Description
Job Summary:
A professional responsible for anticipating and mitigating risks in the supply chain, auditing supplier processes, leading projects and negotiations, and supporting management.
Key Highlights:
1. Leadership in projects and mitigation of supply risks.
2. Negotiation skills with local and international suppliers.
3. Strategic support to management and decision-making.
**Responsibilities:**
* Anticipate risks and monitor critical suppliers; propose actions to mitigate risks of supply chain disruptions.
* Mitigate supply risks in series-life projects (e.g., supplier plant changes, capacity expansion projects, etc.).
* Audit component production processes at suppliers; ensure supplier production capacity meets NBA demand as well as contractual commitments.
* Lead new projects; monitor supplier and supply chain development; ensure component delivery according to requirements of each project phase, assembly, and material presentations to be reported to management.
* Skillfully lead project meetings and/or supplier crisis situations—knowing whom to involve and applying appropriate approaches—to help break down barriers and support company business.
* Support coordinators/managers in evaluating scenarios and consequently selecting the optimal option.
* Strong critical thinking, calendar organization, and task prioritization.
* Proficiency in dealings and negotiations with both local and international suppliers (ILNs).
* Ability to respond to pressure by proposing more balanced alternative scenarios.
**Knowledge/Skills:**
* Open to listening and providing feedback;
* Assertive communication,
* Transparency,
* Negotiation skills and empathy.
* Strong critical thinking,
* Calendar organization and task prioritization;
* Knowledge of programming languages, information systems, and data management for process automation.
**Software:**
* Microsoft Office \- Advanced
* Excel \- Advanced
* Power \- BI
**Experience:**
* Experience in logistics, preferably within the automotive industry or with automotive supply chain suppliers. (Experience in Projects, Process Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, or Logistics will be considered a plus.)
**Education:**
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering (any discipline),
* MBA or postgraduate degree desirable.
**Languages:**
* English \- Advanced (Fluency is considered a plus).
**Work Location:**
* NBA \- Resende, RJ;
**Work Model:**
* Hybrid (4 days on-site, 1 day remote);
**Business Travel:**
* Willingness to travel within the sector when required.
Nissan hires based solely on candidates’ alignment with the job requirements, without distinction or discrimination based on gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race, color, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic position, birth, or any other condition.
Resende Rio de Janeiro Brazil