Strategic Supplier Leader - Sheet Metal Fabrication

Strategic Supplier Leader- Sheet metal, Fabrication

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

- Be the key contact between Organization and the Supplier and thus facilitate bi- directional communication:

- Agrees on Supplier value proposal definition and multi-year deployment plan

- Communicate Supplier strategy internally

- Consolidate internal needs from organization entities (BUs and Operations) and define areas of business development opportunities with Supplier

- Negotiate with Supplier on behalf of all organisation entities including Supplier performance and productivity objectives

- Lead regular business reviews with the Supplier to monitor operational performance Internal

- Organize regular management meetings with Supplier to monitor strategic plan deployment

- Manage the communication of all business awards to Supplier, in full coordination with BUs and/or Operations and Category management.

- S3L is responsible of the implementation and execution of the Strategy decided at Market level for the Supplier he is responsible for.

- S3L is acting also as point of Escalation, to fix major issues at OCP or OFP level to recover Customer satisfaction.

Lead Supplier initiatives on a global basis:

- Be accountable for Supplier performance on Productivity, Quality On-time delivery Competitiveness, Technical or Process Innovation, Planet & Society responsibility,

Responsiveness.

- Be accountable for Supplier business development including working closely with OCP teams

- Engage appropriate division & cross-functional Resources (ex. SQME / SSCME launching logistics or quality action plans where ever appropriate)

- Follow up Supplier load level (capacity) and investment plans (ex. Supplier rebalancing initiatives)

- Monitor (and communicate to Organization entities) Supplier risk.

- Track and report elementary Supplier performance vs objectives from all Organization entities

- Keep up to date in the countries ERP 3 information: payment terms, Incoterm, currency.

- Keep up to date the list of local purchasers in contact with the Supplier.

Measured at Plant level Interactions:

- With all organisations doing business with one of the Supplier locations to build contractual agreement as clear as possible and monitor performance

- With the Supplier Quality & Development teams to book resources and impulse/follow action plans

- Is a member of the Commodity Management team

- Can be asked to participate to OCP working sessions to influence Supplier selection and component rationalization

Performance criteria and evaluation:

- Achievement over time of strategic value proposal development defined at the start of the