Supply Chain Manager I

Position: Supply Chain Manager I

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Irvine,CA 92606

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Job Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $73.00 - $73.00/hr.

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an international technology group with three core businesses: aerospace, defense, and security. It develops, produces, and markets engines and equipment for air and space, defense electronics, and security solutions.

Job Description:

Job Summary:

• The Supplier Performance Manager (SPM) supports the category strategies with key strategic suppliers through developing, monitoring and executing continuous performance improvement initiatives.
• This position identifies and prioritizes opportunities for joint supply chain process/performance improvement, innovation, new technology and capabilities, and design standardization to enhance total value.
• The SPM also benchmarks and shares industry leading best practices across key suppliers and category stakeholders.
• Also, rigorously manages the performance standards and metrics to continue to drive value and improvement from suppliers and elevates any concerns to category stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for developing and managing the supplier relationship (e.g., sourcing, management of relationship, performance monitoring, etc.)
• Ensuring that SEDA is obtaining the financial and service performance benefits
• Participate in continuous improvement in the supply base by communicating objective performance metrics such as lead time reduction, on-time delivery improvement, quality improvement, and total cost of ownership.
• Identify supplier management plans to integrate supplier/procurement program activities.
• Coordinate with internal and external resources to enhance supplier performance in the areas of technical, cost, product delivery, business and quality.
• Meet with suppliers to develop continuous improvement plans through either Quarterly Business Reviews and/or supplier visits.
• (Travel Required) Conduct oversight and management of strategies, performance and development of small-scale suppliers.
• Monitor supplier overall performance.
• Where necessary, recommend, initiate and ensure action plans are carried out to correct failures in performance.
• Understand the basics process of conducting root-cause analysis and developing and deploying corrective and preventative action plans.
• Exhibit business acumen with limited market knowledge to craft supply chain solutions to meet strategic financial plan objectives.
• Effectively lead cross-functional teams through performance management to meet goals.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Required Competencies:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate discipline, or in the absence of a bachelor's degree, six years of related experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Operational knowledge of over 5 years fully in contact with suppliers in a structure such as purchasing, supply chain
• Cross-functional management
• Project management
• SAP Knowledge
• Lean-Sigma Greenbelt Tools

Leadership Skills / Management Skills / Personal Skills:

• Change agent
• Communication skills and active listening, ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders at operational and executive levels.
• Ability to manage and solve conflicts
• Ability to analyze and synthesize
• Customer oriented
• Integrity
• Quality Control Analysis
• Time Management and meet deadlines with limited supervision
• Critical Thinking
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to effectively influence and gain consensus
• Effectively make decisions in complex situations and demonstrate flexibility on resolving issues

Travel Specificity:

• Occasional travel Irvine, California and other locations up to 25%.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position and occasionally move about the office.
• Constantly operates and use a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a copier/printer.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.
• Must be able to exchange accurate information.
• The ability to observe, identify and assess details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds across office for various needs.

Work Environment:

• The work environment is in office environment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Experience in Relevant Business Sector:

• Experience within aerospace industry a plus, not required.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.