Supplier Performance Specialist

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Supplier Performance Specialist in aerospace, ensuring supplier delivery efficiency in Los Angeles, CA. Collaborating on operational improvements and managing projects with significant travel requirements.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $86,800 - $165,200 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in supply chain management and operational effectiveness, with a strong focus on process improvement and project management. Capable of driving results through effective collaboration and relationship-building across cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Supply Chain ManagementProcess ImprovementProject ManagementSAP ProficiencyCross-Functional Team Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Delivery AssuranceOperational ProcessesData CollectionWIP TrackingQuality Notification ClosuresSupplier TrackingLogistical Barrier RemovalCapacity Constraints AnalysisImprovement Project IdentificationRisk Mitigation

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsSelf-MotivationFlexibilityEnthusiasmRelationship Building

Tools & Technologies

SAPQlikPower BI

Industry Keywords

OperationsSupplier DevelopmentOn-Time DeliveryCommodity DaysEMMsSEMO

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify Bottleneck/Capacity Constraints that will be used to develop improvement and mitigation plans for improved on time delivery from suppliers
Acquire a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing operational effectiveness is key to organizational business performance
Drive for results, consistently pursuing continued ways to accomplish goals and objectives that requires your extraordinary determination, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills to satisfy our Customer’s needs.
Develop a strong understanding of the products and the operational processes they go through at the suppliers you will be working with.
Ability to generate and gain opportunities to break functional, operational, & logistical barriers faced with getting products out the door.
Reveal and work to remove barriers to business goals specific to the on-time delivery of parts.
Effectively driving tasks/projects to completion which includes Leading Indicator (LI) data collection : RM availability and on order, WIP tracking , Quality notification closures, and Sub- Tier supplier tracking.
Working with multiple projects and interact with several departments and various levels of management simultaneously
Manage / assist with process improvement projects, prioritizes project work, and support the needs of CORE operating system
Utilizes project management approach and process improvement discipline to lead projects according to plan, including identifying and mitigating project risks
Gather feedback and work to identify new improvement projects in conjunction with Supplier Development Leaders
Will be an active participant in Commodity Days, EMMs and SEMO (Supplier Exec Management Overviews), and Co-lead with our customers and Supplier Development Leaders on the respective Supplier
Must be able to travel up to 80% of your time within the Los Angeles, CA Area
On-site at suppliers 80% of your time 20% of the time working from home office

Requirements

What you’ll need

A College Degree or equivalent experience and 5 years of prior delivery assurance, supply chain, or related experience; or an advanced degree with 2 years of experience.
Reside in the Los Angeles, CA Area
U.S. Citizen - U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, or related field
Learns quickly, grasps the 'essence of what is happening’, and can change the course quickly
Builds strong relationships with peers and partners outside of team to enable higher performance
Openly considers the ideas of others, analyzes, and develops innovation to reality
Flexible, enthusiastic self-starter
Proficient in SAP and Qlik/ Power BI
Experience working with cross functional teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

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