Strategic Supplier Operations Engineer

ASCO Industries; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

ASCO Industries in Belgium is seeking a Supplier Operations Engineer (SOM Engineer) to own order management and delivery follow-up for a group of direct production materials tied to assigned suppliers. You will build long-term supplier relationships to meet mutual targets and reduce production risks.

Responsibilities include managing orders, minimizing interruptions, negotiating with suppliers, evaluating on-time delivery, maintaining master data in ERP, and promoting the ASCO Supplier Portal.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Experience as a Supply Chain Specialist in the industry.
• Familiar with an ERP system and planning process.
• Analytical, detail-oriented with strong Excel skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to interact with senior management at suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Manage order management and the fysical incoming supply chain for the assigned suppliers.
• Prevent / minimize interruptions of production and shortages through pro-active management of the orderbook while guaranteeing follow up and communication.
• Negotiate with suppliers concerning availability of their material and the security of their promises and supply.
• Analyze root causes of production interruptions and shortage of inventories due to issues in the supply chain.
• Visualise and quantify supply risks, draw action plans for supply improvement, in line with production and customer expectations.
• Build recovery plans and counter measures for supply risk elimination and coordinate actions with internal experts (buyers, SQA, Logistics, teamleader, mentor…).
• Perform On-Time-Delivery Supplier performance evaluation to identify risks and opportunities for supplier to improve.
• Evaluate and improve internal supplier performance targets such as internal lead-times, inventory levels, takt times, etc.
• Assure all-time accurate and reliable vendor and material master data and parameters in the applicable systems.
• Promote and develop the use of the Asco Supplier Portal (ASP) with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal and supplier stakeholders the implementation of supply chain changes impacting assigned suppliers.
• Audit and assess manufacturing and logistic processes at existing and potential new suppliers and deliver reports.
• Document and track progress on corrective actions from audits.
• Apply the standard Transfer of Work procedure to identify and mitigate risks.
• Continuously develop the performance of the strategic suppliers nominated on management level.

Skills

French

Dutch

English

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Project Management Tools

Excel

Education

Engineering degree (Supply Chain, Industrial or Civil)

Tools

ERP system

Job description

ASCO Industries in Belgium is seeking a Supplier Operations Engineer (SOM Engineer) to own order management and delivery follow-up for a group of direct production materials tied to assigned suppliers. You will build long-term supplier relationships to meet mutual targets and reduce production risks.

Responsibilities include managing orders, minimizing interruptions, negotiating with suppliers, evaluating on-time delivery, maintaining master data in ERP, and promoting the ASCO Supplier Portal.