Corporate Risk Management Sr. Specialist - Supply Chain

Summary
ADVICS North America is seeking an innovative, results-oriented Risk Management Senior Specialist who is responsible for identifying, monitoring, mitigating, and resolving Tier 1 supply chain risks that could impact production, customer delivery, or business continuity. This role serves as the corporate lead for product supply chain risk management activities across suppliers, plants, warehouses, logistics networks, and material flows.

The position combines strategic risk planning with hands-on execution, requiring direct engagement with customers, suppliers, cross-functional teams, and manufacturing locations to prevent disruptions, develop recovery plans, and ensure continuity of supply. The role leverages data analytics, risk monitoring systems, and supplier performance management processes to proactively identify vulnerabilities and drive sustainable corrective actions.

Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties
Supply Chain Risk Identification & Monitoring
• Identify, assess, and prioritize supply chain risks that may impact production, delivery, quality, or cost.
• Monitor supplier capacity constraints, labor disruptions, severe weather events, transportation issues, and geopolitical risks.
• Establish and maintain early warning processes to detect emerging supply chain vulnerabilities.

Supplier Risk Mitigation & Recovery
• Manage critical and high-risk suppliers to prevent production interruptions.
• Create and standardize risk assessment methodologies, escalation criteria, reporting processes for manufacturing locations.
• Partner with manufacturing plants to analyze disruption events, validate root cause and countermeasure effectiveness, and facilitate lessons learned activities that drive sustainable corrective and preventive actions across the supply chain.

Production & Business Continuity Support
• Partner with manufacturing facilities to protect customer shipments and production schedules. Leading inventory risk analysis and supply continuity planning.
• Lead response efforts for shortages, capacity limitations, logistics interruptions, and supplier performance issues.
• Coordinate business continuity planning, contingency strategy development, and risk mitigation initiatives for critical suppliers, components, and supply chains.

Supply Chain Risk Governance & Analytics
• Develop and maintain standardized reporting tools, scorecards, dashboards and governance documentation to provide visibility of supplier, logistics, capacity, and material risks across.
• Establish and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor supplier risk exposure, recovery effectiveness, supply continuity, and overall supply chain resiliency.
• Utilize Power BI and other analytics platforms to transform data into actionable insights and support data-driven decision making.

Cross-Functional Leadership
• Collaborate with Purchasing, Engineering, Program Management, Supplier Quality, Production Control, Logistics, and Manufacturing teams.
• Facilitate alignment between stakeholders and suppliers during risk events.
• Support customer expectation by providing risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and recovery status updates.
• Lead problem-solving efforts and drive cross-functional corrective actions.

Continuous Improvement & Strategic Planning
• Develop and standardize supply chain risk management processes and best practices.
• Lead lessons-learned activities following major disruptions.
• Utilize data analytics to identify recurring risk patterns and systemic vulnerabilities.
• Support long-term supply chain resiliency initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement of risk monitoring, reporting, and supplier management capabilities.

Work Environment and Physical Demands
The work environment characteristics described below represent those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
• This position is primarily office-based; however, domestic and international travel of up to 50% may be required. Travel may be scheduled in advance for supplier visits, assessments, audits, risk mitigation activities, and business continuity planning. The role also requires flexibility to travel on short notice in response to supply chain disruptions, supplier performance issues, production impacts, customer concerns, or other critical business needs.
• This role requires frequent communication with suppliers, internal teams, and customers through verbal and written channels, both in person and remotely.
• The noise level is typically moderate, consistent with an open office setting.
• Additional working hours may be required to meet business deadlines.

Equipment and Supporting Services
• Basic Equipment needed is Computer.
• Cell Phone optional: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) allows the use of personal smartphone or iPad tablet to be connected to company apps

Qualifications
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Engineering, or Business, or a closely related discipline

Experience:
• Five years of experience in Supply Chain, Production Control, Purchasing, Supplier Management, Logistics, or Manufacturing Operations.
• Experience supporting multi-site or global supply chain operations, including managing supplier performance and supply chain disruptions.
• Experience with risk management programs and business continuity planning.
• Crisis response leadership, effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Advanced Excel capabilities (pivot tables, macros, data analysis tools)
• Preferred Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Preferred Advanced knowledge of Power BI, Power Platform, ERP/MRP systems, and supply chain analytics.
• Automotive manufacturing experience preferred
• Demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and ownership while effectively influencing suppliers and driving accountability in high pressure situations.
• Data-driven decision making with a balance of strategic thinking and operational execu