Supplier Performance Specialist - Ranjangoan (Pune) | 3M India

3M India Limited; Ranjangaon; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

3M India Limited is seeking a Supplier Performance Management Support professional at the Ranjangoan Plant. You will assist in supplier performance management activities, monitor metrics, and support reviews and corrective actions with suppliers and internal teams.

You will collaborate with procurement, planning, manufacturing, and quality to address performance concerns and help prepare scorecards and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline completed and verified prior to start.
• 5-7 years of experience in procurement, supplier management, supply chain, manufacturing operations, quality or related field.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier performance management activities in consultation with supervisor.
• Monitor supplier performance metrics and help identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Support supplier performance reviews, issue resolution, and follow-up actions with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Partner with 3M supply chain, procurement, planning, manufacturing, and quality teams to address supplier-related performance concerns.
• Assist in preparing supplier scorecards, dashboards, review materials, and performance reports.
• Support supply continuity by tracking supplier issues, escalations, and corrective action progress.
• Assist with execution of supplier performance improvement initiatives for assigned suppliers, plants, or categories.
• Aid in implementing standardized supplier performance management and measurement processes.
• Help maintain supplier risk and performance data to support decision-making.
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing, Packaging Solutions, manufacturing, and planning teams to align actions with priorities.
• Participate in root cause analysis, corrective action tracking, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support projects focused on improving supplier reliability, responsiveness, quality, and service levels.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Reporting to : Supplier Performance Manager

Work Location: 3M India - Ranjangoan Plant.

Supplier Performance Management Support

• Supporting supplier performance management activities in cosultation with supervisor.
• Monitoring supplier performance metrics and helping identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Supporting supplier performance reviews, issue resolution, and follow-up actions with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Partnering with 3M supply chain, procurement, planning, manufacturing, and quality teams to help address supplier-related performance concerns.
• Assisting in the preparation of supplier scorecards, dashboards, review materials, and performance reports.
• Supporting supply continuity efforts by tracking supplier issues, escalations, and corrective action progress.

Process Improvement and Execution

• Supporting the execution of supplier performance improvement initiatives for assigned suppliers, plants, or categories.
• Assisting with implementation of standardized supplier performance management and measurement processes.
• Helping maintain supplier risk and performance data to support decision-making.
• Collaborating with Strategic Sourcing, Packaging Solutions, manufacturing, and planning teams to align supplier performance actions with business priorities.
• Participating in root cause analysis, corrective action tracking, and continuous improvement activities.
• Supporting projects focused on improving supplier reliability, responsiveness, quality, and service levels.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires, at a minimum, the following qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related technical discipline, completed and verified prior to start.
• Five to seven years of experience in procurement, supplier management, supply chain, manufacturing operations, quality or a related field in a private, public, government, or military environment.

Additional Qualifications That Could Help You Succeed Even Further

• Experience working with suppliers in raw materials procurement, packing materials procurement, outsourced manufacturing or manufacturing-based industries.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes such as coating, molding, assembly, conversion, mixing, filling, or packaging operations.
• Understanding of supplier performance metrics, scorecards, corrective action processes, and continuous improvement methods.
• Strong data analysis, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work with cross-functional and global teams across different time zones.
• Experience supporting supplier reviews, performance reporting, or supply issue resolution.
• Working knowledge of procurement, planning, quality, or supply chain systems and processes.
• Proactive, detail-oriented approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Project coordination or process improvement experience preferred.