Accessory Team Lead

Descripción

The Role

As the Accessory Supply Chain Team Lead, you will lead the team responsible for coordinating supply chain execution across accessory programs and suppliers. You will provide day-to-day direction, establish priorities, remove barriers, and ensure the team delivers against business objectives for customer, quality, service, responsiveness, people, product, and financial performance.

You will serve as a key liaison among purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, program teams, and suppliers. The role requires strong leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through complex supply chain issues while minimizing impacts to vehicle production and accessory launch timing.

What You’ll Do

• Lead day-to-day execution across key accessory supply chain areas, including manufacturing and warehouse operations, supply chain systems and processes, launch execution and scheduling, and material management.
• Establish team priorities, coordinate workload, and ensure critical deliverables are completed on time and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members by providing clear expectations, constructive feedback, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for growth.
• Lead cross-functional teams in identifying root causes, developing creative solutions, and resolving complex supply chain issues.
• Represent the accessory supply chain team in cross-functional meetings and communicate risks, decisions, action plans, and status to all levels of the organization and to suppliers.
• Build strong working relationships with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, program teams, suppliers, logistics providers, and other service providers.
• Assess supplier schedules, capacity, material availability, and logistics constraints to identify risks to vehicle assembly and accessory production.
• Lead complex capacity constraint and sufficiency issues through resolution, with the goal of preventing plant disruptions and reducing premium transportation.
• Coordinate launch execution, build-out, and ongoing production support, including onsite support at plant locations when required.
• Analyze supply chain metrics and develop fact-based recommendations to resolve supplier critical issues and support sufficiency plans.
• Summarize critical issues, business impacts, options, and recommended resolutions for leadership decision-making.
• Establish and improve team processes, standard work, operating rhythms, and escalation practices to improve responsiveness and execution.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and a strong customer-focused culture across the team.
• Support relationship management with logistics suppliers and service providers.
• Maintain flexibility to work extended and non-core hours when needed to drive urgent issues to resolution.
• Apply sound problem-solving skills to complete issues, implement innovative strategies, and prevent recurrence.
• Use a deep understanding of supply chain functions to balance business priorities, supplier capability, production requirements, and financial considerations.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5 years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, program or product management, manufacturing, logistics, or product development. (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
• Demonstrated ability to lead work in a cross-functional environment and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands, make sound decisions, and drive issues to resolution.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to leadership and stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and maintain accountability for team deliverables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, finance, a related field
• Master’s degree in supply chain management, business, or a related advanced degree
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating the work of others
• High level of analytical ability, including the ability to assess complex problems and develop practical solutions.
• Strong data analytics skills to interpret trends, generate insights, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Proficiency in IMS
• Experience with Microsoft/Google Sheets

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge

• Production Control and Logistics experience.
• Accessory, vehicle launch, plant, or build-out experience.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver Power BI dashboards that turn complex data into actionable intelligence.
• Experience leading projects and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong planning, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Experience establishing team processes, standard work, performance metrics, or operating rhythms.
• Ability to work independently and in a self-directed manner.
• Experience managing supplier capacity, material sufficiency, logistics constraints, or production disruption risks
  

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