Principal Accountabilities:
Sub Job Family Description: Monitor quality, compliance and regulatory aspects between company and third party manufacturers including relationship management, technical issues, schedule conflicts, quality issues, vendor selection and evaluation. Provide contractors with the proper information to ensure that contractors meet quality standards. Act as liaison between company and contractors to ensure all products are manufactured following good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and quality products are released and available to meet customer needs. Identify potential new contractors and evaluates financial stability of new suppliers. Coordinate the development of documentation for contractor manual. May respond to cost and feasibility requests and obtain vendor quotations. ___* Lead a staff of contract manufacturing professionals who are accountable for all operations of contract suppliers including technical issues, quotations, vendor selection and evaluation, schedule conflicts, and quality issues* Typically responsible for leading a team of professionals including managers

Knowledge & Skill Requirements:
* Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field *Equivalent years of experience in a substantially similar industry may be considered in lieu of a degree to be determined by the nature of the specific job and the hiring manager’s criteria; Master’s degree preferred* Generally ten to twelve years of progressive experience with five years of managerial experience* Strong organization and communication skills

Knowledge & Application:
* Function manager with broad extensive knowledge of the theories and practices within a functional area and its interrelationship with other functional areas * Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas across the functional area* Substantial expertise in practical issues of the disciplines to lead, integrate and direct work* Advanced knowledge of a highly specialized field and some knowledge across related fields * Leads the development of new functional policies

Problem Solving:
* Problems are unclearly defined and sufficient information may not be available Occasionally, issues are complex where fundamental principles do not clearly apply or where data appears to conflict* Solutions need to be devised based on limited information requiring judgment to apply new solutions and concepts * Implementation of solutions often requires a longer term view* Solutions must take into consideration multiple perspectives and future implications* In most instances require judgment to devise and apply new concepts and solutions

Interaction:
* Required to manage issues across significantly divergent audiences, often external as well as internal* Reconciles multiple stakeholder views, requiring awareness, respect, and the ability to reconcile cultural differences* Develops communications strategies and has significant persuasion skills* Resolves conflicts and manages divergent audience perspectives

Impact:
* Translates business segment strategy into functional plans and guides their execution * Impact is on medium- to long-term functional goals* Has significant impact on the financial results of the business segment* May directly impact the results of several functional areas

Accountability:
* Accountable for results which impact the entire business segment* Functional budget holder * Responsible for resource planning * Accountable for financial impact will be broad and have a far-reaching impact on the business segment* Full people management accountability * Responsible for the development of a team of professional managers and experienced individual contributors* Provides input into succession planning process