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About This Role
The Senior Manager, Supplier Management is a pivotal leadership role responsible for overseeing the Supplier Management function within Textron Systems. This Sr Manager leads the Sourcing Engineering and Supplier Development teams, driving strategy, supplier lifecycle excellence, and cross functional alignment to build and manage a high performing, cost effective supply base. The role oversees supplier selection, onboarding, readiness, and performance improvement while standardizing processes, rationalizing suppliers, and enabling manufacturability, DFX, prototyping, and new product development needs. It also manages upstream sourcing engineering activities, champions Supply Chain 2.0 initiatives, deploys readiness and risk tools, supports continuous improvement, and develops strong supplier relationships and pipelines-all while mentoring technical teams and ensuring seamless transition from supplier identification through production.
Responsibilities
• Lead and mentor the Manager of Sourcing Engineering and Manager of Supplier Development, fostering a culture of operational excellence and high performance.
• Support development and recruitment of a high-performing supplier management team of technical engineering and supplier management professionals
• Balance Sourcing and Supplier Development requirements workload across all Domains with a focus on high-impact, high-value solutions for the overall business
• Champion Supply Chain 2.0 initiatives covering both Establishment and Performance stages of the supplier lifecycle.
• Engage with the internal customers to support the development of business opportunities, collaborate with Strategic Sourcing Managers to provide an effective, stable, and successful roadmap for Partnerships and Suppliers for Supply Chain
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, and Quality teams to meet evolving business needs.
• Represent Supplier Management in strategic discussions and act as a liaison across Textron business units to share best practices.
• Oversee supplier onboarding, technical reviews (including Design for Excellence, outsourcing recommendations), and manufacturing readiness assessments.
• Provide engineering input (technical producibility/DFX, evaluations, readiness assessments, etc.) to support new product development with internal customers, building and acting as the critical conduit to setup the supply base
• Drive the optimization of design for supplier manufacturability, design for supplier assembly, outsourcing design to cost & quality, and further support prototyping validation/readiness leading to a successful product roadmap for stable transition to production (TTP)
• Lead strategic initiatives to rationalize the supply base and standardize practices across the supply chain organization.
• Develop more effective and robust sourcing tools and strategies to effectively identify, establish and manage the overall performance of the supply base
• Oversee all Supplier Management (Sourcing Engineering & Supplier Development) processes
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and provide detailed cost avoidance analyses to improve the sourcing process.
• Benchmark industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance supply chain innovation and competitiveness.
• Drive operational improvement programs, including risk assessments, supplier scorecards, FMEA/DFMEA, and process audits.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree required. Preferred degrees are Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering; Master's Degree preferred.
• 8+ years' experience in supply chain management, engineering, or operations management in manufacturing/aerospace sectors.
• 2+ years experience in leadership capacity with direct reports
• Proven leadership skills and a strong communicator and listener
• Cultural flexibility and adaptability, collaborates well across organizations
• Experience developing and executing sourcing strategies
• Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance
How We Care
At Textron Systems, our talented people make us successful. Our Company is committed to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop. Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace. Below are just a few examples!
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Education Assistance
- Career Development & Training Opportunities
- Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)
- Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding
- Paid Parental Leave
