Vendor Development

Job Description

Developing and sustaining long-standing relationships with company-approved vendors. Meeting with suitable vendors to assess their products, inquire about their services, negotiate pricing, and communicate any product or service-related concerns. Conducting research on available vendors to determine which vendors offer the best pricing and product quality. Continually monitoring sales trends to determine which products are more popular than others. Implementing vendor selection programs to ensure that the best vendors are secured. Conducting interviews with new vendors and informing approved vendors of their responsibilities and obligations. Establishing standards by which to assess the performance of approved vendors. Evaluating current vendor management programs and identifying ways to improve them. Drive continuous improvement of suppliers quality, cycle, and delivery performance through quality tools Plan & implement document creation, retention, format & meeting with all stake holders on regulatory (e.g. ISO) & quality requirements Establish and maintain supplier performance metrics (cost, delivery, service, quality, innovation, social responsibility,) together with the sourcing team Need to adhere key process indicator (KPI) structure, and the effective use of measurement data/results to drive alignment Lead improvement projects across the organization to align business processes, ensure common process for customers, drive QMS efficiency, and to product consistent predictable results for Customers Establish plans of record and capability roadmaps, providing the risk mitigation direction on operationally possibilities Carry out new supplier validation audits, with supplier support and supplier Advanced Product Quality Planning Work with Engineering (Design and Manufacturing Engineers) team to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements Provide technical expertise to customers in solving technical problems associated with product supply and test Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/designs and future trends