Supplier Manager - Rubber , Decals & Seats

Role: Supplier Manager - Seat Assembly

Location: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

Reporting to: Supplier Management Lead - Polymers

Team Name: Supply Chain

About the Team and the Role:

The Supply Chain team at Ather is responsible for designing and executing strategic sourcing frameworks, managing supply chain risks, and ensuring robust mitigation strategies are in place for short- and long-term plans.

This role is for a Supplier Manager - Seat Assembly who will lead the strategic sourcing, supplier development, and capacity security for Seat Assembly, ensuring that every component meets rigorous standards of cost, quality, and delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Sourcing Strategy & Execution: Design, execute, and monitor short- and long-term sourcing strategies for Seat Assembly, conducting supplier identification, selection, qualification, audits, and contracting up to process validation.

• Supplier Development & Selection: Identify new potential suppliers based on engineering drawings, technology trends, shifts, and competition risks, and actively participate in technical reviews with manufacturing engineering.

• Cost & Financial Optimization: Partner with engineering and finance to analyze should-cost reports, identify cost-reduction levers, and establish Part Cost, NRE cost, and Lead Time structures to meet program budget and timeline targets.

• Contract & SLA Management: Execute supplier contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to secure firm commitments on cost, quality, and delivery while managing risks.

• Capacity Planning & Fulfillment: Align with organizational forecasts and business plans to secure production capacities across supplier lines, communicate monthly MRPs, and track sub-supplier capacities to ensure a smooth supply chain.

• Performance & Quality Governance: Plan and execute periodic audits, supplier scorecards, and establish cadence with engineering and MQA teams to evaluate performance, drive continuous improvement, and ensure timely material disposition of non-conformance parts.

• Change & Risk Management: Manage the seamless implementation of engineering changes (ECNs), obsolete inventory management, and price revisions at the supplier end, while tracking raw material and commodity price fluctuations to assess impact on product pricing.

• Operational Alignment: Monitor timely payments to supplier partners as per agreed credit terms and ensure adherence to established procurement processes and timelines.

Experience and Qualifications:

• B.E/M.E in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.