Senior Purchasing Program Manager

Job description

Responsibilities: - Lead, train and coach new team members, setting clear priorities to ensure high quality deliverables - Assist PPMs in resolving roadblocks and/or finding creative solutions to resolve issues - Identify continuous-improvement opportunities to improve speed, quality, and repeatability, and reporting to analytics templates - Program management responsibilities for Truck/Wrangler/Hemi specific vehicle program variants, including Serial Life related activities - Ownership of all timing, capacity, business impact of supplier-related contributions to Heavy Duty Truck and Light Commercial Van segments development and execution across full NA scope - Close coordination with ongoing cost actions to drive efficiencies and optimization of Serial Life production cost as well as next-generation cost input into Planning process - Preparation and input into Governance decision processes, including those that have direct level exposure to Senior Leadership (inc. NA and SLT members) - Facilitate working sessions to drive efficiencies by sharing best practices and lessons learned - Drive first level of escalation for vehicle product sourcing through direct engagement with engineer...