• Identify constraints to flow that will be used to develop improvement and mitigation plans for improved on time delivery from suppliers. • Lead/ co-lead Production meetings with Suppliers. • Acquire a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing operational effectiveness is key to organizational business performance. • Drive for results, consistently pursuing continued ways to accomplish goals and objectives that requires your extraordinary determination, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills to satisfy our customer’s needs. • Develop a strong understanding of the products and the operational processes they go through at the suppliers you will be working with. • Ability to generate and gain opportunities to break functional, operational, & logistical barriers faced with getting products out the door. • Reveal and work to remove barriers to business goals specific to the on-time delivery of parts. • Effectively driving tasks/projects to completion which include but are not limited to: Leading Indicator data collection and gap review, material coverage and tracking, facilitating quality notification communication and closures, and sub-tier management assistance. • Communicate across leadership levels within company and supply base. • Build and maintain relationships with various partners, customers, and suppliers. • Manage multiple projects and interact with several departments and various levels of management simultaneously. • Manage / assist with process improvement projects. • Through the rigorous use of change management disciplines, drive initiatives, processes, and CORE throughout the business and across the supply chain • Utilizes project management approach and process improvement discipline to lead projects according to plan, including identifying and mitigating project risks. • Gather feedback and work to identify new improvement opportunities in conjunction with Supplier Development Leaders. • Must be able to travel up to 80% of your time within the Midwest & Canada region • On-site at suppliers 80% of your time • 20% of the time working from home office • Will be an active participant in Commodity Days, Executive Management Meetings, and Co-lead with our customers and Supplier Development Leaders on the respective Supplier Business Reviews and Rate Readiness Reviews.