Supplier Performance Specialist - Connecticut (Remote) (Open)

Date Posted:

2024-09-20

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW208: Connecticut Remote Remote Location , Remote City, CT, 06035 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. 

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

What you will do:

• Identify constraints to flow that will be used to develop improvement and mitigation plans for improved on time delivery from suppliers
• Lead/ co-lead Production meetings with Suppliers.
• Acquire a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing operational effectiveness is key to organizational business performance.
• Drive for results, consistently pursuing continued ways to accomplish goals and objectives that requires your extraordinary determination, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills to satisfy our customer’s needs.
• Develop a strong understanding of the products and the operational processes they go through at the suppliers you will be working with.
• Ability to generate and gain opportunities to break functional, operational, & logistical barriers faced with getting products out the door.
• Reveal and work to remove barriers to business goals specific to the on-time delivery of parts.
• Effectively driving tasks/projects to completion which include but are not limited to: Leading Indicator data collection and gap review, material coverage and tracking, facilitating quality notification communication and closures, and sub-tier management assistance.
• Communicate across leadership levels within company and supply base.
• Build and maintain relationships with various partners, customers, and suppliers.
• Manage multiple projects and interact with several departments and various levels of management simultaneously.
• Manage / assist with process improvement projects.
• Through the rigorous use of change management disciplines, drive initiatives, processes, and CORE throughout the business and across the supply chain
• Utilizes project management approach and process improvement discipline to lead projects according to plan, including identifying and mitigating project risks.
• Gather feedback and work to identify new improvement opportunities in conjunction with Supplier Development Leaders.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, Operations Management, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, or related field and 8 years of experience in operations, manufacturing, or related field.
• U.S. citizenship required due to government contracts
• Must be able to travel up to 70% of your time to Connecticut supply base
• Must be able to work 30% of the time from home office in Connecticut

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

• Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).

The salary range for this role is 96,000 USD - 200,000 USD. The