Supply Chain Resilience Program Manager

Aptiv•Boston, MA

About The Position

This position is part of the Global Supply Chain Resiliency Team at Aptiv, tasked with building industry leading Supply Chain Resiliency capabilities to reduce the likelihood of supply disruptions and secure our global supply chain. The role of a Program Manager oversees the build out of new capabilities and programs across all of Aptiv’s businesses and ensures completeness of our Supply Chain Risk and Resiliency capabilities – supporting the global Supply Chain and Customer.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering or other relevant field
Minimum 8 to 10 years’ experience in procurement, supply chain, engineering, IT or finance
Experience leading supply chain projects in large, complex businesses
Able to successfully lead and influence others in a matrix-aligned, remotely-led, multi-country organisation
Ability to manage a demanding workload, multiple and changing priorities and constant deadline demands
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong desire to challenge status quo and bring improvements to existing processes
Excellent English
Good stakeholder management/relationship skills

Nice To Haves

Lean/Six Sigma/Value Stream Mapping or Problem Solving experience a plus, with a passion for process development & continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Lead proactive risk analysis of the supply chain, using digital tools to identify high risk suppliers, commodities, PN or nodes within the supply network
Working closely with other functional areas including IT, develop digital models of the end-to-end supply chain to proactively identify vulnerabilities
Evaluate product flow paths and revenue impact of disruptions and products that are single-sourced or have a high concentration or reliance single nodes or limited partners.
Work with multiple functions and areas of the business to implement mitigation plans that address identified risk and optimize the ability to maintain production and supply when unplanned events occur.
Lead cross functional workshops and drive execution of actions to address supply chain risk
Implement and lead a program that drives supply chain risk assessment and resiliency into new program launches so that changes can be implement early in the development cycle
Develop proactive mitigation plans, including actions to be taken before during and after supply chain disruptions
Provide management reporting on supply chain resiliency
Work closely with supply chain leaders across the business to ensure supply chain resiliency is embedded into category strategies.