.
• Communicate across leadership levels within company and supply base.
• Build and maintain relationships with various partners, customers, and suppliers.
• Manage multiple projects and interact with several departments and various levels of management simultaneously.
• Manage / assist with process improvement projects.
• Through the rigorous use of change management disciplines, drive initiatives, processes, and CORE throughout the business and across the supply chain
• Utilizes project management approach and process improvement discipline to lead projects according to plan, including identifying and mitigating project risks.
• Gather feedback and work to identify new improvement opportunities in conjunction with Supplier Development Leaders.
• Must be able to travel up to 80% of your time within the Midwest & Canada region
• On-site at suppliers 80% of your time
• 20% of the time working from home office
• Will be an active participant in Commodity Days, Executive Management Meetings, and Co-lead with our customers and Supplier Development Leaders on the respective Supplier Business Reviews and Rate Readiness Reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in operations, supply chain, or related field and 10 years of experience in Operations, Quality, and/or Continuous Improvement roles; or an advanced degree with 7 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience working with cross functional teams.
• Experience working proficiently in SAP.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement principles (CORE, QCPC, etc.).

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• flexible work schedules
• employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• parental leave
• paid time off
• holidays