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Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
Job Summary:
The Manager of Supplier Development is responsible for leading strategic and tactical supply chain activities to effectively support all Textron Systems’ businesses across all site locations with a focus on overall external supply chain performance and improvement. This includes supporting comprehensive and new sourcing strategies, supplier assessments and development, supplier rationalization, and supplier management with a particular focus on supplier quality. This leader will work collaboratively across multiple functions and domains to understand the needs of the business and drive supply chain Supplier Development activities to execution and accountability to improve the service level provided to operations and internal customers. The role will require significant investment in customer and supplier relationship management, provide outstanding customer and inter-personal service, clear and timely communications and facilitate clear paths to successful team closure on Supplier Development assignments.
Key responsibilities:
• Develop and lead a high-performing supplier development team of technical engineering and supplier management professionals
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing and Sourcing Engineering to progress Supply Chain 2.0 initiative, with specific focus on the Performance stage of the lifecycle
• Balance supplier development requirements workload across all Domains with a focus on high-impact, high-value solutions for the overall business
• Establish supplier development strategies balanced across all domains.
• Work closely with program management, engineering, manufacturing and operations to ensure we meet the needs of the business in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Partner with Sourcing Engineering, Supplier Management, Buyers, Sub-Contract, and Quality Engineering to ensure a smooth transition to the identified source enabling seamless execution via leading effective Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM).
• Establish and maintain supplier assessments and development processes to support the identification of new sources while improving and rationalizing existing sources.
• Perform outsourcing Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRA) as appropriate for suppliers and partners.
• Coordinate the effective flow-downs of contractual requirements to suppliers along with alignment on quality codes and performance/deliverable expectations.
• Coordinate with quality engineering inspection requirements of suppliers and execute inspection requirements such as first article inspection, managing nonconforming materials, troubleshooting, processing material review board actions, etc.
• Lead risk assessments via FMEA/Risk Cubes, RCCA, counter-measures and supplier scorecard reviews
• Execute Quality and Process audits of supply base to ensure compliance and capability of new sources of supply.
• Direct aim of the supplier development team with focused drive for results and accountability to progressively improve the external supply sources and yield continuous improvement.
• Lead management of critical supplier programs to improve execution.
• Travel up to 50% of time and be willing to travel internationally if required
• Effective management of the Supplier Development team Skill Matrix and Task List
• Ensure that all team members record task activity in an approved repository
- Support capability capture of the supply base