Senior Supplier Management Officer

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

*Be Part of Our Success Story as We Expand and Evolve*

Purpose: Own and strengthen supplier governance by providing one consolidated, reliable and fact-based view of supplier health, capability, performance, capacity and risk for NPI and production teams.

This role is central to converting cross-functional supplier-performance data into focused improvement actions, risk-mitigation plans and timely leadership decisions. The position is accountable for maintaining effective supplier governance, account plans, supplier segmentation, scorecards, business reviews and performance-improvement actions. The role consolidates quality, delivery, cost, capacity, capability, sustainability and supply-continuity information to identify performance gaps, emerging risks and opportunities for supplier development. The position supports leadership and the Manager, Commodity Business Management, by providing fact-based recommendations for commodity sourcing, supplier selection, supplier allocation and supplier-portfolio decisions. The role also coordinates supplier assessments, onboarding, periodic reassessments, Approved Supplier List governance, capacity reviews and business-continuity actions. The role works across NPI & Program Strategic Sourcing, Commodity Business Management, Materials Management, Engineering, Quality, Planning, Operations and other relevant business functions.

Key Area of Responsibilities:

• Develop supplier selection criteria and conduct onboarding assessments covering technical capability, quality readiness, commercial requirements, capacity, sustainability and supply risk.
• Segment suppliers and recommend grow, maintain, develop, restrict or exit actions based on supplier importance, capability, performance, capacity and risk.
• Maintain supplier account plans, scorecards and structured business reviews, ensuring priorities, actions, owners and completion timelines are clearly defined.
• Consolidate relationship, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, capability, sustainability and risk information into one reliable and fact-based view of supplier health.
• Establish clear supplier expectations, evidence-based review requirements, accountable owners and completion criteria for corrective, development and performance-improvement actions.
• Coordinate Approved Supplier List (ASL) governance, supplier onboarding status and periodic supplier reassessments, ensuring approval conditions, restrictions and supporting records remain current and traceable.
• Support Long-Term Agreement (LTA) governance, supplier capacity reviews and business-continuity actions by providing consolidated supplier performance, capability, capacity and risk inputs.
• Use agreed KPIs and trend analysis to identify supplier-performance gaps, assign recovery actions and verify sustained improvement.
• Drive supplier performance improvement with Quality, Planning, Engineering and other relevant functions, ensuring cross-functional actions are coordinated and completed effectively.
• Maintain visible supplier risk and mitigation plans, including accountable owners, due dates, contingency actions, residual exposure and escalation triggers.
• Identify recurring supplier-performance loss drivers, coordinate root-cause analysis, standardise improved processes and validate that corrective actions deliver sustained benefits.
• Maintain clear decision rights, current supplier-governance records, measurable actions and timely escalation of unresolved performance, capacity and risk issues.
• Provide the Manager, Commodity Business Management with consolidated supplier insights and fact-based decision support for supplier selection, development, sourcing, allocation, restriction and exit decisions.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including leadership responsibilities in supplier management, supplier development, strategic sourcing, or procurement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, or equivalent analytics tools to support data-driven decision-making.
• Strong understanding of commercial terms, contract administration, and procurement best practices.
• Good knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical manufacturing processes.
• Experience in semiconductor, precision engineering, or high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments is preferred.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret complex supplier performance data, identify trends, perform root cause analysis, and develop data-driven improvement plans.
• Proven track record in supplier performance management, supplier development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience conducting supplier audits, capability assessments, and supplier improvement programs.