Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain, BCC Leader

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions?  At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace!

 

This BCC Leader has the overarching responsibility of formulating and executing the BCC (Supply Chain Development) Program by leveraging supply chain design, category, and component risk frameworks. This position will lead the development of Best Cost / Most Effective Country Development strategy, identify process and information gaps, and lead a cross-functional/business unit team in devising solutions that integrate Most Economical Countries, preferred supplier program, and risk mitigation into the Supply Chain Resiliency standard work. Additionally, the position will establish an operational cadence, define metrics and targets, and ensure the enterprise achieves reductions in risk exposure while providing regular updates to both executive and business unit leadership on progress and results tracking.

 

This opportunity is eligible for a Remote working arrangment (within the United States).

 

Your Day to Day:

• Lead a cross-functional team in formulating strategy and vision, incorporating benchmarking of best practices from industry leaders.
• Guide a cross-functional team in identifying existing gaps in standard work and data, facilitating the creation of a detailed plan for executing standard work, data solutions, and reporting requirements.
• Spearhead the implementation of an overall strategy and timeline to develop best cost / most effective country development, drive improved total cost of ownership while considering overall supply chain risk, encompassing geo-political and geographical considerations.
• Collaborate with Account Management and Category Management teams to prioritize, resource, and execute Source Change or Design Change projects through a gated process, supported by the Procurement Project Management team.
• Responsible for comprehensive planning, including resource planning, to ensure the execution of plans aligns with leadership expectations.
• Lead cross functional team in defining, developing, and implementing standard work to address identified risk exposure, optimizing efficiency in project execution.
• Foster collaboration among Account Management, SPE, PPM, Category Management, Operations, Materials, and Engineering teams to devise solutions for mitigating supply chain risk exposure, including design and source change projects.
• Accountable for team's execution of solutions to mitigate risks, encompassing supplier manufacturing location transfers, source change projects, and design change projects.
• Oversee Project Management working with BU Procurement teams to align with Functional, SBU and Enterprise stakeholders to prioritize projects, and secure resources to efficiently execute projects to mitigate highest risk exposure.
• Ensure the organization's adherence to standard work, encompassing project tracking, documentation, and reporting, actively addressing roadblocks and escalating issues as needed.
• Support the creation and delivery of program status reviews to Executive Sr. leadership, communicating project status, mitigated risks, remaining actions, and required support or barriers.

 

Key Competencies:

• Quantitative Analysis: Skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues.
• Influence: can influence and persuade other people, even without direct authority.
• Recognition of Opportunity: Recognizes new opportunities and acts to take advantage of them.
• Assertiveness: Able to defend a point of view and to confront others appropriately when necessary; unafraid to take controversial positions and challenge the conventional wisdom or status quo.
• Creative Thinking: Able to think creatively, generating new ideas and approaches to situations.
• Written Communication: A good writer; expresses ideas and positions clearly.
• Cross Cultural: Able to interact effectively with people of different cultures and backgrounds.
• Technical Expertise: Extensive knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Multi-Tasker:  Ability to prioritize multiple stakeholders and competing priorities to meet critical business needs in timely manner
• Supply Chain Acumen – Oversees development and execution of GSC strategies/playbooks for assigned components or services, drives utilization of common GSC tools to achieve optimal results that are Quality, Delivery, Price and Service balanced and corporate/governmental compliant.
• Project Management – Reviews and approves teams’