Performance Management: Monitors supplier performance through delivery and service metrics, oversees inventory optimization, and tracks procurement cost-saving initiatives against established targets.
Manage the supplier base supporting mass production and respond with urgency to supply-related escalations from manufacturing operations to ensure continuity of supply.
Identify and select strategic suppliers within the business unit and company’s footprint / localization goals. Work with the supplier quality, engineering, and supply chain functions to develop these suppliers to support APL requirements.