Supplier Development Lead – Midwest

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Supplier Development Lead at Pratt & Whitney driving operational excellence and process compliance within the supply base. Supporting key suppliers in resolving critical issues with a focus on quality and delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • drive operational excellence and process compliance within the supply base through on site visits and assessments.
  • help key suppliers in the resolution of significant issues that are likely to have a business-wide impact by working cross functionally with Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Operations leadership.
  • coordinate and resolve company/department wide risks/obstacles to ensure manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery schedules are aligned with customer needs.
  • responsible for reporting key suppliers’ progress to operational initiatives at executive reviews with senior level leadership, both internal and external.
  • drives improvement of on time delivery and quality performance at multiple suppliers.
  • develop and drive quality improvement plans.
  • coordinates root cause identification and corrective actions.
  • leads onsite assessments with Buyers, Quality, and Engineering teams to drive overall supplier improvement.
  • identifies and removes significant barriers to the implementation of CI for suppliers to improve on-time delivery and quality.
  • evaluates key supplier performance and applies sustainable counter measures and actions to facilitate improvement.
  • directs production readiness assessments for New Product Introduction and rate increases, including capacity confirmation to ensure a timely ramp-up to production volumes with a business wide impact.
  • oversee the monitoring of critical business wide metrics and the coordination of cross-functional work teams to significantly increase effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.
  • engages the senior management of key suppliers to initiate appropriate major improvement programs to achieve and sustain high levels of performance.
  • plans, organizes, directs and reports all activities and matters relating to supplier performance.
  • evaluates supplier performance, management, capacity and production readiness.
  • assesses supplier qualifications including training and certifications.
  • elaborates supplier development plans and works in collaboration with the supplier to ensure best performance is achieved.

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree in Supply chain, Business Management, or related field and 8 years of experience in Operations, Quality, and/or Continuous Improvement roles; or an advanced degree with 5 years of experience.
  • U.S. Citizen - U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
  • Reside within the Midwest, USA area (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH SD, WI)

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