Senior Supply Chain Project Manager

Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas•Ft Worth, TX

About The Position

This position represents the Purchasing team in program and customer reviews, and acts as a liaison between functional departments. This position will also be responsible for evaluating and assessing new development and customization projects as related to the RECARO Americas Purchasing Strategy. It is also expected that this position will contribute to supply chain optimization, continuous improvement, implementation of best practices, and change management within RECARO Americas.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering is required
8 years of experience in Purchasing, Materials Management, Supply Chain, or related field.
6 years of experience in a customer facing role.
MS Office Suite required
SAP experience is preferred
SAP experience is a plus
SQL, Oracle, Access, QLICK View, Crystal reports is a plus
Oracle or other ERP System knowledge is a plus

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of aircraft seats is preferred.
Six Sigma – Green, Black, or Master Black belt preferred
Project Management (PMP) Certification is preferred

Responsibilities

Supply Chain Purchasing representative for all OEBs incl. definition and agreement of lead times and risks.
Planning of all purchasing activities, critical parts, milestones, lead times for dedicated projects.
Reporting of current projects status.
Implementation of required corrective actions in order to ensure SP target realization.
KPI status overview incl. tracking acc. to SP / SPS Shop Floor Management process.
Highlighting all critical topics within the team incl. escalation process (SFB SPS, SFB SP, PSC + PDP).
Assurance of raw material availability at suppliers for all parts in cooperation with involved departments (e.g. new colors).
Successful implementation of logistics concept for all concerned parts and suppliers.
Preparation purchasing specification for PSC/PDP incl. latest SP targets agreed with SPC, SPG and SPT incl. approval by project team.
Definition of all purchasing targets in each project phase for concerned projects.
Assurance of required raw materials and technologies in PSC/PDP to realize global sourcing acc. to latest commodity strategy.
Overview and tracking of all development suppliers (build to specification) in responsible projects (incl. status contracts for each development supplier) e.g. quality gates on time.
Implementation overview of purchasing risks for all responsible projects (incl. purchasing risks which are shown in OEB).
Definition and tracking of mitigation actions.
Definition of critical parts (e.g. FMEA, team judgement) in order to initiate mitigation actions.
Close cooperation with SPT and DVC1 to initiate process or product audits to ensure process reliability.
Reporting of risk overview incl. status and actions within the project team and SFB SPS.
Assurance of successful implementation of commodity purchasing strategy in all responsible PSC/PDP.
Frequent PSC/PDP status presentation to SPG, SPC, SPT in order to cooperate and agree on actions and judgement of successful commodity strategy implementation.
Definition of long lead items (off-tool parts) incl. critical parts (e.g. dress covers) in standard overview acc. to OEB and review during team meetings.
Milestone planning acc. to standard lead time of each item and part incl. required due dates for feasibility checks, BOM, drawings etc.
Tracking and status check of milestones in each team meeting to ensure on time delivery of required deliverables.
Tracking of all P/N (In-house-production parts, BFE, purchasing parts) of concerned commissions in order to ensure on time SOP.
Implementation of corrective actions incl. Shop-Floor Management SP / SPS if needed in order to ensure on time SOP.
Prioritize responsible P/N in all involved departments (e.g. Logistics, Quality, Purchasing) to ensure on time SOP.
Tracking of all engineering (process supplier) and purchasing milestones to ensure on time delivery.
Implementation of corrective actions and escalation acc. to latest shop floor management SP/SPS to realize on time delivery of required milestones.
Highlighting any postponement of agreed milestones in team-meetings.
Highlighting any deviation from the agreed milestones which has any negative influence for purchasing (e.g. reduction of lead time, increase of RC and/or NRC) in PSC/PDP.
Placing a request for special PSC/PDP steering committee meeting for mentioned deviation if required.
Presenting a parallel recovery plan from the team in requested PSC/PDP steering committee meeting to ensure fulfillment of SP-targets.
Identification and review of available cost tracking overviews for each responsible project in SharePoint.
Checking projects incl. deviations from target (RC > 100%) with product calculation in order to define actions for each deviation on P/N level.
Communicating and tracking each corrective action on P/N level with concerned department to realize cost target (RC =100%).
Definition of required Dispo / GMK parts incl. verification of on time availability of specification.
Considering project targets (delivery date / RC/ NRC) during negotiations.
Tracking of all placed purchasing orders incl. communication with suppliers to ensure on time delivery.