Strategic Supplier Management Supervisor

Summary of Position: The Strategic Supplier management supervisor will be responsible for managing supplier relationships, driving performance improvements, ensuring compliance with company standards, and contributing to overall procurement strategies. Duties & Responsibilities (shall include but not be limited to): · Set performance objectives for assigned suppliers (quality improvement, on-time delivery, lead-time reduction, cost reduction) and ensure delivery through detailed supplier development plans. · Define baseline and improvement targets while monitoring progress via updated supplier scorecards. · Prepare and lead periodic supplier performance reviews, using scorecards with performance indicators, business perspectives, and strategic product/market developments. · Identify and select committee for supplier development (Operations, Manufacturing, Sustaining, Quality) and allocate resources appropriately. · Ensure supplier capacity aligns with demand; review and consolidate internal demand and arbitrate priorities. · Prepare and manage negotiations in line with business strategy. · Ensure all suppliers have valid, executed contracts that are monitored for compliance and value delivery. · Lead supplier risk assessments (financial, operational, ESG, QHSE, etc.) and ensure quarterly updates. · Engage suppliers to ensure alignment with company sustainability commitments, including human rights, local-content, and carbon footprint reduction to provide the company with detailed emissions certificates and responses to ESG inquiries. · Communicate supplier strategy and relationship updates with category, sourcing, supplier quality, and supply chain managers. · Report deviations to plan and implement corrective actions. · Responsible for localization initiative and be presentative on all the LC related. · Improve local content footprint with the current suppliers and define and implement new local content opportunities. · Identify improvement opportunities and implement actions to reduce waste. · Manage Supplier management teams where required, in addition to a portfolio of suppliers. · Applied different method for consolidating and standardizing suppliers’ materials description. · Comply with company and local procedures applicable to the job function.

Set performance objectives for assigned suppliers (quality improvement, on-time delivery, lead-time reduction, cost reduction) and ensure delivery through detailed supplier development plans. Define baseline and improvement targets while monitoring progress via updated supplier scorecards. Prepare and lead periodic supplier performance reviews, using scorecards with performance indicators, business perspectives, and strategic product/market developments. Identify and select committee for supplier development (Operations, Manufacturing, Sustaining, Quality) and allocate resources appropriately. Ensure supplier capacity aligns with demand; review and consolidate internal demand and arbitrate priorities. Prepare and manage negotiations in line with business strategy. Ensure all suppliers have valid, executed contracts that are monitored for compliance and value delivery. Lead supplier risk assessments (financial, operational, ESG, QHSE, etc.) and ensure quarterly updates. Engage suppliers to ensure alignment with company sustainability commitments, including human rights, local-content, and carbon footprint reduction to provide the company with detailed emissions certificates and responses to ESG inquiries. Communicate supplier strategy and relationship updates with category, sourcing, supplier quality, and supply chain managers. Report deviations to plan and implement corrective actions. Responsible for localization initiative and be presentative on all the LC related. Improve local content footprint with the current suppliers and define and implement new local content opportunities. Identify improvement opportunities and implement actions to reduce waste. Manage Supplier management teams where required, in addition to a portfolio of suppliers. Applied different method for consolidating and standardizing suppliers’ materials description. Comply with company and local procedures applicable to the job function.