Director, Supply, BU Quay

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Job Description

The Director Supply, BU Quay is responsible for leading the global supply organization of Business Unit Quay with a strong focus on developing and managing manufacturing partners for steel structure fabrication and scalable supply execution concepts.

The role is critical in enabling BU Quay's geographical expansion and project execution capabilities by building and managing a competitive and compliant global steel structure manufacturing and port crane assembly setup. It combines strategic leadership with operational accountability, ensuring alignment with business objectives and cross-BU collaboration as well as on hands management of worldwide partner network.

BU Quay includes two products: Ship to Shore (STS) and Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHC). The focus in this role is to build solid manufacturing partner networks in Asia for the STS cranes while MHC cranes are factory made. In addition to STS cranes, other Port and Shipyard crane products (RMG, GGC, ASC, RTG) would be manufactured by the same manufacturing partner supply network as required.

Your key responsibilities:

Lead the global Supply organization of BU Quay with full accountability for performance, structure, and development

Define and execute the global partner manufacturing strategy, ensuring scalable, competitive, and high-quality supply execution

Build, develop, and manage a global manufacturing partner network, ensuring capability, capacity, and geographical coverage

Lead and develop regional Heads of manufacturing partnering located in EMEA, AME, NEA