Job Opening: Supplier Management Lead at Complete Logistical Services
Job Description
Complete Logistical Services is excited to announce a promising career opportunity within our procurement department. We are currently seeking a highly skilled, knowledgeable, and proactive individual to join our team as a Supplier Management Lead. This full-time position is integral to our organization's success, ensuring that our supply chains and vendor relationships are managed with the highest level of expertise and efficiency.
The Supplier Management Lead will play a crucial role in overseeing and enhancing our supplier relationships, specifically focusing on components related to Fabrication & Machining. The ideal candidate will be deeply involved in the operational and strategic aspects of supplier management, delivering significant contributions to our procurement strategies by driving performance and ensuring seamless supply management to meet production needs.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Strengthen, develop, and grow key suppliers to improve quality, delivery, capability, and cost competitiveness.
- Conduct supplier assessments, manage scorecards, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify gaps in supplier capability and create development plans to support both current and future fabrication and machining requirements.
- Build strategic, long-term supplier partnerships aligned with business objectives.
- Directly procure select fabricated items, assemblies, and components based on complexity, risk, or business criticality.
- Source, negotiate, and place purchase orders for fabricated parts requiring advanced supplier coordination or technical expertise.
- Support make/buy decisions and alternate sourcing strategies in partnership with Engineering and Operations.
- Ensure procured items meet technical, quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
- Lead, coach, and mentor buyers responsible for fabrication, machining, and welding purchases.
- Guide buyers on supplier selection, negotiations, order placement, and issue resolution.
- Support buyers with escalations, supplier challenges, and complex procurement decisions.
- Promote consistent procurement best practices and supplier communication standards across the team.
- Oversee critical and high-risk purchase orders to ensure schedule adherence and material availability.
- Support expediting efforts and supplier follow‑up for late or at‑risk orders.
- Collaborate with Accounts Payable and suppliers to resolve invoice discrepancies and disputes.
- Ensure suppliers comply with quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Quality on inspections, audits, NCRs, and corrective actions.
- Drive root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement for recurring supplier issues.
- Work closely with Planning to align procurement activities with production schedules and forecasts.
- Partner with Engineering on drawings, specifications, design changes, and supplier capability reviews.
- Support Operations by resolving supplier-related production constraints.
Requirements
- A degree in business or a technical discipline, or equivalent extensive experience in a related field.
- Proficient knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures, materials, products, and the commodity market in an area of specialization.
- Expertise in supplier management specifically related to fabricated items, machined components, and welded assemblies.
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships and enhance supplier performance.
- Strong negotiation skills and experience with complex procurement processes.
- Outstanding leadership and team management skills, capable of mentoring and guiding team members.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to deal effectively with various levels of the organization and external partners.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
- Capacity to work on-site as the role is not remote.
