Global Supplier Capacity Manager

Position Overview

The Global Supplier Capacity Manager is a high-impact leadership role responsible for identifying, managing, and mitigating supplier capacity risks across International Motors and TRATON programs. This role plays a critical part in ensuring suppliers are ready to support new product launches, maintain stable production, and deliver the parts needed to keep our operations—and our customers—moving.

You’ll serve as a key cross-functional leader and subject matter expert for supplier capacity, partnering with Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Program Management, and suppliers to identify constraints, solve complex supply challenges, and drive sustainable capacity improvements.

From capacity planning and launch readiness to shortage management and recovery strategies, you’ll turn data and supplier insights into actionable solutions. You’ll lead efforts to strengthen supplier performance, reduce production risk, and build long-term supply continuity across a global network.

This role combines strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, supplier engagement, and operational leadership. You’ll evaluate supplier capacity, lead readiness and recovery reviews, analyze capacity data, support supplier development, drive process improvements, and deliver training initiatives that strengthen supplier capability and resilience.

Supplier Capacity Risk Management

• Lead onsite and virtual supplier capacity assessments to identify constraints, supply continuity risks, and recovery actions.
• Monitor supplier capacity versus demand forecasts and maintain risk profiles for high-risk suppliers.
• Develop mitigation, allocation, contingency, and recovery plans when supplier constraints threaten production.

Program & Launch Readiness

• Lead capacity readiness reviews for launches, volume increases, engineering changes, and strategic sourcing events.
• Validate supplier capacity assumptions and quoted volumes during sourcing and nomination activities.
• Partner with Category Management and Program Teams to integrate capacity requirements into sourcing and launch plans.

Supply Constraint Resolution

• Serve as the escalation point for critical supplier capacity and supply continuity issues.
• Lead cross-functional recovery efforts with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, and Procurement.
• Manage supplier recovery plans, including capacity expansion, allocation, overtime, equipment investment, and alternate sourcing actions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead supplier capacity reviews with executive leadership, program teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Coordinate priorities across Procurement Operations, Material Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supplier Quality, and Engineering.
• Align demand planning, supplier capabilities, and manufacturing requirements.

Analytics & Capacity Planning

• Analyze EDI schedules, MRP signals, forecast volatility, demand changes, and supplier production data to identify risk.
• Develop dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting on supplier readiness, capacity risk, and recovery progress.
• Support PowerBI and digital transformation initiatives for supplier capacity management.

Continuous Improvement & Supplier Development

• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions to eliminate recurring shortages and process failures.
• Develop supplier training materials and capability-building programs, including Supplier University and readiness initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve supplier performance, manufacturing efficiency, and supply chain resilience.

Strategic Capacity Management

• Support enterprise capacity strategy across International and TRATON supplier networks.
• Maintain capacity documentation, risk assessments, and…