Serve as the principal advisor, transforming conceptual ideas into actionable plans and leading global relationships with large strategic suppliers.
Own the Global Relationship for one or more strategic suppliers, acting as the primary point of contact and one source of truth across processes and materials.
Perform and participate in commercial supplier qualification activities to ensure strategic suppliers reach commercial development milestones.
Lead cross‑category and significant company‑to‑company escalations, supporting category escalations for assigned suppliers as needed.
Serve as the center of knowledge for assigned supplier(s), sharing insights with category teams to improve planning, forecasting and execution.
Communicate key supplier management updates and decisions to multiple organizational levels, including Executive Leadership.
Build and maintain collaborative relationships, resolving s...