Supplier Risk Management and Compliance Lead

About the role

The Supplier Risk Management and Compliance Lead will be based at Dauch's World Headquarters in Detroit, MI. This role is critical for maintaining production stability, customer performance, and risk transparency across the Tier 1 supply base.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end risk identification and mitigation process for direct material suppliers across all programs.
• Partner with Procurement, Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), and Supply Chain Management (SCM) to proactively monitor: supplier capacity constraints, logistics disruptions, single-source dependencies, Tier-2/Tier-N exposure risks.
• Act as the primary interface between Procurement, SQE, SCM, and Finance.
• Facilitate daily/weekly risk review meetings with Procurement, SQE, SCM, and Finance teams.
• Track supply continuity action plans and ensure alignment on: root cause identification, recovery timelines, next steps.
• Escalate critical issues to leadership with clear impact and mitigation plans.
• Develop and distribute weekly “Significant Events” and Supply Risk Reports including: high-risk suppliers, program impacts, production exposure, recovery status and timelines.
• Provide concise executive summaries highlighting: key changes in risk level, new disruptions, mitigation progress.
• Maintain consistent formatting for leadership visibility and decision-making.
• Maintain and continuously update supplier risk profiles, including: Financial health indicators (work closely with Procurement Finance Team), Operational performance (Supplier Scorecard and Risk Dashboards), Capacity and dependency risks, Geographic / geopolitical exposure.
• Monitor external data sources and internal metrics to identify early warning signals.
• Ensure adherence to internal procurement policies and risk governance frameworks.
• Maintain compliance with: Customer requirements (OEM risk reporting), Regulatory requirements (as applicable), Internal audit standards.
• Perform risk due diligence process during the on-boarding of new suppliers.
• Support supplier risk audits and assessments.
• Track and report on risk mitigation compliance and closure status.
• Maintain and improve risk dashboards (Power BI or similar tools).
• Analyze trends across: Supplier disruptions, Recurring risk patterns, Category-level risk exposure.
• Drive improvements in: Risk visibility, Data accuracy, Process efficiency.
• Support development of digital tools and platforms for supplier risk management (e.g., onboarding systems, Tier-N mapping solutions).
• Support initiatives to improve multi-tier supply chain transparency.
• Identify critical Tier-2 / Tier-N dependencies and risks.
• Collaborate with external platforms and internal teams to map supply networks and risk propagation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Finance or related field.
• 5+ years experience in Direct procurement, Supply chain management, Supplier risk management.
• 5+ years Experience in Tier 1 automotive, OEM, or manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Proven experience working with Buyers and SCM teams, Production-critical supply environments.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (advanced), Power BI or similar analytics tools.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, Plex, SAP).
• Familiarity with Supplier risk tools/platforms (e.g., Ivalua, Altana, NAVEX, etc.), Data modeling and dashboard development (preferred).