Advanced Supplier Management, Supplier Performance Specialist

In your role, you will

•    Lead & manage supplier capability assessments involving:
o    Planning for supplier assessments: Prepare timelines, finalize logistics, initiate kickoff/ data requests, manage team resources & outline expectations. 
o    Conducting capability assessment: Lead the team in conducting on-site assessments.
o    Compiling assessment outcomes: Oversee development of assessment deliverables, prepare management reports, finalize assessment scores & communicate findings. 
•    Contribute as a supply chain expert in conduct of on-site supplier assessments to review supplier performance with a focus on supply chain and planning.
o    Demand planning: Assessment of supplier’s demand planning process (variables, forecast, frequency etc.), systems/tools used, communication etc.  
o    Sales & Operations planning: Evaluation of Sales & Operations governance process, planning horizon, stakeholders involved, budgeting, tools used etc.
o    Production & inventory planning: Assessment of supplier’s production/ inventory planning parameters, systems used, inventory levels, stakeholder coordination etc.
o    Procurement planning: Assessment of P2P workflows, processes, systems/ tools used etc.
o    Supplier management: Systems/ tools/ processes used for managing/ evaluating tier II/III suppliers.
•    Review supplier performance related to Finance and Human resources processes.
•    Identify gaps and improvement opportunities for supplier’s supply chain processes & governance to improve planning and thereby enabling a better supplier performance.
•    Prepare and maintain a log of supplier risks, agreed on corrective/ improvement actions, follow-up & track improvement actions as an outcome of the assessment.
•    Collaborate with appropriate team members to track and resolve recurring supplier issues/ risks.
 

As our ideal candidate

•    You have more than 10 years of Supply chain & Operations experience across S & OP or inventory planning in Industrial Manufacturing, with at least 3 years of experience in coaching teams. 
•    You hold knowledge of key systems/ tools used in a planning environment – Sales forecasting, ERP, MRP, etc.
•    You have excellent relationship management, negotiation & collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to link capability assessment outcomes to Business Objectives
•    You hold strong technical aptitude, with knowledge of MS Office applications (including SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word)
•    70% travel requirements