Multifacility Supplier Development & Projects Sourcing Coordinator

Metalsa•Elizabethtown, KY

About The Position

This role protects multifacility operations and project launches by coordinating technical sourcing, supplier development, and tooling execution across assigned suppliers and Metalsa facilities. The position drives supplier readiness, tooling reliability, issue resolution, relocations, engineering changes, and continuous improvement, while ensuring sourcing decisions support quality, delivery, cost, safety, and customer expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial or systems engineering, or supply chain or a related field preferred; equivalent technical education and relevant industry experience may be considered.
3-5 years of relevant experience in supplier development, tooling, sourcing, engineering, quality, or project execution within automotive or a comparable metal-mechanical industry.
Technical sourcing, supplier capability assessment, negotiation, and total-cost evaluation.
Stamping tooling knowledge, including tandem, progressive, and transfer dies.
Mechanical press operating principles, preventive maintenance, and tooling criticality assessment.
Tool steels, coatings, heat treatment, special-steel welding, and tooling-adjustment fundamentals.
Engineering drawing, blueprint, and GD&T interpretation; conceptual tooling-design understanding.
Root-cause analysis, corrective action, Lean manufacturing, TPS, and TPM methods.
APQP, PPAP, and AIAG Core Tools; working knowledge of IATF 16949 requirements.
Project planning, budget monitoring, risk management, and multifacility status reporting.
Strong Microsoft Office skills; experience with ERP, sourcing, or tooling-management systems preferred.
Cross-functional leadership and influence across Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics, and Finance.
Strong ownership, urgency, and structured problem-solving in high-impact supplier or project situations.
Clear written and verbal communication with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
Ability to balance cost, quality, delivery, timing, risk, and customer requirements across multiple facilities.
Organization, prioritization, and follow-through across simultaneous projects and supplier actions.
All employees are responsible for understanding and complying with applicable policies, procedures, and internal controls; executing assigned control activities; maintaining appropriate supporting evidence; and promptly reporting any identified deviation, risk, or control deficiency to the direct leader.

Nice To Haves

Advanced technical training in stamping tooling, dies, mechanical presses, or metal-forming processes is strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with stamping tooling, mechanical presses, die maintenance, tooling transfers, or technical supplier recovery strongly preferred.
Experience supporting multiple plants, suppliers, or simultaneous launch and operational priorities preferred.
Project-lead experience and Lean/TPS/TPM training are assets.

Responsibilities

Coordinate technical sourcing for tooling, direct materials, and assigned project requirements by aligning specifications, supplier capability, timing, quality expectations, total cost, and implementation risks.
Lead cross-functional containment and recovery activities for supplier or tooling issues that threaten production, quality, delivery, or customer commitments; drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and sustained closure.
Coordinate tooling relocations from Metalsa to suppliers, between suppliers, and back to Metalsa facilities, ensuring transfer plans, condition assessments, documentation, trial readiness, and ownership are complete.
Develop, implement, and monitor supplier tooling-maintenance expectations, including preventive maintenance, die-tool checklists, critical spare parts, technical skill coverage, and action plans for quarantined or high-risk tools.
Conduct or coordinate supplier tooling and capability audits, scorecards, and annual physical inventories; maintain accurate documentation of condition, ownership, location, risk, and follow-up actions.
Evaluate tooling condition and manufacturing performance to identify rework, scrap, press downtime, formability, assembly, or quality risks; coordinate technical solutions and improvement or redesign activity.
Support new projects through each phase by documenting tooling and supplier readiness, tracking problems and countermeasures, and coordinating completion of required project, APQP, and PPAP milestones.
Coordinate engineering-change implementation at suppliers, including required components, tooling modifications, validation activity, documentation, and production timing.
Plan and monitor spare-part requirements and installation, balancing operational risk, lead time, minimum stock needs, and approved budget.
Support supplier technical-personnel development by identifying skill gaps, coordinating training expectations, and monitoring progress against project and operational needs.
Provide multifacility reporting on supplier performance, tooling conditions, project timing, budget exposure, open risks, and recovery actions; escalate decisions requiring leadership support.
Maintain organized, accurate, and accessible project, sourcing, audit, and supplier-performance records while protecting confidential business and supplier information.
Demonstrate safe behavior and reinforce Metalsa's safety culture at company and supplier locations.
Comply with applicable responsibilities and authorities of the Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
Perform other related duties and support regional procurement priorities as assigned.