Director, Global Supplier Performance, Relationship & Risk Management Job Details | Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric is seeking a Director to lead global supplier governance across supplier relationships, performance, quality, risk, and strategic development. The role drives supplier initiatives and cross-functional work to improve performance, resilience, quality, and long-term value in a global manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
• Own and enhance the global Supplier Relationship Mana
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gement (SRM) framework
• Develop supplier segmentation and governance strategies based on spend, risk, criticality, and business impact
• Lead executive supplier reviews and governance forums for strategic suppliers
• Drive supplier engagement, innovation, collaboration, and long-term partnership initiatives
• Promote supplier accountability while strengthening supplier relationships
• Integrate supplier performance and risk considerations into sourcing and business decisions
• Own supplier scorecards, KPIs, performance reporting, and governance processes
• Establish supplier performance standards, review cadences, and escalation protocols
• Monitor supplier delivery, quality, responsiveness, capacity, and overall effectiveness
• Lead performance reviews, corrective actions, and supplier recovery plans
• Leverage analytics to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Provide executive leadership with supplier performance insights and recommendations
• Partner with Supplier Quality to integrate quality performance into supplier governance processes
• Incorporate quality metrics into supplier scorecards, reviews, and sourcing decisions
• Monitor audit findings, defect trends, corrective actions, and supplier quality risks
• Lead escalation and resolution of significant supplier quality issues impacting operations or customers
• Drive continuous improvement and supplier development through quality performance insights
• Own global supplier risk governance processes, standards, and monitoring frameworks
• Assess supplier risks across financial, operational, quality, compliance, logistics, and continuity-of-supply factors
• Establish risk segmentation and mitigation requirements for strategic and critical suppliers
• Lead reviews and recovery actions for high-risk suppliers
• Partner with sourcing, operations, and supply chain teams to strengthen business continuity and risk mitigation strategies
• Provide leadership visibility into supplier risk exposure, emerging risks, and mitigation status
• Lead strategic supplier initiatives that support business objectives and supply chain strategy
• Drive supplier-focused programs including cost reduction, localization, dual sourcing, resiliency, capacity expansion, compliance, and continuity planning
• Establish project governance, milestones, executive reporting, and accountability measures
• Partner cross-functionally to execute high-impact supplier initiatives
• Lead supplier performance transformation efforts and deliver measurable operational, financial, quality, and risk improvements
• Own the enterprise supplier audit governance framework
• Define audit priorities, standards, frequency, and escalation criteria
• Monitor audit execution and closure across strategic, critical, and high-risk suppliers
• Ensure audit findings are addressed through effective corrective action plans
• Drive sustainable supplier performance improvements through disciplined follow-up and accountability
• Partner with Sourcing, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance to drive supplier excellence
• Align supplier management, performance governance, and business objectives across the organization
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on supplier performance, risk, and strategic initiatives
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global supplier governance team
• Establish team priorities, operating processes, and accountability measures to drive execution excellence
• Allocate resources to the highest-impact suppliers, initiatives, and business priorities

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