Sr. Manager Supply Continuity

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

The Senior Manager, Supply Continuity role is crucial to Vantive’s Global Procurement organization.

This position has the responsibility for managing supplier development across Vantive business segments in alignment with core end-to-end supply chain functions driving continuous improvement of Vantive’s supply base quality, delivery, productivity, and service performance.

This role requires the ability to lead internal/external cross-functional teams to resolve sophisticated technical issues threatening supply continuity, cultivate collaboration by building positive relationships with internal partners (plant managers, QMRs, business segment leaders, procurement partners, etc.), and simplify the complex to solve business problems and drive business results.

The role is responsible for ensuring raw material supply continuity to our Vantive manufacturing plants, supplier manufacturing capability assessment, key Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) deliverables, and ongoing continuous improvement of supplier performance, such as: quality, delivery, cost reduction, capacity planning, proactive risk mitigation, etc.

What you'll be doing

• Maintain alignment between supplier, Vantive’s manufacturing plants, engineering, supply chain, and broader procurement organization. Discern whether issues are supplier-caused, raise issues (management reporting), provide data that would support cost recovery, where appropriate.
• Lead Regional Supply Continuity team to ensure proactive monitoring, prompt response and consistent investigation and reporting of root causes.
• Project management of internal/external cross-functional teams. Assign clear action owners, establish target completion dates, and hold disciplined follow-ups during team operating mechanisms. Anticipate project risks, and proactively establish risk mitigations and contingency plans.
• Coach supplier on key tools and methods, such as: root cause analysis, 5 Whys, MSA, Gage R&R, capability analysis, FMEA, control plan, tooling capacity, OEE, statistical process control charts, DMAIC, SCAR, PPAP, PAPA, Continuous Improvement.
• Perform supplier capability assessments and/or audits, as related to process controls, manufacturing capabilities, and lean maturity. Publish assessment reports outlining non-conformities, opportunities for improvement, and work closely with suppliers to plan / implement appropriate and timely corrective actions.
• Maintain relationships with key external suppliers/partners and internal collaborators/customers (manufacturing operations, planning and fulfillment, quality, business segments, engineering, etc.) promoting collaboration, diversity, and a cross-functional approach to solving business problems and driving business results.
• Drive supply base improvement for respective Vantive manufacturing facilities including systematically review supplier’s performance, propose continuous improvement activities, and work with suppliers to achieve process improvements to meet quality, delivery, and cost improvement targets.
• Identify the processes vital to get things done, adheres to ethics and compliance, ability to simplify ways of working, and ability to management multiple projects simultaneously to drive efficient and effective workflow.
• Establish a culture of balancing process centric behaviors (looking for new and better ways to accomplish work) and results driven behaviors (getting the work done). Do and improve the work. Seeks to understand different perspectives, cultures, and diverse experiences to foster collaboration in a highly matrix and global organization.
• This role will be covering the EMEA region.
• Flexibility to travel is required - 25% plus.

What you'll bring

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Supplier Quality Management, preferably in life-sciences sector.
• Experience in manufacturing plant operations is required; Minimum 5 years preferred.
• Shown success with multi-functional leadership and project management capabilities.
• Strong understanding of functional subject areas, such as: Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Materials Planning, etc.
• Strong command of quality systems, methods and practices; cGMP, ISO13485, APQP, DFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, Demand Planning.
• Proven experience in technical problem solving and continuous improvement of operational processes using tools, such as: 8D, 5 WHYs, PDCA, OEE, and DMAIC. Lean Six Sigma training and experience would be considered an asset.
• Proven professional, accurate, clear and concise communication and presentation skills. Excellent technical writing skill and ability to communicate well (both written and verbal) laterally and vertically.
• Strong program management skills leading large-scale, cross-functional teams. Ability to navigate a highly matrixed, global organization.

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