Supplier Performance Engineer

In the role of Supplier Performance Engineer 3, you'll play a pivotal part on our Purchasing team. The Supplier Performance Engineer monitors, analyzes, and executes actions to ensure effective supplier performance. This position interacts with internal cross‑functional groups, customers, and suppliers to define, coordinate, and deploy improvement activities utilizing appropriate project management and improvement tools and techniques.

• Follow and manage the industrial performance (Quality, Delivery, and Cost) for a panel of suppliers throughout the product and project lifecycle.
• Manage supplier action plans in case of recurring performance deviations until acceptable performance has been attained and sustained.
• Obtain and lead the implementation of supplier improvement plans to facilitate continuous improvement of the supplier’s maturity level.
• Ensure the consistency of initiated improvement actions with all supply chain stakeholders.
• Undertake key pre‑supplier selection activities – Risk Analysis & Capacity Assessment.

• Lead the quality and logistical performance of supplier panel in accordance with internal stakeholders including procurement, quality, and purchasing to ensure alignment of Mid Term Plan (MTP) and corporate strategy.
• Identify trends and poor performing suppliers, taking action as necessary to improve supplier performance and capability.
• Drive key stakeholders to define and deliver the corrective action plans, ensuring results are achieved and sustainable with a key focus on production readiness, audits, and systematic quality issues.
• Perform onsite supplier assessments and evaluations related to compliance, capacity, production control, change management, supply chain management, quality, etc. Manage findings and close out in a robust manner.
• Lead the supplier performance reviews with select panel of suppliers, coordinating outcomes to key business stakeholders.
• Monitor supplier risks and ensure cabin surveillance plan is topical at all times, flagging key issues and developing plans to drive internal actions and improvements at suppliers to minimize or eliminate risks.
• Act as the focal point for performance issues in relation to logistics and programmes teams, according to escalation process.
• Adhere to safe working practices and contribute to the evolution of the Health, Safety, and Environmental programme and culture.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Based on the supplier risk level, perform periodic assessments of current suppliers to identify and mitigate risks.
• Accountable for managing supplier performance and deliverables.

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Basic operational experience within a purchasing/logistic/quality industrial organisation.
• Demonstrated project management skills within a manufacturing environment.
• Good interpersonal skills – able to work and influence across all levels internally and externally with suppliers to ensure key deliverables are met.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to lead teams, conduct meetings, give direction, delegate, and train/coach/mentor employees.
• Ability to work tactically to support a strategic objective.
• Willingness and legal authorisation to travel domestically and internationally, as required.
• Solid operational experience:
  Supplier Performance or Supplier Development within a purchasing/logistic/quality industrial organisation.
• Experience in leading improvement workshops – Quality/Lean tools such as FMEA, 8D, 5W, Ishikawa, etc.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Advanced problem‑solving skills – ability to analyze a problem and determine root causes in a timely fashion to make calculated risk decisions when ambiguity can be a factor.
• Demonstrable leadership experience – influencing, teamwork, conflict resolution, with strong communication skills at all levels of management both internally and with suppliers.
• High level of self‑motivation and job planning to achieve goals and meet deadlines working autonomously.
• Experience working in a matrix organisation.
• Full understanding of operational excellence:
  Supplier Performance Specialist 2 or Supplier…