Global Contract Manufacturing Leader - Advanced Mobility

8974 DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont is seeking a Global Contract Manufacturing Leader to drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement across the Advanced Mobility external manufacturing network. The role collaborates with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Finance, and plant leadership to build a capable, resilient external manufacturing network.

The leader will ensure partners meet Safety/Sustainability, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Capacity, and Growth targets while functioning as an

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or related field.
• Significant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, supplier management, or manufacturing technology.
• Demonstrated experience managing production operations, contract manufacturers, external operations, or strategic suppliers.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, quality systems, supply-chain management, and lean/operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global contract manufacturing strategy with supplier footprint, capacity, insourcing/outsourcing, dual sourcing, and network optimization.
• Establish scorecards and governance to drive performance in safety/sustainability, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, capacity.
• Build and deliver a pipeline of productivity opportunities through supplier negotiations, yield improvement, lead time reduction, waste reduction, process optimization, logistics, and capacity release.
• Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Technology to strengthen process control, problem solving, continuous improvement, and manufacturing capability across external partners.
• Identify and mitigate capacity, quality, supply continuity, geographic, and operational risks across the contract manufacturing network.
• Translate business growth and demand forecasts into supplier capacity requirements and ensure contract manufacturers are prepared to support new products and growth.
• Lead cross-functional improvement efforts with strategic contract manufacturers to strengthen operational capability and long-term performance.
• Provide leadership visibility to contract manufacturing performance, risks, opportunities, and required decisions while ensuring key improvement initiatives are tracked through established business processes.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean / operational excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business)

Job description

DuPont is seeking a Global Contract Manufacturing Leader to drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement across the Advanced Mobility external manufacturing network. The role collaborates with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Finance, and plant leadership to build a capable, resilient external manufacturing network.

The leader will ensure partners meet Safety/Sustainability, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Capacity, and Growth targets while functioning as an