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Job Overview
Key Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the supply-chain resilience strategy for critical components, commodities, and suppliers.
- Establish a consistent process for identifying, scoring, prioritizing, and reporting supply risks.
- Maintain the supply risk register, including mitigation actions, owners, deadlines, escalation thresholds, and residual risk.
- Identify single-source, capacity, tooling, process, geographic, logistics, financial, and lead-time exposures.
- Develop contingency and business continuity plans for high-risk components and suppliers.
- Lead cross-functional response and recovery activities during significant supplier disruptions.
- Develop alternate-source and dual-source qualification roadmaps in coordination with Sourcing, Engineering, and Quality.
- Coordinate supplier readiness activities, including capability reviews, capacity analysis, process assessments, tooling evaluations, and production ramp planning.
- Ensure sourcing mitigations align with technical validation requirements, APQP/PPAP deliverables, first-article inspections, and production-release gates.
- Evaluate inventory buffers, pre-buy requirements, alternate materials, logistics options, and other mitigation strategies based on risk and business impact.
- Conduct supplier visits and assessments to verify operational capability, process control, capacity, and recovery preparedness.
- Monitor external developments that could affect supply continuity and communicate material exposure to leadership.
- Establish resilience dashboards and metrics covering critical-part exposure, supplier redundancy, mitigation progress, capacity risk, lead-time risk, and disruption recovery.
- Support contract negotiations by incorporating continuity, capacity, tooling ownership, data access, notification, and recovery requirements.
- Lead, coach, and develop assigned employees. Establish priorities and ensure accountability for quality, cost, delivery, and resilience objectives.
- Protect confidential technical and commercial information in accordance with company requirements.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Industrial Management, Operations, or a related field.
- Eight or more years of progressive experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing, supplier development, manufacturing, materials management, or related operations.
- Demonstrated experience identifying and mitigating supplier or component-level continuity risks.
- Experience developing alternate sources, evaluating supplier capacity, and supporting supplier qualification and production readiness.
- Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, first-article inspection, corrective action, supplier audits, and change-control practices.
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Understanding of industrial manufacturing processes such as machining, castings, forgings, fabrications, heat treatment, and other special processes.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and advanced analytical tools. Strong Excel skills required. Experience with Power BI or supplier-risk platforms preferred.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams during time-sensitive supply disruptions.
- Strong written communication, executive presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally to supplier and company locations.
Additional Information
- Experience in mining, heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, or another complex engineered-products industry.
- Experience with business continuity planning, scenario analysis, or supplier recovery planning.
- CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, CBCP, or related professional certification.
- Prior supervisory or people-leadership experience.
Hiring Range
At Komatsu, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. This role pays $105,600. The actual offer will consider a wide range of factors, including experience and location.
Company Benefits
Komatsu provides an extensive and robust employee benefits package that is designed to enhance the well-being of our employees and family members. We embrace a positive and empowering employee experience with a culture that prides itself on a diverse and inclusive environment.
- Health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA, wellness programs, etc.
- 401k and/or employee savings programs
- Employee time off (vacation and designated holidays)
- Employee and family assistance programs
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Employee learning and development programs
Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
At Komatsu, we come from diverse backgrounds, with unique perspectives, experiences and contributions. We believe that our people are part of our shared purpose. Connected by our core values of ambition, perseverance, collaboration and authenticity, we are committed to continually advancing in our support of diversity and inclusion. United, we are on a journey towards a sustainable future that creates value together.
Company Information
Komatsu develops and supplies technologies, equipment and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial and forestry markets. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Komatsu employs more than 64,000 people worldwide, operating in more than 140 countries. For more than a century, the company has been creating value for its customers through manufacturing and technology innovation, partnering with others to empower a sustainable future where people, business and the planet thrive together. Since the company’s founding in 1921, Komatsu has been committed to supporting individuals and communities through job training, skills development and giving back. As a Komatsu employee, you will be encouraged to grow alongside our global company, contributing to a more sustainable future for all. If you are looking for a company that values your talent and potential, join Komatsu to be a part of something big and help advance modern society. Learn more at www.komatsu.com.
EEO Statement
Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.