Job Description Summary

As a Supplier Recovery and Rate Readiness Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the seamless integration and performance of our supply chain partners. Your primary focus will be on driving supplier recovery initiatives, ensuring suppliers are prepared to meet production rate requirements, and managing the overall delivery performance for the Unison supply base. Additionally, you will develop and execute strategies for identifying and onboarding new suppliers for key products and processes.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for monitoring and identifying low performing suppliers
• Work strategically with low performing suppliers to improve their on time delivery and overall supplier performance.
• Use data collection and problem solving skills to determine the root cause of supplier performance issues, and engage with the suppliers and appropriate Unison team members to resolve those issues.
• Travel onsite to suppliers regularly (50%) to engage with key supplier contacts and help resolve issues impacting supplier performance
• Develop the appropriate rhythm and method for communicating performance metrics with suppliers.
• Build strong relationships with top leaders within the supplier organizations, including management / ownership, to drive improvement and sustained performance.
• Utilize lean tools to determine if there are internal Unison problems that are causing low supplier performance, and work cross functionally to drive solutions.
• Work directly with the commodity managers to develop and sustain the grow / maintain / exit strategy for the Unison supply base.
• Identify new suppliers to onboard and drive necessary competition within key products
• Own the product transition process when new suppliers are onboarded
• Own the product transition process when parts are moved from make to buy
• Conduct supplier capacity assessments to ensure they are setup to meet future demands
• Mentor early career professionals that are looking to grow their sourcing and leadership skillsets
• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 9 years of experience in supply chain).
• Minimum of 5 years of supply chain experience.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills
• Prior experience driving supplier and / or customer delivery schedules
• Working knowledge of Oracle or other ERP systems