Supplier Development Lead (Remote - Residing in the within the Midwest, USA area)

About the role

Pratt & Whitney’s Midwest Regional Office is seeking a Supplier Development Lead to drive operational excellence and process compliance across the supply base through on‑site visits and assessments. The role is remote‑based (work from home) within the Midwest USA region, requiring frequent travel to supplier sites in that area.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence and process compliance within the supply base through on‑site visits and assessments.
• Help key suppliers resolve significant issues likely to have a business‑wide impact by working cross‑functionally with Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Operations leadership.
• Coordinate and resolve company/department‑wide risks/obstacles to ensure manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery schedules align with customer needs.
• Report key suppliers’ progress on operational initiatives at executive reviews with senior internal and external leadership.
• Drive improvement of on‑time delivery and quality performance at multiple suppliers.
• Develop and drive quality improvement plans.
• Coordinate root cause identification and corrective actions.
• Lead onsite assessments with Buyers, Quality, and Engineering teams to drive overall supplier improvement.
• Identify and remove significant barriers to the implementation of continuous improvement for suppliers to improve on‑time delivery and quality.
• Evaluate key supplier performance and apply sustainable countermeasures and actions to facilitate improvement.
• Direct production readiness assessments for New Product Introduction and rate increases, including capacity confirmation to ensure a timely ramp‑up to production volumes with business‑wide impact.
• Oversee monitoring of critical business‑wide metrics and coordinate cross‑functional work teams to increase effectiveness of supply chain initiatives.
• Engage senior management of key suppliers to initiate appropriate major improvement programs to achieve and sustain high performance levels.
• Plan, organize, direct, and report all activities and matters relating to supplier performance.
• Evaluate supplier performance, management, capacity, and production readiness.
• Assess supplier qualifications including training and certifications.
• Elaborate supplier development plans and collaborate with suppliers to ensure best performance is achieved.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply chain, Business Management, or related field and 10 years of experience in Operations, Quality, continuous Improvement roles, or related field; or an advanced degree with 7 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Reside within the Midwest, USA area (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI).

Skills

• Strong structured project management and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to initiate, lead and sustain change activities at suppliers.
• CORE Professional (any track).
• Six‑Sigma Blackbelt or Greenbelt or LEAN certificate.
• RTX SHA certified assessor.
• ITC experience.
• SAP experience using Procurement and Quality transactions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules