Senior Manager, Installation Supplier Development – Productivity

Role Overview

• Define and lead the strategy for installation supplier development, including supplier qualification, capability standards, and geographic coverage aligned to project demand and technology roadmap.
• Establish and govern standardized onboarding, performance management, and productivity frameworks across installation suppliers and trades.
• Set productivity baselines and learning-curve expectations by trade, scope, and technology; drive continuous improvement across the supplier network.
• Partner with Construction leadership to identify systemic productivity losses, downtime drivers, and execution risks, particularly during early deployments of new technologies.
• Lead executive-level supplier performance reviews (QBRs / PIRs), incorporating execution results, NPI learnings, and forward-looking improvement commitments.
• Own installer productivity assumptions and labor models, ensuring they are grounded in validated field data.
• Govern installer cost models and translate technology or process changes into quantified cost and productivity impacts that inform pricing and supplier commitments.
• Serve as a senior partner to Strategic Sourcing during RFQs and negotiations, validating assumptions and securing performance-based commercial terms.
• Partner with Finance to ensure installer cost models reflect NPI risk, execution variability, and margin expectations.
• Act as the installation-facing owner for new technology introductions and value-add process changes.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and Construction to ensure new technologies are clearly scoped, installable at scale, and supported by appropriate tooling, training, and documentation.
• Lead install-readiness assessments and support pilot and first-of-kind deployments, converting field learnings into standardized installation approaches.
• Serve as the primary interface between installation suppliers and internal teams on productivity, performance, cost, and technology deployment topics.
• Influence cross-functional alignment through data-driven insights and execution-backed recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Business, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in supplier development, installation or construction operations, productivity engineering, strategic sourcing, or NPI execution within industrial or automation environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading new technology rollouts or major process changes in execution-heavy settings.
• Deep understanding of installation labor models, productivity drivers, and cost structures.
• Proven ability to translate field execution data into commercial and financial models and influence senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• disability
• 401K
• PTO