Global Manufacturing Technology & Supplier Development Specialist

Key Responsibilities

1. Supplier Performance Management

• Establish and execute a structured supplier performance management framework.
• Conduct annual performance reviews of strategic global equipment suppliers.
• Benchmark suppliers and define gap mitigation action plans.
• Maintain and update preferred supplier panels for upcoming sourcing activities.
• Drive performance assessment aligned with purchasing and industrial engineering teams.
• Lead supplier performance surveys, including self-assessments and cross-functional evaluations.

2. Technology Scouting & Innovation

• Build global networks with strategic suppliers, institutes, and universities.
• Identify and evaluate emerging manufacturing technologies.
• Support feasibility, maturity assessment, and release of new processes.
• Develop and align validation plans for new technologies with the...