Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Monitor material flow from suppliers
• By assessing supplier commit dates identify areas/parts where Pressure to Plan is generated and drive decision -making process to reduce it
• Define strategies to face Pressure to Plan by coordinating various functions (e.g. Purchasing, Sourcing, Quality Engineering, Engineering) in order to achieve delivery date improvement
• Act as Supply Chain point of contact for teams outside Supply Chain organization (Manuf. Programs, Engineering, Sourcing)
• Engage and escalate priorities within company management and other functions
• Communicate to Shops / Sourcing program priorities and work issues with program managers
• Deal with Sourcing on critical orders to guarantee proper priorities and support solving critical shortages
• Set allocation decisions for critical hardware (Spares vs Assembly)
• Communicate updates and act as expert in Critical Material Reviews
• Drive Supply Chain LOB’s to track material coverage for selected programs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Economics
• Deep expertise in Manufacturing, Sourcing or other Supply Chain functions
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to analyze and solve problems
• Strong relationship and leadership skills: able to influence, motivate and work effectively with diverse and cross-functional teams within a matrix environment
• Deep knowledge of data processing and visualization tools (e.g. Spotfire, advanced MS Excel, …)
• Ability to simultaneously work on short term issues while keeping long term vision
• Ability to quickly adapt and react to changes
• Sense of urgency and ability to prioritize the tasks
• Proficient in Microsoft Office SW, knowledge of some enterprise ERP (Oracle, SAP)
• Fluent in English, both oral and written

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills. 

  Note:

  To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

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