• Responsible for maximizing contract performance, while maintaining supplier relationships • Ownership for the productivity of assigned contracts through cost reduction, cost avoidance, income generation, and working capital savings • Owns management of existing contracts to measure performance of contractual T&Cs against expectations (i.e. bid vs did process), identify gaps or opportunities, and manage cross functional team actions (i.e. cost recovery, terminations, productivity clauses, premiums, etc.) to maximize contractual productivity and performance • Accountable for supplier performance inclusive of safety, compliance, quality, delivery, commercial, readiness and all elements within these areas (i.e. WIP Health, commits, payables, tooling, etc.) • Where supplier performance does not meet expectations, responsible to drive cross functional problem solving and structured action plans for improvement • Leads cross functional teams to manage supplier relationships • Acts as chief negotiator in significant deals, leads negotiations among the working team including, but not limited to sourcing colleagues, legal, finance, compliance, engineering, quality, manufacturing operations, product lines, customers, and suppliers • Leads and is accountable for business approvals, supply award, and contract authoring • Owns supplier relationships by driving business reviews on a regular cadence, with the responsibility to escalation frequency & attendance as defined by standard work • Assure timely resolution of supplier issues for assigned contracts • Function as liaison between internal organizations and suppliers for assigned contracts • In partnership with cross-functional teams, interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services • Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process