Supplier Performance Agent

## Overview **Industry: Aerospace** **Position: Supplier Performance Agent** **Location: North Carolina, USA** **Duration: 3 months with potential extension** **Frequency: 40 hours per week** **Compensation: $40.00-$50.00 Depending on experience** ### ### **What are your contributions to the team?** - Lead visits at key supplier sites to analyze performance issues, and coordinate improvement strategies inclusive of PO alignment, process improvements and quality system improvements - Expedite all critical parts at critical suppliers to clear all roadblocks and ensure zero disruption to the production line - Work with the supplier to establish a back to PO plan through harmonized lines of balance and ensure a daily follow up - Align with all key internal stakeholders and prepare a clear mandate for the supplier intervention, regularly follow up on the mandate and ensure a smooth handover. - Identify supplier improvement and risk mitigation opportunities at key supplier sites and manage these improvement activities. - Drive execution of supplier performance improvement plans and interface with internal and external partners to collaboratively pursue solutions and closure of action plans. - Work closely with Procurement, Quality, and Operations stakeholders to create supplier development plans centered on quality, delivery, capacity and supplier process capability. - Provide regular feedback to all relevant stakeholders on supplier support progress through - Effectively communicates to internal and external groups and ensure appropriate escalation. - Conduct a very thorough capacity / capability onsite review at the supplier and establish a clear action plan to address all the gaps - Coordinate your own work travel plans by doing the reservation, follow up, expense claim and financial review. ### **How to thrive in this role?** - You hold a Bachelor's degree in Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations management or equivalent experience. - You have a minimum of ten (10) years experience. - You must be ready to travel up to 70% of the time. - You have strong manufacturing and production knowledge and experience. - You have experience working with sub-tiers. - You are extremely independent and able to work with new supplier with minimal information. - You have experience in project planning and coordination involving several sectors. - Your computer skills in MS Power point, Excel and Word are expert level. - You are able to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize. - You have a strong sense of ethics and are customer focused. - You have a good analytical, planning, problem solving and interpersonal skills. - You have operational and financial management knowledge (asset). - You understand the business relationship & dynamics between the Supplier and Bombardier. - You have strong communication skills and good knowledge of BA system. - You are fluent in English (spoken and written).