Senior Supplier Engineering Manager - Metals

About the position

As part of the Global Sourcing organization, the Sr. Supplier Engineering Manager provides technical leadership for all purchased materials within the metals category to ensure product quality and delivery and achieve year-on-year material cost reduction targets. This role supports global sourcing teams with supplier selection, supplier process improvements and material changes, while overseeing the supplier engineering team in implementing solutions to resolve issues regarding new product development and production.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership in procurement management and structured investigations to address components and materials issues; develop a best-in-class supplier engineering team in engineering first principals and lean six-sigma and methodologies
• Partnering with cross-functional teams and divisions to achieve business objectives
• Leading and supporting material value improvement projects (VIP) and strategic activity reviews (StAR) to mitigate risks of purchased material stockouts, while improving supplier performance in quality, service, and cost
• Collaborating with purchasing and cross-functional team to identify and develop new or existing supply sources including insourcing and outsourcing opportunities
• Maintaining and improvement of supplier and material management policies procedures, systems, and tools
• Partnering with procurement and supplier quality teams to develop and implement category strategies; support supplier negotiations for new product development and VIP initiatives
• Managing headcount and departmental budgets including travel, project spend, capital planning and related overhead

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in materials science or any engineering discipline with at least 7 years of technical leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years of people management experience
• Working knowledge of statistical methods, six sigma and DOE
• Ability to travel globally up to 25%

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, materials science, or chemical engineering
• Experience working in medical device or similarly regulated industry
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with metallurgy, metals and associated manufacturing processes
• Self-starter with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate effectively with individuals on all levels

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• life_insurance
• disability_insurance
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• professional_development
• employee_stock_purchase_plan