Director, Supplier Excellence

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 11,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

Location: Euclid - 22801 - Cleveland, OH, United States (US)

Employment Status: Salary Full-Time

Function: Supply Management

Pay Range: ($134,912.00 - $182,528.00)

Target Bonus: 30.0%

Req ID: 24822

PURPOSE: The Director of Supplier Excellence is responsible for ensuring that suppliers meet our global quality standards and requirements and for developing and implementing strategies to improve supplier performance and mitigate risk across our supply chain. The Director of Supplier Excellence will be responsible for leading a team who are developing and deploying supplier quality improvement and audit programs and working closely with suppliers to address quality issues. The Director of Supplier Excellence will also be responsible for developing appropriate supplier metrics, and scorecards, ensuring that supplier performance is in line with agreed performance targets and suppliers are complying with regulatory requirements. The Director of Supplier Excellence will work closely with cross-functional teams effectively managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders in support of our strategic objectives.

JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Develop and implement a global supplier quality program to ensure that suppliers meet quality standards and requirements.

• Ensure we develop and maintain a global Register of Approved Suppliers and have appropriate controls in place to manage the process of supplier approval and qualification.

• Implement a program to effectively manage supplier audits and ensure we are working collaboratively with suppliers to resolve any non-conformances identified.

• Lead a team working closely with suppliers to address quality issues and develop corrective action plans.

• Monitor supplier quality performance and maintain effective reporting to all stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain a process to ensure we are flowing scorecards to nominated suppliers and ensure these are driving appropriate improvement actions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that supplier quality is aligned with business objectives and customer requirements.

• Develop and maintain supplier quality improvement plans.

• Ensure we develop and maintain an effective supplier risk management and mitigation program.

• Work with Procurement Excellence team to ensure we develop and maintain appropriate supplier quality policies, procedures, processes and tools.

• Develop and implement strategies to improve supplier performance in line with agreed targets and drive continuous improvement across our supply chain.

• Assumes additional responsibilities as needed or directed in support of the Company's 2025 Strategy.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in quality or supply chain management, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in supplier quality management or supply chain management.

• Strong leadership and project management skills

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Extensive experience developing and deploying supplier quality management systems, policies, procedures, processes, tools and best practices.

• Experience deploying supplier management software and tools.

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

Nearest Major Market: Cleveland

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