Vendor Development Manager

Lodha; Mumbai City, Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Lodha is seeking a skilled Vendor Development / Vendor Management professional in Mumbai to identify, evaluate, onboard, and audit vendors for projects. The role requires rigorous assessments across technical, quality, and commercial dimensions with attention to delivery capability.

The ideal candidate will have 5–9 years in vendor management, procurement, or related fields and strong analytical, stakeholder management skills to drive vendor performance and improvements.

Qualifications

• 5 to 9 years experience in Vendor Management, Procurement, Purchase, Engineering, QAQC, Project Execution or Supply Chain.
• Experience in vendor evaluation/audits and technical assessment.
• Good understanding of commercials, quality, specifications and vendor performance.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Procurement + Engineering / Purchase + Quality / Engineering + Vendor Management backgrounds preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate and onboard vendors as per business/project requirements.
• Conduct technical, quality, commercial and financial assessments of vendors.
• Conduct vendor audits to assess capacity, infrastructure, processes, compliance and delivery capability.
• Evaluate vendor performance and identify development/corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Engineering, Projects, Quality and Finance for vendor approvals.
• Maintain vendor evaluation records and approved vendor database.

Skills

Vendor management

Procurement

Purchase

Engineering

QAQC

Project execution

Supply chain

Vendor audits

Technical assessment

Commercials

Quality

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Job description

Vendor Development / Vendor Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, evaluate and onboard vendors as per business/project requirements.
• Conduct technical, quality, commercial and financial assessments of vendors.
• Conduct vendor audits to assess capacity, infrastructure, processes, compliance and delivery capability.
• Evaluate vendor performance and identify development/corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Engineering, Projects, Quality and Finance for vendor approvals.
• Maintain vendor evaluation records and approved vendor database.

Ideal Candidate:

• 5 to 9 years experience in Vendor Management, Procurement, Purchase, Engineering, QAQC, Project Execution or Supply Chain.
• Experience in vendor evaluation/audits and technical assessment.
• Good understanding of commercials, quality, specifications and vendor performance.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Procurement + Engineering / Purchase + Quality / Engineering + Vendor Management backgrounds preferred.