Supply Chain Development Manager

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Position Overview

We are actively seeking a Supply Chain Development Manager to lead strategic supply-base diversification and supplier development programs across multiple product lines. This role is accountable for translating business priorities into executable sourcing and supply chain roadmaps that strengthen continuity of supply improve cost competitiveness reduce supplier and operational risk and enable long-term business growth.

The Supply Chain Development Manager will own a portfolio of high-visibility cross-functional programs from strategy development and business-case alignment through qualification industrialization safe launch and stabilization. The successful candidate will establish program governance align resources and priorities drive timely decisions and provide clear visibility to senior leadership on progress risks financial impact and required actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute supply-base diversification and supplier development strategies that translate product-line priorities regional supply chain objectives and long-term business needs into sequenced initiatives with defined outcomes.
• Own a portfolio of complex supply chain programs balancing priorities resources dependencies and risk to achieve annual objectives related to material productivity supply continuity risk reduction quality and implementation timing.
• Partner with regional category managers and business stakeholders to identify and prioritize opportunities validate assumptions and business cases secure alignment in investment decisions and track delivery of committed financial benefits.
• Build integrated program roadmaps that define scope milestones decision gates deliverables dependencies resource requirements and critical-path activities.
• Lead cross-functional teams across supply chain category management engineering quality manufacturing operations purchasing testing logistics and other functions aligning functional workstreams to shared program outcomes and resolving conflicting priorities.
• Establish program governance decision rights ownership escalation paths and review cadences; hold stakeholders accountable for commitments and drive timely resolution of issues affecting cost quality supply or schedule.
• Lead supplier transitions qualifications and launch-readiness activities using defined readiness criteria and decision gates to confirm that technical quality capacity packaging logistics documentation and operational requirements are complete before implementation.
• Proactively identify and assess program and supplier risks quantify potential business impact evaluate response scenarios and lead structured mitigation or recovery plans through closure.
• Monitor portfolio and program performance against schedule budget savings quality and readiness commitments; identify material variances determine root causes and drive corrective actions or escalation when performance is off track.
• Ensure programs have appropriate resources stakeholder engagement and executive support to achieve objectives on time and with controlled risk.
• Prepare concise executive-level updates dashboards and decision materials that communicate program status business impact key risks tradeoffs and recommended actions.
• Contribute to regional supplier-risk mitigation and resiliency planning by analyzing internal and external data identifying exposure and converting findings into actionable plans.
• Promote disciplined program-management practices continuous improvement and lessons learned across the Supply Chain Development organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Engineering Business Program Management or a related field with 5-8 years of relevant experience; or a masters degree with 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional programs in supply chain supplier development sourcing manufacturing engineering operations or a related environment with accountability for decisions risk management implementation and measurable business outcomes.
• Ability to apply program-management methods including integrated planning governance milestone and dependency management risk management resource alignment and executive reporting to complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of procurement and supplier-management processes including supplier selection qualification transition performance management launch readiness and the cross-functional controls required for implementation.
• Ability to analyze complex data develop clear recommendations and connect operational actions to financial and business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to create alignment without direct authority resolve cross-functional conflict influence decisions at multiple levels and sustain accountability across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong leadership communication facilitation and interpersonal skills with the ability to present complex topics clearly to senior leaders and working teams.
• High degree of initiative ownership sound judgment and comfort operating independently in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Excellent organization attention to detail and follow-through with a consistent focus on execution and measurable results.

Additional Information

Given the nature of the position Otis Elevator does not support sponsorship including H-1B or TN petitions/applications for this position.

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