Supplier Development Manager | NTS Eindhoven HQ

NTS; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal growth opportunities

27 vacation days + 13 ADV days

Pension plan with PME

Travel expense allowance

Job summary

NTS Group Eindhoven seeks a Supplier Development Manager – Mechanics to drive global supply chain excellence, focusing on QLTCS processes with strategic suppliers. You will audit, improve and align processes across sites.

Reporting to Global Sourcing Director, you will build relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, oversee audits, track KPIs, and contribute to cost competitiveness and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of strategic supply chain experience in high-tech environments.
• Proven experience leading QLTCS audits.
• Strong supplier development and risk management background.
• Hands-on with QLTCS KPIs and dashboarding.
• Experience with machining, assembly, and qualification is preferred.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop the performance of our global supply chain, enabling better QLTCS performance.
• Assess and improve performance and processes of key suppliers.
• Drive supplier development programs focused on quality, capacity, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and implement a global way of working across sites to strengthen supply chain performance.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers, up to executive level.
• Lead general, theme, and supplier onboarding audits within our global supply chain.
• Track supplier performance, monitor KPIs, and generate periodic reports to higher management.

Skills

Strategic SCM

QLTCS audits

Supplier development

Process optimization

Risk management

KPIs & dashboards

Production processes

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

At NTS, we make it possible together. Technology inspires and drives us; it is our passion. Every day we work on unique solutions to complex challenges. Whether it's ultra complex or ultra precise solutions, we are proud of what we do and what we deliver.

Want to find out together what's possible? Are you driven by strengthening global supply chains and building lasting relationships with strategic suppliers? Does your analytical mindset thrive on turning audit findings into real process improvement? Then get started as Supplier Development Manager – Mechanics at NTS Group Eindhoven, and let's make it possible together.

Job Description

As Supplier Development Manager – Mechanics at NTS Group Eindhoven, you are responsible for developing our global supply chain on QLTCS aspects. You work directly with our strategic suppliers, assessing and enhancing their QLTCS processes, auditing them, and strengthening our relationship with them. You collaborate closely with site procurement, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and project teams to align global processes that ensure flawless quality, supply continuity, technical alignment, cost competitiveness, and sustainability. You report to the Global Sourcing Director and work within a global Sourcing team. This role calls for strong analytical capability, auditing expertise, process understanding, and the ability to build supplier relationships in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

Furthermore, your key responsibilities are:

• Develop the performance of our global supply chain, enabling better QLTCS performance;
• Assess and improve the performance and processes of our key suppliers;
• Drive supplier development programs focused on quality, capacity, cost optimization, and risk mitigation;
• Develop and implement a global way of working across our sites to strengthen supply chain performance;
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers, up to executive level;
• Lead general, theme, and supplier onboarding audits within our global supply chain;
• Track supplier performance, monitor KPIs, and generate periodic reports to higher management.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field;
• Minimum 10 years of strategic supply chain experience in a high-tech or related environment;
• Proven experience leading QLTCS audits;
• Strong background in supplier development, process optimization, and risk management;
• Hands-on experience with QLTCS key KPIs and dashboarding;
• Experience with production processes such as machining, assembly, and qualification is preferred;
• Excellent communication, process construction, analytical, and project management skills.

Your terms of employment

At NTS, we combine our passion for technology and innovative solutions to complex challenges. You get the freedom and confidence to fully use and develop your talents in a dynamic and energetic environment. We invest both in technology and in you as a future colleague!

With this challenge, we offer the following terms of employment:

• Salary from €5800 to €7800 gross per month;
• Personal growth and development opportunities, for example through training and/or education;
• 27 vacation days and an additional 13 ADV days;
• Excellent pension plan with PME;
• Travel expense allowance

About NTS

We deliver unique solutions to complex challenges and drive technological advancement for our customers. By combining development, manufacturing, and assembly, we play an integral role in bringing the supply chain together. We combine the best skills and brightest ideas into a working system for the world's most advanced semiconductor, opto-mechatronics, and analytical solutions. For this reason, we have grown into a Tier-1 supplier to OEMs and an international player operating from various production sites in Europe, Asia, and the US.

Although we offer our teams around the world a great place to work, we do not forget to remain firmly rooted locally. Ultimately, the core of NTS is our people. Their excellent manufacturing skills, customer-focused mindset, and clear technical solutions have made NTS what it is today. Together, we create a culture that everyone can be proud of, because we make it possible together. That's why we take every opportunity to celebrate our people, our craftsmanship, and our successes.