Global Contract Manufacturing Leader - Advanced Mobility

Dupont•Elsmere, DE

About The Position

The Global Contract Manufacturing Leader is responsible for the strategy, performance, governance, and continuous improvement of the Advanced Mobility contract manufacturing network. This role ensures external manufacturing partners meet expectations for safety and sustainability, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and growth while operating as an integrated extension of DuPont’s manufacturing network. The leader works cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Finance, Product Management, and plant leadership to build a capable, resilient, and cost-competitive external manufacturing network. The position may be located in Wilmington, Delaware, or Valley View, Ohio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field.
Significant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, supplier management, or manufacturing technology.
Demonstrated experience managing production operations, contract manufacturers, external operations, or strategic suppliers.
Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, quality systems, supply-chain management, and lean or operational excellence.
Proven ability to lead complex global and cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
Strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, negotiation capability, and structured problem solving.
Ability to build effective relationships across suppliers, manufacturing sites, functions, and senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience in specialty materials, chemicals, engineered products, or other technically demanding manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the global contract manufacturing strategy, including supplier footprint, capacity, insourcing and outsourcing, dual sourcing, and network optimization.
Establish scorecards and governance to drive performance in safety and sustainability, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and capacity.
Build and deliver productivity opportunities through supplier negotiations, yield improvement, lead-time reduction, waste reduction, process optimization, logistics, and capacity release.
Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Technology to strengthen process control, problem solving, continuous improvement, and manufacturing capability across external partners.
Identify and mitigate capacity, quality, supply continuity, geographic, and operational risks across the contract manufacturing network.
Translate business growth and demand forecasts into supplier capacity requirements and ensure contract manufacturers are prepared to support new products and growth.
Lead cross-functional improvement efforts with strategic contract manufacturers to strengthen operational capability and long-term performance.
Provide leadership visibility into contract manufacturing performance, risks, opportunities, and required decisions, and ensure improvement initiatives are tracked through established business processes.