Supply Development Manager

MillerKnoll; Apodaca; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

MillerKnoll is seeking a Supplier Development Manager to lead the development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of a world-class supplier base. This role collaborates with Product Development, Supply Management, Operations, Quality, and Finance to implement supplier improvements that lower cost while ensuring quality and on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate will drive supplier performance, manage onboarding and ongoing assessments, and partner with suppliers to achieve operational

Responsabilidades

• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers to support business requirements.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
• Assess supplier capabilities, capacity, quality systems, and operational performance.
• Develop and implement supplier improvement plans focused on quality, delivery, cost competitiveness, and service.
• Partner with suppliers to drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence.
• Support supplier onboarding, qualification, and ongoing performance management activities.

Descripción del empleo

Why join us?

Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Lead the development, evaluation and continuous improvement of a world-class supplier base that enables an integrated, scalable and competitive supply chain capable of meeting current and future business requirements. This role is responsible for developing strategic suppliers, driving supplier performance management initiatives, ensuring alignment to quality, delivery, cost and service expectations, and supporting new product development activities. The Supplier Development Manager will work cross-functionally with Product Development, Supply Management, Operations, Quality, Engineering and Finance to identify and implement supplier improvement opportunities, cost reduction initiatives, and sourcing strategies that support business objectives. This position plays a critical role in ensuring a competitive, reliable, and high-performing supply base that supports business growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. Success in this role directly impacts product cost, quality, supplier performance, supply continuity, and overall business profitability.

Essential Functions

Supplier Development & Relationship Management

• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers to support business requirements.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers.
• Assess supplier capabilities, capacity, quality systems, and operational performance.
• Develop and implement supplier improvement plans focused on quality, delivery, cost competitiveness, and service.
• Partner with suppliers to drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence.
• Support supplier onboarding, qualification, and ongoing performance management activities.

Supplier Performance Management

• Develop, implement, and maintain supplier performance measurement systems and scorecards.
• Monitor supplier KPIs including: On-Time Delivery (OTD), Quality Performance (PPM), claims and defects, Lead Time Performance, Capacity and Responsiveness, Cost Competitiveness, Documentation and Compliance
• Conduct regular business reviews with strategic suppliers.
• Lead corrective action and supplier recovery initiatives when performance expectations are not met.