Senior Supplier Governance & Performance Leader

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore) is expanding its supplier governance function. The role focuses on owning supplier health, performance, capacity, and risk data to drive improvement actions and leadership decisions.

The successful candidate will consolidate data across quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability, coordinate supplier assessments, and support onboarding, reassessments and ASL governance. Strong analytical and procurement experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering is required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in supplier management, supplier development, strategic sourcing or procurement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power BI for data-driven decision-making.
• Experience in semiconductor, precision engineering or high‑mix, low‑volume manufacturing is preferred.
• Strong analytical capability to interpret supplier performance data and identify trends.

Responsibilities

• Develop supplier selection criteria and onboarding assessments covering capability, quality readiness, commercial requirements, capacity, sustainability and risk.
• Segment suppliers and recommend actions based on importance, capability, performance, capacity and risk.
• Maintain supplier account plans, scorecards and structured business reviews with clear owners and timelines.
• Consolidate supplier information into a single fact-based view of health across quality, delivery, cost and risk.
• Establish supplier expectations and review requirements for corrective and development actions.
• Coordinate ASL governance, onboarding status and reassessments with traceable records.
• Support LTA governance, capacity reviews and business-continuity actions with consolidated inputs.
• Use KPIs and trend analysis to identify gaps and drive improvement.
• Drive cross-functional actions with Quality, Planning and Engineering to ensure effective execution.
• Maintain visible risk and mitigation plans with owners and due dates.
• Identify recurring loss drivers and coordinate root-cause analysis for sustained benefits.
• Provide consolidated supplier insights to support decision making on supplier selection and development.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

Analytical thinking

Procurement knowledge

Supplier management

Sourcing

Audits

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore) is expanding its supplier governance function. The role focuses on owning supplier health, performance, capacity, and risk data to drive improvement actions and leadership decisions.

The successful candidate will consolidate data across quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability, coordinate supplier assessments, and support onboarding, reassessments and ASL governance. Strong analytical and procurement experience is essential.