Join our Menomonee Falls, WI team as a Supplier Assurance Lead focusing on the supply chain strategy of multiple programs within contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules, and performance goals are met. In this role, you will monitor supplier performance and direct corrective actions where needed and provide guidance to the integrated supply chain and engineering leaders for suppliers that will meet the cost, quality, and delivery requirements for the business.

Heavy emphasis on working with program management, engineering, supply chain and key suppliers in sourcing and execution of all order for specific programs. This individual must understand program level schedule, cost, and business requirements, integrate into a cohesive direction to a material planning organization, and supply chain function. Ensuring timely and high integrity proposals, planning of materials. Must understand the critical aspects of production material demand planning and scheduling of a project and experience in the overall proposal and procurement process in a DoD environment. This position will work closely with a team of material planners, purchasing, engineering, and program management to deploy procurement and inventory strategies, be responsible for product change and associated material planning implications, manage and solve exceptions, and work with purchasing to drive supplier execution. This role involves critical monitoring and management of supply and constraints, status reporting and escalation, supplier engagement and the relentless pursuit of operation excellence and continuous improvement.

• Develop a supply chain strategy for all electromechanical components and technologies
• Participate as a team member on bid and proposals to ensure future business aligns with the sourcing strategy
• Represent the integrated supply chain team at program reviews, meeting s, seminars, etc.
• Monitor and assess supplier performance and assist suppliers in expanding their capacity and performance  when needed
• Track delivery and contract requirements for major suppliers and ensure all supplier program deliverable are met
• Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate supply chain risk throughout the product life cycle
• Ensure the overall material program spend is on schedule and on budget 
• May be required to collaborate on various tasks with various project teams
• Notify and seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise. Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident
• Perform variance analysis of schedule and cost on a formal and in formal basis and present them to senior management
• Provide guidance to engineering and program teams on supplier and manufacturing technologies to select for key system components
• Ensure a timely closeout of completed programs to ensure that all obligations are satisfied
• Develop and execute program corrective action strategies
• May partner with various stakeholders on planning process and system improvements
• Develop and understand principles of supply chain program planning; broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields

• This role typically requires at least 7 years of related manufacturing and design expertise in electromechanical technologies
• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of mechanical manufacturing technologies to including machining, fabrication, electromechanical assembly and test
• Solid leadership and management skills
• Lean six sigma certification is preferred
• Solid problem solving skills
• Program Management certification preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU)