Procurement Field Rep

Client: Procurement Field Rep 3

Duration: 12 months contract

Location - Everett, WA

Supply Base Management Specialist

• Manages work movement projects between suppliers and supplier facility moves. Leads efforts to establish executable plans, ensure performance to plan, mitigate risk and resolve supply chain issues (technical or non-technical) associated with work movement, partnering with key suppliers and Supply Chain partners to drive quality and on-time parts delivery.

• Communicates across functions (e.g. procurement agents, suppliers, internal customers, field operations, quality, engineering, manufacturing) to report status and concerns. Co-facilitates with the supplier the development of a recovery plan and unplanned demand requirements. Participates in on-site supplier visits (e.g. Preferred Supplier Certification, Proof of Process and Rate Readiness) to identify supplier capacity and capability to perform current and projected work statement and support procurement strategy. Monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements and provides status back to supervisor and procurement agent.

• Engages suppliers and provides technical assistance in areas such as manufacturing, planning, and requirements interpretation to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity. Monitors metrics and manages work movements through a gated process and ensures process compliance. Assists suppliers in developing plans and monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements related to the work movements.

Functional Excellence Competencies

• Analytical Skills

• Ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.

• Builds Positive Relationships. Develops and uses collaborative relationships within and outside the organization to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals. Builds rapport and trust among stakeholders and

leverages the organization's dynamics to promote program goals by focusing on a shared vision.

Business Acumen

• Knowledgeable of how the business and organization operates; knowledgeable of policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization; understands the competition and the marketplace. Understands how to accomplish tasks through formal channels and informal network; understands the cultures of organizations. Applies this information in a way that contributes to the organizations strategic plan and bottom line.

• Effectively explores alternatives and positions to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.

• Problem solving and strategic decision making.

• Negotiation skills.

Technical Competencies

• Detailed Supplier Knowledge to support production includes, but are not limited to production, technical, service and design management.

• Knowledge of business systems, organizational structure, manufacturing processes, risk mitigation, capacity planning, past/present delivery performance, design definition, program directives, engineering drawings, change memos, wiring diagrams and schematics, functional tests, and supplier data.

• Effective Written Communications

• Knowledge of Procurement Processes. Knowledge of the interactions between departments/disciplines and how their products/processes affect one another and impact non-Procurement processes (e.g.,

Engineering, Business, Operations, Logistics).

Scheduling Requirements

• Knowledge of customer and supplier requirements to support program deliveries (e.g. planned versus unplanned demand, economic order quantity, resource planning, material type, manufacture or purchase, lead times).

• Knowledge of supplier assessment processes including Preferred Supplier Certification and Work Transfer Process. Elements of assessment to include supplier's past performance, business processes, capacity plan, statement of work evaluation, risk mitigation plan, capabilities and lean practices in order to rate supplier viability to support the companies goals and objectives.

• Ability to control and deliver project deliverables.

Describe the project they will be working on:

• Execute work movements, Scope, Schedule & Risk, Issues and Opportunities management, regular monitoring, control and lessons learned and hand off to operations to close-out projects.

Main job responsibilities:

• Learn and practice applicable policies and procedures

• Leads efforts to establish executable plans, ensure performance to plan, mitigate risk and resolve supply chain issues (technical or non-technical) associated with work movement, partnering with key suppliers and Supply Chain partners to drive quality and on-time parts delivery.

• Engages suppliers and provides technical assistance in areas such as manufacturing, planning, and requirements interpretation to ensure delivery schedule compliance and product conformity. Monitors metrics and manages work movements through a gated process and ensures process compliance.

• Communicates with internal customers and stakeholders (i.e. procurement agents, suppliers, field quality, field operations, engineering and manufacturing) to report work movement status, risks and help needed.

• Contribute positively on-site supplier assessments to validate transition and delivery plans, identify supplier capacity and capability to perform current and projected work statement, and support procurement strategy associated with the work movement.

• Assists suppliers in developing plans and monitors suppliers' performance-to-plan to ensure compliance to contractual requirements related to the work movements.

• Identifies and communicates opportunities to implement new processes or improve existing processes (e.g., lean manufacturing, shop floor control, work prioritization, production and inventory control system) to enhance supplier ability to produce and deliver products and services.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Project Management Certification preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

• More than 7 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• More than 3 years of experience managing suppliers/vendors or managing a factory to deliver products and services

• More than 3 years of experience in root cause analysis and Corrective action

• More than 3 years of experience in a role that required Scheduling, Project / Factory Management skills

• More than 5 years of experience working with Supplier Management, Supply Chain, and/or Procurement practices and processes

• Software skills required: General Microsoft office