Global Strategic Supplier Manager (M/F/D)
 

Your responsibilities

• Leading continuous improvement programs of suppliers performance on their manufaturing processes, striving for „zero defects“.
• Identifying & leading initiatives with our suppliers to enable sustainable improvements that led into cost saving and / or avoidance.
• Supporting the root cause analyses and implementation of corrective and preventive actions for major impacting non-conformities in products and services at suppliers
• Identifying potential opportunities for improvements in quality & costs
• Monitoring supplier performance KPI´s, analysing supplier´s manufacturing processes, quality records, complaints and other sources of data
• Working closely with purchasing, manufacturing, quality and R&D to assure continious improvement of product, services and processes to meet quality and cost requirements at the suppliers.
• Performing process audits to identify improvement opportunities and ensure implementation of improvement actions.
• Providing technical support for supplier selection acc. category and/or sourcing strategy initiatives
• Providing technical guidance and expertise internally and to suppliers regarding manufacturing processes, quality methods and techniques

Our requirements

• University degree, preferably in metallurgical, materials, chemicals or mechanical engineering
• Experience with various manufacturing processes for fasteners (e.g. surface treatment, heat treatment, wire drawing, cold forming)
• Familiar with automotive and construction industry standards
• 6 Sigma/ Lean project skills highly desirable
• Data visualization and analytics skills
• Experience in leading supplier development programs
• Experience in quality management and methods or willingness to develop in this field
• Proved experience on performing supplier audits, based on VDA 6.3
• Autonomy and leadership
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to take decisions in difficult situations
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting competence
• Ability to lead cross functional teams and task forces
• Good command in English, both written and verbal, German would be an advantage
• Intercultural competence and willingness to travel

What we offer

• The good feeling to be part of a well-established and financially independent family business
• Freedom for inventive imagination, innovative strength and the implementation of your own ideas
• Competitive remuneration with attractive salary packages

• State-of-the-art work environment, infrastructure and communication technologies
• Work-life balance with individual working time models