Director, Castings & Forgings Commodity Leader

Role Overview

• Supplier Performance & Quality Improvement: Coordinate internal and supplier containment activities across Operations and Quality Assurance (Ops/QA).
• Facilitate Commodity specific Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities with suppliers to address quality and delivery performance gaps.
• Manage teams that will Develop, implement, and track Improvement Plans and Corrective Actions with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Lead at the commodity level – the working teams cadence for Monitoring supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Leading and Lagging
• ensuring progress toward defined targets.
• Communicate stakeholder improvement plans and lead periodic performance reviews.
• Commodity & Supplier Management: Lead the Commodity Team allocation process and ensure clear accountability for supplier performance within the team.
• Identify supplier sites for focus engagement and align priorities with sourcing and procurement strategies.
• Support the management team in successful facilitation of supplier kick-off meetings to set expectations, clarify deliverables, and drive alignment.
• Manage teams skill set to Assess suppliers using tools such as SHR / SRA and other market tools to determine capability and maturity levels.
• Evaluate exit criteria for suppliers and determine readiness to transition out of containment or crisis management phases.
• Crisis Management & Engagement: Support resolution of upcoming Escalations requests from the team on performance risks and recommend application of tiger teams when required.
• Enable and Support rapid response teams to stabilize supplier performance in critical situations.
• Drive alignment on sustainment strategies and lead closed-loop communications with Strategic Business Units (SBUs).
• Transition Management & Leadership: Provide commodity level leadership and/or support for supplier transitions, ensuring a smooth handover of work scope with minimal disruption.
• Enable the Support and sustainment phase by monitoring supplier maturity post-transition and ensuring long-term capability.
• Align with internal business units and suppliers to reinforce performance expectations and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

• Typically requires University Degree and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
• 5+ years experience with Castings (sand, investment casting manufacturing technologies)
• 5+ years prior project management experience with greenfield/brownfield projects
• 5+ years prior experience leading direct reports
• The ideal candidate will currently reside in the Midwest region
• Forging experience
• Sand Castings experience
• Industrial Engineering degree
• Experience managing cross-functional improvement initiatives and crisis management in the Material / Metallurgy – Castings Forging domain
• Analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data sets and KPIs
• Experience in Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action planning, and performance tracking tools
• Ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization
• Six Sigma or Lean certification (Green Belt or higher).
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and aerospace industry regulations
• Experience with supplier assessments and APQP process knowledge

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!