Job Summary
The Supplier Relationship Specialist bridges the gap between strategic sourcing and site procurement operations. You will act as the central hub ensuring all suppliers strictly adhere to the high compliance, sustainability, and quality standards required in the specialty chemicals industry. By managing supplier systems, contracts, performance, and risk assessments, you safeguard a compliant, resilient, and continuously improving global supply chain for Elementis.
Job Description
Supplier Onboarding & System Management
- Supplier Onboarding: Coordinate and streamline the end-to-end onboarding process for new vendors within the ERP and procurement systems.
- Master Data Integrity: Maintain accurate, up-to-date vendor data and ensure seamless availability for Site Buyers.
- System Optimization: Act as the super-user for SRM software, training internal stakeholders and troubleshooting portal issues for suppliers.
2. Performance Management & KPIs
- Risk evaluation Ownership: Maintain supplier risk assessments in alignment with the sourcing managers, covering key metrics (OTIF delivery, quality, cost competitiveness, responsiveness) in Zycus system
- Business Reviews: Prepare supplier business review input for the sourcing managers (KPI performance, bottlenecks, development points).
3. Compliance, Sustainability & Certifications
- Sustainability Agenda: Prepare and track ESG metrics and sustainability criteria (e.g., EcoVadis, Scope 3 carbon footprint data) across the supplier base.
- Regulatory Compliance: Drive and support actions and collect information related to chemical industry regulations (e.g., REACH, TSCA) and Elementis’ internal code of conduct.
- Certificate Ownership: Proactively collect, verify, and maintain product specifications, ISO certifications, and regulatory statements in alignment with cross functions and the procurement teams. Upload and maintain in our PIM system.
4. Risk & Contract Management
- Risk Assessments: Support periodic risk evaluations (financial, geopolitical, supply continuity) to contribute to robust mitigation strategies.
- Health Monitoring: Track the financial and overall company stability of critical suppliers using credit rating and other tools to prevent supply chain disruptions.
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Upload contracts and monitor renewals, track expiration dates, and prepare renewal files or pre-negotiation data for the Sourcing Manager.
5. Supplier Quality Management (SQM) & Continuous Improvement
- Performance Monitoring: Facilitate and track supplier quality performance metrics.
- Issue & Dispute Resolution: Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) to address product non-conformances, enforce supplier Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), and support commercial dispute resolutions regarding claims/damages.
6. Collaborative Innovation & Growth
- Market Intelligence: Gather and synthesize market insights from suppliers regarding raw material trends, capacity constraints, and technology shifts to share with Sourcing Managers.
7. Global Cross-Functional Communication
- Interface Lead: For selected projects and topics, serve as the primary procurement liaison with global internal departments (Operations, QA, R&D, Regulatory, Legal).
- Alignment: Translate strategic sourcing directives into actionable processes for local Site Buyers
8. AI technology implementation
- Data transparency: Using IT knowledge to improve marketing intelligence and vendor identification efficiency in the SRM process.
IT project support: Collaberate global new software using in all innovation process improvement and training related to users.