• Supplier Performance & Quality Improvement: Coordinate internal and supplier containment activities across Operations and Quality Assurance (Ops/QA). • Facilitate Commodity specific Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities with suppliers to address quality and delivery performance gaps. • Manage teams that will Develop, implement, and track Improvement Plans and Corrective Actions with internal stakeholders and suppliers. • Lead at the commodity level – the working teams cadence for Monitoring supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Leading and Lagging - ensuring progress toward defined targets. • Communicate stakeholder improvement plans and lead periodic performance reviews. • Commodity & Supplier Management: Lead the Commodity Team allocation process and ensure clear accountability for supplier performance within the team. • Identify supplier sites for focus engagement and align priorities with sourcing and procurement strategies. • Support the management team in successful facilitation of supplier kick-off meetings to set expectations, clarify deliverables, and drive alignment. • Manage teams skill set to Assess suppliers using tools such as SHR / SRA and other market tools to determine capability and maturity levels. • Evaluate exit criteria for suppliers and determine readiness to transition out of containment or crisis management phases. • Crisis Management & Engagement: Support resolution of upcoming Escalations requests from the team on performance risks and recommend application of tiger teams when required. • Enable and Support rapid response teams to stabilize supplier performance in critical situations. • Drive alignment on sustainment strategies and lead closed-loop communications with Strategic Business Units (SBUs). • Transition Management & Leadership: Provide commodity level leadership and/or support for supplier transitions, ensuring a smooth handover of work scope with minimal disruption. • Enable the Support and sustainment phase by monitoring supplier maturity post-transition and ensuring long-term capability. • Align with internal business units and suppliers to reinforce performance expectations and continuous improvement efforts.