Supplier Delivery Manager

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Job Summary:

Supplier Delivery Manager oversees the supply chain management of the critical PO/MR commodity and its overall delivery assurance while keeping the technical and commercial compliance to the PO requirements of a critical equipment of a project. Delivery Manager’s responsibilities primarily revolve around constantly evaluating risk associated with supplier delivery and managing commercial and delivery schedules as per the project requirements. The remit spans the equipment award and delivery from scope development, management of the concept designs, equipment delivery strategy, bidding process, PO award and interface & integration with other parties. The Delivery Manager shall allocate responsibilities to the project delivery team and define the equipment scope definition, support procurement, and manage surveillance requirements of the awarded PO. Depending upon the specific requirements of the managed work, other resources may report directly / indirectly to the Delivery Manager.

The Delivery Manager is also responsible for influencing various project delivery teams, consisting of project representatives, project engineers, jobsite engineers and BSQE supplier performance representatives across the alignment. Delivery Manager needs to coordinate with project sponsors, customer representatives and the supply chain team in the same fashion. Delivery Manager also serves as a project manager assigned to a supplier shop who proactively coordinates with jobsite planner, PEX, PSQS, RE, T&L representative, materials manager and the project groups involved for the just in time supplier delivery. Delivery Manager preemptively gets involved on the critical concerns and provides corrective measures quickly to manage supply delivery. #LI-AM3

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensuring compliance with all relevant Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality requirements contained within the Bechtel Standards. Further, shall promote and demonstrate unwavering commitment to discharging obligations against these disciplines.
• Managing interfaces in accordance with the Project Delivery Matrix.
• Ensuring supplier internal specification and procedures to be within the PO.
• Providing specialist advice and guidance to the business, relative to project scope integration
• Enabling and promoting effective communication and collaboration between the respective project team and related supplier counterparts managing project specific communications with third parties and the BSQE to aid the progress of the supplier fabrication.
• Ensuring supplier documentation pertaining to the area of responsibility is reviewed (by all relevant parties) and returned to the supplier in accordance with the timeframes specified within the PO requirements, ensuring open issues are tracked to closure.
• Delivery Manager responsibilities primarily revolve around coordinating all project groups involved, managing technical / commercial requirements and delivery schedules as per the project requirements.
• Delivery Manager addresses issues and concerns to provide corrective measures quickly to manage supply delivery.
• Delivery Manager serves as a single point of contact among SQR, jobsite planner, PEX, PSQS, RE, T&L Representatives and material manager.
• Develop Risk Profile focusing on schedule, quality, technical, and commercial items. Provide input of potential impacts to risk profile with any changes in scope and/or supply. This will include using the Risk Identification, Control and Mitigation process.
• Responsible for working with Engineering and Procurement to ensure contractual requirements are being revised to support commercial requirements.
• Validate and verify completion of commercial payment progress milestones. Coordinate Project personnel visits to maximize value and minimize distractions.
• Assist Project with early identification of deviations to technical and commercial requirements.
• Effectively communicate findings and potential resolution with Project personnel to minimize technical, quality and delivery risks.
• Responsible for integrity of records management as it relates to supplier schedules, status reports, and surveillance reports.
• Responsible for overseeing supplier performance with respect to their internal schedule milestones and execution plan. Perform an in-depth schedule review and provide guidance as necessary to ensure the plan is realistic and attainable. This will include engaging all functions to determine if there are any deviations to their plan and address recovery plans as required.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and minimum 12 to 15 Years of relevant management of supplier delivery work experience or 16-20 years of supply chain management work experience.
• Works without supervision. Extensive latitude for independent judgment.
• Extensive experience in leadership roles, experience in writing technical procedures and problem solving.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Advanced capability to perform technical and commercial risk analysis of a given system/scope of work.
• Advanced ability to build relationships cross functionality between projects and suppliers.
• Ability to obtain required input, direction, and clarifications directly from the associated project and functional disciplines as applicable.

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