MGR SUPPLIER SURVEILLANCE / DEVELOPMENT

Job Summary

Responsible to manage continuous improvement activities at NORDAM suppliers; provides support and extensive knowledge of processes at every operation sequence to ensure schedules for delivery of product as well as contractual quality and costs are met utilizing high level and effective relationship building communication.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivery and quality performance improvement across NORDAM.
• Leads effort to review manufacturing and special processes at the supplier to ensure compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Evaluates total cost of procurement to support best sourcing decisions.
• Manage and monitor supply chain to support P & L initiatives and objectives such as continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and capacity assessment and monitoring.
• Manages the development and improvement of existing supplier development and supplier management processes including risk management, operational readiness, supplier improvement plans, and supplier development.
• Works in parallel with work transfer on product transitions, performs risk mitigation and supplier capacity analysis as part of process. Manage priorities for corporate rate readiness assessments at supply base.
• Oversees the engagement of poorly performing suppliers. Ensure proper diagnosis, corrective actions plans, and continued monitoring. Manages the supplier performance team to handle priorities within the supply base based on performance.
• Leads supplier assessment and categorization effort. Collaborates with Supply Chain specialists and commodity managers to support NORDAM goals in category and commodity management.
• Engages with NPI (New Product Introduction) suppliers to assist in managing test schedules, qualification activities and facilitates communication with responsible engineering team.
• Liaises with departments, such as Engineering and Quality, to ensure specification compliance.

Performs other duties as required. These duties may include assignments in job classifications and departments other than the primary assignment.