Director, Supplier Development - Engineered Items (remote)

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. The NA & EU Engineered Items Commodity Supplier Development Leader is responsible for the performance, capability, and strategic direction of a global commodity team, focusing on supplier development strategy and team empowerment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a global, cross-regional commodity supplier development team
• Set and deploy strategy for supplier performance, risk mitigation, and capability advancement across all sites and programs within the commodity
• Own and oversee commodity-level portfolio management including GMRE exposure, product lifecycle status, supplier performance, and spend distribution
• Drive manufacturing process standardization and execution within the supply base, ensuring alignment with technology and operational excellence goals
• Champion product knowledge maturity, value engineering, and cost improvement programs across the commodity supply base
• Implement and sustain part/part family/commodity-level risk identification, FMEA (including DFMEA), and mitigation strategies
• Act as the Global Supplier Development sponsor for assigned Strategic Business Units (SBU), serving as the primary interface between GSD and SBU executive leadership
• Represents the commodity team in senior level forums, ensuring supplier development priorities are aligned with BU goals and strategic initiatives (e.g., profit recovery, BCC transitions)
• Operate as a matched pair with BU supply chain leadership to co-own goals, drive aligned priorities and resolve escalations
• Provide a data-driven, balanced voice of the supply base in BU decision-making processes
• Drive SBU KPIs alignment and prioritization across commodity actions to ensure resources and initiatives are focused where most impactful
• Support business travel to supplier sites as needed - minimum of 50% of time

Requirements:

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 14 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years' experience
• Demonstrated leadership of global teams and success in cross-functional, matrixed environments
• Analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data sets and KPIs
• Site Lead/Ops Manager experience or a proven track record in supplier performance improvement and development
• University degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• Strong manufacturing and quality systems expertise, including FMEA, PFMEA, APQP, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action planning, and performance tracking tools
• Experience in regulated or complex manufacturing industries (aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial systems)
• Six Sigma or Lean certification (Green Belt or higher)
• Executive‑level communication and influencing skills with the ability to lead through ambiguity and drive accountability across regions and functions