Director Supplier Excellence
Director Supplier Excellence
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Job Description
Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering design and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions automated joining assembly and cutting systems plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert for its leading materials science software development automation engineering and application expertise which advance customers fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland Ohio Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 11000 employees around the world with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.
Location: Euclid 22801 Cleveland OHUnited States (US)
Employment Status: Salary FullTime
Function: Supply Management
Pay Range: $134912.00 $182528.00
Target Bonus: 30.0
Req ID:24822
PURPOSE: The Director of Supplier Excellence is responsible for ensuring that suppliers meet our global quality standards and requirements and for developing and implementing strategies to improve supplier performance and mitigate risk across our supply chain. The Director of Supplier Excellence will be responsible for leading a team who are developing and deploying supplier quality improvement and audit programs and working closely with suppliers to address quality issues. The Director of Supplier Excellence will also be responsible for developing appropriate supplier metrics and scorecards ensuring that supplier performance is in line with agreed performance targets and suppliers are complying with regulatory requirements. The Director of Supplier Excellence will work closely with crossfunctional teams effectively managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders in support of our strategic objectives.
JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES)
- Develop and implement a global supplier quality program to ensure that suppliers meet quality standards and requirements.
- Ensure we develop and maintain a global Register of Approved Suppliers and have appropriate controls in place to manage the process of supplier approval and qualification.
- Implement a program to effectively manage supplier audits and ensure we are working collaboratively with suppliers to resolve any nonconformances identified.
- Lead a team working closely with suppliers to address quality issues and develop corrective action plans.
- Monitor supplier quality performance and maintain effective reporting to all stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain a process to ensure we are flowing scorecards to nominated suppliers and ensure these are driving appropriate improvement actions.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure that supplier quality is aligned with business objectives and customer requirements.
- Develop and maintain supplier quality improvement plans.
- Ensure we develop and maintain an effective supplier risk management and mitigation program.
- Work with Procurement Excellence team to ensure we develop and maintain appropriate supplier quality policies procedures processes and tools.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve supplier performance in line with agreed targets and drive continuous improvement across our supply chain.
- Assumes additional responsibilities as needed or directed in support of the Companys 2025 Strategy.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors degree in quality or supply chain management or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in supplier quality management or supply chain management.
- Strong leadership and project management skills
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with crossfunctional teams.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Extensive experience developing and deploying supplier quality management systems policies procedures processes tools and best practices.
- Experience deploying supplier management software and tools.
Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants without regard to their race color national origin religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation) sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status disability genetic information and any other category protected by federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
