Manager, Indirect Procurement, Category Management – Facilities
US Foods
Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
GE Aerospace
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Responsible to lead continuous improvement activities on-site at Unison 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.
- Engages underperforming suppliers at the direction of sourcing management to identify root cause and create and manage project plans for corrective actions to ensure delivery of quality, on-time supplies; leads recovery planning efforts, follow up meetings, and monitors based on RCCA responses to create supplier sustainability.
- Reviews manufacturing and special processes at the supplier to ensure compliance and identify improvement opportunities; evaluates total cost of procurement for 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.
- Acts as program manager for product transitions (additions, deletions, dual/multi-purpose), performs risk mitigation and supplier capacity analysis as part of process; deploys rate readiness reviews to give commodity management guidance for best overall sourcing decisions.
- Serve as a technical liaison between engineering, operations, and suppliers to ensure delivery of parts which meets specs as outlined in contracts at the best value for Unison.
- Lead supplier escalation meetings across the Unison supply chain org to assign actions and deploy the appropriate risk mitigation tools to proactively reduce foreseeable supply chain impacts.
- Engage with NPI suppliers to assist in managing test schedules, qualification activities and facilitates communication with responsible engineering team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 9 years experience in supply chain, manufacturing, and/or lean roles)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain, manufacturing, and/or lean roles.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to operate autonomously with a high level of personal accountability to do what it takes to deliver results
- Understanding of sourcing processes and compliance requirements experience
- Project management capability and strategic initiative experience
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to collaborate and communicate at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects; develop, plan, manage and execute for results
- Demonstrated strength in GE Aerospace leadership behaviors; act with humility, lead with transparency and deliver with focus
- Clear thinker, tenacious and persistent in engagement at delivering results
- Proven skill in developing supplier relationships; ability to deal with difficult suppliers and identify potential risks or errors.
- Understanding of machining, sheet metal fabrication and electronics manufacturing methods; understanding of shop floor control, visual metrics and lean concepts
Benefits
- Professional development
- Competitive compensation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
supply chain managementlean manufacturingproject managementsourcing processesrisk mitigationcapacity assessmentmachining methodssheet metal fabricationelectronics manufacturingshop floor control
Soft skills
oral communicationwritten communicationpersonal accountabilityinterpersonal skillsleadership skillscollaborationproblem-solvingtenacitytransparencyfocus
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeGED
