Senior Supply Chain Program Manager - Robotics

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Pay: $78,700 - $118,100

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

The
Senior Supply Chain Program Manager is accountable for New Product Development sourcing execution and phase-gate delivery, supplier selection and commercial outcomes, cross-functional integration, and continuous improvement.

• Tennant Company does not provide employment visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• This role is located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities) area and is not eligible for remote work.
• Relocation assistance is not available.

• Lead supply chain execution across assigned NPD programs, prioritizing activities, resources, and decisions based on program requirements, risk, and enterprise value — ensuring critical deliverables to support program milestones and product launches are met with high schedule and budget fidelity across platform, extension, minor, major, principal, and planned-change programs.
• Act with purpose and urgency to drive sourcing solutions across the organization — respectfully challenge assumptions, make confident recommendations even in ambiguity, advocate for the best enterprise outcome, and remain accountable for results.
• Ensure system readiness and successful transition of the program to supply chain functions in the business units, ensure risk mitigation and transparency throughout phases.

• Lead self and cross-functional teams through the supplier selection process, including RFx activities, Total Cost of Ownership analysis, and related evaluations for assigned NPD projects — resulting in supplier commitments that meet program cost, quality, and delivery requirements, while ensuring supply base capability and capacity for long term success.
• Ensure favorable commercial results for the organization by leading engagement with category management early in the program to enable cross-portfolio leverage for cost, quality and delivery. Ensure support of global category strategies by adhering to and providing input into approved supplier list. Depending on supplier scope and spend, draft, negotiate, and deliver moderately complex agreements such as joint development agreements and modified NDAs that protect the organization’s interests and support long-term program success.

• Partner with program management, engineering, supplier development, supplier quality, and category management on pre-NPD activities and lead supplier exploration efforts early, ensuring supply chain considerations are embedded before design decisions are locked and reducing late-stage supply chain risk.
• Partner with Global Strategic Supply and Operations to manage supply-base readiness and performance for new product launches ensuring suppliers meet required cost, quality, delivery, and launch-readiness expectations.
• Communicate decisions and rationale candidly, share program progress, wins, and setbacks promptly, and report on key performance indicators, ensuring leadership and stakeholders remain aligned and can act on…