Strategic Supplier Development (SSD) Group Manager, Americas

About the role

Lead Strategic Supplier Development activities at the Global/Domain or Region level, building and deploying the strategy for all off‑cycle supplier assessment and evaluation activities, driving development actions at critical suppliers, influencing supplier and procurement strategy, managing the SSD team, and ensuring consistent execution of the Global Supplier Strategic Development process to meet Alstom expectations.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy the Strategy on the scope for all “off‑cycle” activities related to the assessment and evaluation of suppliers (quality, delivery, special processes, etc.) and all preventive activities deployed at suppliers to ensure they are capable to deliver in line with Alstom expectations.
• Define and drive development actions at critical suppliers to improve their level of maturity on QCDT aspects.
• Influence both Suppliers & Procurement strategy to improve the quality level and delivery performance of purchased parts & services.
• Deploy and execute the Global Supplier Strategic Development process on his/her scope (Domain or Region or Cluster) on the following aspects:
  • Selecting & on‑boarding suppliers from a capability standpoint (quality, delivery, others).
  • Evaluating the capabilities of suppliers & qualifying them (off‑cycle evaluations/audits and qualification).
  • Establishing the short‑list of critical suppliers for which development actions are needed to minimize Alstom exposure to risks due to the Supply Chain.
  • Implementing the necessary development actions at suppliers to meet expectations: collaborative planning, capacity building, quality assurance improvement, training, maturity improvement, etc.
  • Ensuring consistency and efficiency of the activities delivered by the SSD organization (Supplier Quality Development, Supplier Delivery Development).
  • Ensuring regular exchanges/routines with Procurement for the deployment of Supplier Strategic Development activities and providing the consolidated view of supplier Panel’s performance & maturity.
  • Influencing both suppliers & procurement strategy to improve the overall performance of the supplier base.
  • Contributing to build the processes, tools and catalogue of activities for supplier strategic development.
  • Achieving Supplier Strategic Development Targets on his/her scope (Domain or Region).
  • Domain: Building and maintaining the SSD Priority List of suppliers to be developed with inputs from Regions.
  • Domain: Allocating suppliers of the Priority by country origin within the SSD organization (Domain or Region).
  • Defining for each supplier part of the SSD Priority List the level of needed development: “off‑cycle” Supplier’s Processes Evaluation/qualification (Generic, Supply Chain, Special Processes and other specific audits) and/or full development plan.
  • Achieving the objectives related to Priority List coverage in terms of evaluation and qualification coverage, with adequate audits and Follow‑up.
  • Identifying, defining and deploying adequate development initiatives for the most strategic/critical suppliers & measuring results.
  • Ensuring leverage of adequate resource needed (internal and/or external) to deliver the critical Supplier Development activities identified.
  • Contributing to support the Quality and Supply Chain Crisis resolution.
  • Measuring and monitoring Supplier performance.
  • Consolidating the global performance of suppliers – organizing presence of relevant SSD representative in QBR and/or QQR with suppliers to share progress & needed actions.
  • Strongly supporting the management of Risky Suppliers (P1), TOP offenders and Supplier Operational Development in his/her scope.
  • Ensuring proper application and management of the Escalation Process, and more particularly to validate RED SQ escalation requests at Global/Domain level.
  • Managing/animating and developing the team of SSD (SQD/SDD/SD Project).
  • Directly managing SSD teams under his/her responsibility and ensuring coordination/animation with SSD in Regions (for Domain SSD).
  • Organizing his/her team and resources to cope with the supplier development needs identified on his/her scope.
  • Ensuring adequate competencies of the Supplier Strategic Development team, supporting other Domains / Regions in developing their autonomy for delivering all supplier strategic development activities.
  • Cont