Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job Description SummaryUnison is the leading provider of differentiated engine controls, accessories, and performance monitoring solutions in the Aerospace, Defense & Space segments. Serving both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers, Unison designs, manufactures and supplies the most advanced components and systems in the world.
The Sr Strategic Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for driving structured problem solving, leading continuous improvement activities, and improving overall supplier performance. This position requires a high level of relationship building and relationship maintenance skills with a significant financial impact on the business.
The Sr Strategic Sourcing Specialist will leverage FLIGHT DECK, GE Aerospace’s proprietary lean operating model to drive a systematic approach to running the business to deliver exceptional value as measured through the eyes of its customers.
This requires clear definition of gaps that exist (what problems need to be solved), engagement and partnership at genba with supplier partners, co-develop and share accountability for supplier recovery action plan to solve the problems identified, and drive and/or participate in activities including FLIGHT DECK training and kaizen to close the gap at suppliers. You will be accountable for delivering results from assigned suppliers by connecting supplier genba problem solving to supplier leadership, GE Aerospace supplier management, and overall GE Aerospace leadership engagement.
This role will require 50%+ travel to be at Genba at the supplier locations as needed.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible to lead continuous improvement activities on-site at Unison suppliers; provides support and extensive knowledge of processes at every operation sequence to ensure schedules for delivery of product as well as contractual quality and costs are met utilizing high level and effective relationship building communication.
• Engages underperforming suppliers at the direction of sourcing management to identify root cause and create and manage project plans for corrective actions to ensure delivery of quality, on-time supplies; leads recovery planning efforts, follow up meetings, and monitors based on RCCA responses to create supplier sustainability.
• Reviews manufacturing and special processes at the supplier to ensure compliance and identify improvement opportunities; evaluates total cost of procurement for best sourcing decisions. Manage and monitor supply chain to support P & L initiatives and objectives such as continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and capacity assessment and monitoring.
• Acts as program manager for product transitions (additions, deletions, dual/multi-purpose), performs risk mitigation and supplier capacity analysis as part of process; deploys rate readiness reviews to give commodity management guidance for best overall sourcing decisions.
• Serve as a technical liaison between engineering, operations, and suppliers to ensure delivery of parts which meets specs as outlined in contracts at the best value for Unison.
• Lead supplier escalation meetings across the Unison supply chain org to assign actions and deploy the appropriate risk mitigation tools to proactively reduce foreseeable supply chain impacts.
• Engage with NPI suppliers to assist in managing test schedules, qualification activities and facilitates communication with responsible engineering team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 9 years experience in supply chain, manufacturing, and/or lean roles)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain, manufacturing, and/or lean roles.

Desired Characteristics

• FLIGHT DECK / Lean leadership with demonstrated results
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to operate autonomously with a high level of personal accountability to do what it takes to deliver results
• Manufacturing, sourcing and supply chain hands-on and leadership experience
• Understanding of sourcing processes and compliance requirements experience
• Project management capability and strategic initiative experience
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to collaborate and communicate at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects; develop, plan, manage and execute for results
• Demonstrated strength in GE Aerospace leadership behaviors; act with humility, lead with transparency and deliver with focus
• Clear thinker, tenacious and persistent in engagement at delivering results
• Proven skill in developing supplier relationships; ability to deal with difficult suppliers and identify potential risks or errors.
• Understanding of machining, sheet metal fabrication and electronics manufacturing methods; understanding of shop floor control, visual metrics and lean concepts

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

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