3rd Party & Contract Manufacturing Manager

Required Skills & Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Science, Engineering, or equivalent Technical Degree
• Six Sigma Green belt (or higher) certification preferred
• ASCM Certification (CSCP and/or CPIM) - Preferred Experience
• 8 or more years of manufacturing operations and/or supply chain experience is required
• Strong background in manufacturing is preferred
• Technical knowledge related to production of Industrial Solutions products is highly preferred
• Familiarity with new product introduction, management of change, and root cause investigation is preferred

Job Description

• This role oversees the outsource production and external vendor networks to ensure products are made efficiently, cost effectively and delivered on time.
• 3rd Party and Contract Manufacturing is the production, re-packaging, purchase for resale or finishing by a supplier of a product to be sold by the client; or the production by a supplier using the clients provided technology of a material to be consumed by the client
• This role has NAM responsibility for managing on-going day to day activities at external suppliers. This role serves as the primary point of contact to engage internal resources to resolve issues at the Supplier.
• This role is focused on managing third party and contract manufacturers within the NAM region. This role has responsibility for establishing and standardizing best practices to be used at external assets in order to maximize production efficiency and minimize cost.
• This role facilitates the execution of contractual responsibilities with regards to EHS, quality specifications, cost, production levels, and delivery requirements. This role collaborates with Internal Procurement to escalate contractual exceptions.
• Accountable for the organizational response to critical supplier issues.
• Lead engagements of all the functional and business-aligned resources required to resolve issues.
• Leverages performance metrics of the suppliers to continuously improve the results and quality of the suppliers.
• Provide leaderhip input to the Supplier Performance Management Process led by Procurement.
• Enforce and ensure supplier compliance to the clients contracts.
• Translates monthly performance metrics into insights/actions for internal stakeholders.
• Leads SC Process Management of Change with Supplier.
• Manages supplier risk by leveraging incident notifications and is accountable for ensuring adequate investigation occurs and actions are tracked to completion.
• Accountable for the best practice, standards, and organization capability supporting 3rd Party and Contract Manufacturing.