Senior Supplier Management Officer

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd is seeking a senior supplier governance specialist to own the consolidated view of supplier health, capability and risk. You will manage onboarding, scorecards and business reviews, driving cross‑functional actions with Quality, Planning and Engineering to mitigate risk and improve performance.

You will analyze supplier performance data, establish governance processes, and support leadership with evidence-based recommendations for sourcing,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in supplier management, strategic sourcing, or procurement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, or equivalent analytics tools.
• Strong understanding of commercial terms, contract administration, and procurement best practices.
• Experience in semiconductor, precision engineering, or high‑mix, low‑volume manufacturing environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and strengthen supplier governance with a consolidated view of supplier health, capability, performance, capacity and risk.
• Maintain supplier account plans, scorecards and business reviews with clearly defined priorities and timelines.
• Coordinate ASL governance, supplier onboarding, reassessments and approval conditions.
• Use KPIs and trend analysis to identify gaps, assign recovery actions and verify improvements.
• Drive supplier performance improvements through cross‑functional collaboration with Quality, Planning, Engineering and other functions.

Skills

Supplier management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Contract administration

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

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.

Requirements

• 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.