HR Blue Collar Vendor Relationship Manager

Role Purpose :

Responsible for managing labour suppliers, including sourcing new vendors, maintaining strong relationships, ensuring manpower fulfilment, handling operational issues, and controlling supplier performance and cost.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage existing labour suppliers and maintain strong professional relationships.

• Source and identify new labour suppliers according to manpower requirements.
• Evaluate potential suppliers before onboarding and provide recommendations.
• - Coordinate manpower requirements with HR and operational teams.
• - Communicate manpower requirements and deployment plans to suppliers.
• - Follow up with suppliers to ensure required manpower is provided on time.
• - Monitor daily manpower fulfilment and identify shortages or gaps.
• - Coordinate replacements for absent, resigned, or unsuitable workers within required timelines.
• - Monitor supplier performance against agreed operational requirements and KPIs.
• - Handle daily operational issues related to labour suppliers and coordinate corrective actions.
• - Build relationships with key suppliers to improve commitment, stability, and retention. - Monitor supplier costs and support cost optimization initiatives.
• - Maintain accurate supplier records, performance evaluations, and manpower data. - Prepare periodic reports and dashboards covering supplier performance and manpower fulfilment.
• - Perform any additional vendor-management-related tasks assigned by the HR Leader.

Qualifications :

Technical Skills:

Vendor & supplier management - Manpower planning & fulfillment - Supplier sourcing & evaluation - Supplier performance & cost monitoring - Reporting & data analysis

Personal Competencies:

- Communication skills - Negotiation skills - Relationship management - Ability to work under pressure - Organization skills - Problem-solving - Target orientation