Job Description
• Actively engaged with suppliers and supply chains
• Able to analyze supplier capacity and supplier investment requests
• Ability to accurately assess supplier weaknesses and provide solutions
• Monitor high risk supplier development issues to prevent crisis at our operations
• Drive and develop supplier problem solving techniques for identified supplier fault issues
• Fix and develop supplier production systems and processes
• Drive supplier operational excellence
• Set focused priorities to reach objectives
Competence required for the position:
• Problem Solving
• Lean Manufacturing
•Act with strong sense of urgency and commitment
• Able to handle uncertainty and the unexpected
• Able to handle unfamiliar tasks, using previous experiences
• Ability to multitask and manage workload efficiently and effectively
• Ability to drive sense of urgency to suppliers focused on information, communication, and results. Provide direct & actionable feedback
• Be customer focused
• Provide timely information for accurate decisions
• Able to create trustful relations and face reality, surface problems and support finding solutions
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills
• Able to execute in a complex regional organization
• Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies, and provide solutions
Qualifications
• Bachelor degree required. Major in engineering or business management or supply chain management preferred
• Supply chain (quality and development) and/or production experience
• Preferably experience from the automotive or heavy commercial truck industry in supplier quality and capacity, manufacturing engineering, supplier development or crisis management
• Strong problem solving, communication and teamwork skills
• Strong accountability and project management for tasks without close supervision
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Customer focused mindset, dedicated to meet external and internal customer expectations
• Desire to work in a collaborative team towards a common purpose
• Strong integrity and creativity
• Flexibility and preparedness to travel with short notice
Additional Information