Supervises vendor facilities to evaluate performance, production capacity, cost control, efficiency, quality, reliability, and on‐time delivery.
Provides overall vendor management, including ensuring tactical execution within assigned commodity, escalations due to service delivery/quality issues and invoicing/payables issues, supplier and contract database management, etc.
Leads sourcing efforts to develop lowest cost of ownership, improving competitiveness, service levels, and quality position.
Evaluates the company’s purchasing activities and issues periodic financial and operational reports.
Seeks out and develops emerging regions of new suppliers, or suppliers with new and evolving capabilities.
Manages relationships with Chinese vendor partners to ensure mutual satisfaction.
Assures that the product is delivered on schedule, at the negotiated price, and meets the quality standards of the client.
Monitors performance and development.
Maintains timely control of orders, amendments, shipping notices, and other documents to assure accurate retention of records.
Coordinates appropriate methods to distribute commodity in a cost effective manner.
Identifies inefficiencies and proposes solutions for improvements.
Develops and achieves short and long‐range operational objectives, organizational structure, and staffing requirements.
