Position Summary
The Global Contract Manufacturing Leader is responsible for the strategy, performance, governance, and continuous improvement of the Advanced Mobility contract manufacturing network. The role ensures external manufacturing partners deliver against expectations for Safety/Sustainability, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Capacity, and Growth, while operating as an integrated extension of our manufacturing network.
The leader will work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Finance, Product Management, and plant leadership to build a capable, resilient, and cost-competitive external manufacturing network.
Key Responsibilities
- Network Strategy: Develop and execute the global contract manufacturing strategy, including supplier footprint, capacity, insourcing/outsourcing, dual sourcing, and network optimization.
- Operational Performance: Establish scorecards and governance to drive performance in safety/sustainability, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, capacity.
- Cost & Productivity: Build and deliver a pipeline of productivity opportunities through supplier negotiations, yield improvement, lead time reduction, waste reduction, process optimization, logistics, and capacity release.
- Quality & Manufacturing Excellence: Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Technology to strengthen process control, problem solving, continuous improvement, and manufacturing capability across external partners.
- Risk & Supply Resilience: Identify and mitigate capacity, quality, supply continuity, geographic, and operational risks across the contract manufacturing network.
- Growth & Capacity Planning: Translate business growth and demand forecasts into supplier capacity requirements and ensure contract manufacturers are prepared to support new products and growth.
- Supplier Development: Lead cross-functional improvement efforts with strategic contract manufacturers to strengthen operational capability and long-term performance.
- Governance: Provide leadership visibility to contract manufacturing performance, risks, opportunities, and required decisions while ensuring key improvement initiatives are tracked through established business processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or related field.
- Significant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, supplier management, or manufacturing technology.
- Demonstrated experience managing production operations, contract manufacturers, external operations, or strategic suppliers.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, quality systems, supply-chain management, and lean/operational excellence.
- Proven ability to lead complex global and cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
- Strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, negotiation capability, and structured problem solving.
- Ability to build effective relationships across suppliers, manufacturing sites, functions, and senior leadership.
- Experience in specialty materials, chemicals, engineered products, or other technically demanding manufacturing environments preferred.
* Please note - The location for this position can be located in Wilmington, Delaware or Valley View, Ohio.
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