Senior Supplier Lead

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The Supplier Lead is the primary point of contact responsible for the holistic management of assigned suppliers. The Supplier Lead develops and maintains effective relationships with their designated suppliers and the supply chain team to achieve the operational requirements for all Moog sites.

As a Supplier Lead you will be responsible for….

• Developing and managing effective supplier relationships to achieve the business requirements.
• Surveillance and monitoring of assigned suppliers.
• Evaluation of supplier performance including the identification and mitigation of risk.
• Providing effective purchase order management to ensure current and verified delivery information is reflected using standard systems and processes.
• Ensuring the effective and timely closure of root cause and corrective actions.
• When necessary, expediting supplier deliveries to achieve site operational requirements.
• Lead problem-solving activities to resolve issues affecting supplier relationships and supply chain performance.
• Supporting and potentially leading supplier performance recovery and improvement activities.
• Providing support for supplier selection, supplier development, and NPI.
• Using supplier knowledge to provide input to supply chain planning.
• Identification and pursuit of quality, cost, delivery, and lead-time improvements
• Requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to understand and lead complex supply chain requirements.
• Requires excellent working knowledge and understanding of contractual requirements, business systems, and processes.
• Required to effectively communicate both internally and externally with customers and suppliers.
• Regular business travel (10%) will be required to visit suppliers within the designated region. Occasional travel may be required to visit Moog sites outside of the designated region.

To be considered for the Supplier Lead position, typically you will need….

• A 4-year university degree and at least 3 years of prior relevant experience in the field of manufacturing or engineering (preferably Aerospace).
• Essential ability to support US-East work time zone shift (evening shift in Philippines) at least 2 to 3 days a week.
• Good communication/organizational skills and be able to demonstrate an ability to understand complex regulations/procedures.
• Ability to deal with a variety of tasks at any one time and understand priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must be able to collaborate and effectively influence across multiple functions, cultures, and geographic regions, to achieve global end to end supply chain performance requirements. This requires working with teams located in different time zones, resulting in the need to be flexible with working hours, as required.

Desired Qualifications….

• Certification in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Program Management
• An engineering or technical background is preferable, along with Project/Program Management experience.
• Good negotiating skills, combined with knowledge of procurement and contractual law.