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Supplier Performance Officer

Every supplier scored on what actually arrived. The Supplier Officer FTE measures on-time and in-full delivery from your receipts, lead-time variance per supplier from purchase order history, defects and returns attributed to the vendor with the Voice of Customer and Returns Officer evidence, and cost changes over time — and keeps a scorecard per supplier the Buyer and Inventory FTE read before they propose an order. Reorder risk on a supplier whose variance is widening reaches your morning page before the next buy.

Accountable for

On-time delivery and vendor quality per supplier, with the evidence

Judged on · On-time delivery and vendor quality

What it does not do · It does not negotiate with suppliers, choose vendors or send a supplier a scorecard without approval. It measures and prepares; the relationship stays with you.

  • On-Time and In-Full Tracking
  • Lead-Time Variance per Supplier
  • Defect and Return Attribution by Vendor
  • Cost Change Tracking
  • Reorder Risk Flags
  • Vendor Scorecards

It proposes · you approve · every claim carries its evidence

Workspace · Supplier Officer FTE

Supplier Officer FTE

Supplier Performance Officer

On-time, in-full
84%
Suppliers scored
23
Waiting on you
1
Reorder risks
2

Waiting on you · Reorder risk · needs a decision

Flagged · Buyer's next proposal sized for it

Supplier K · lead-time variance widened from 4 to 11 days over 3 receipts

  • Three consecutive receipts late; two short. Returns attributed to this vendor rose the same quarter.
  • Scorecard prepared for your review; nothing sent to the supplier without approval.

Receipt history · variance chart · defect attribution · the scorecard

Brief

Yesterday: 23 scorecards refreshed, 1 cost change recorded, 0 supplier messages sent.

Illustrative workspace · the Supplier Officer FTE's Today tab
Overview

What Supplier Officer owns.

A whole job function, not a task queue. Supplier Officer holds the role, the targets and the budget you set, and reports to you on the numbers below.

Owns

  • On-Time and In-Full Tracking
  • Lead-Time Variance per Supplier
  • Defect and Return Attribution by Vendor
  • Cost Change Tracking
  • Reorder Risk Flags
  • Vendor Scorecards

Reports on

  • On-time, in-full
  • Suppliers scored
  • Waiting on you
  • Reorder risks

Needs from you

  • Purchase order and receipt history per supplier
  • Cost history and the Returns and Voice of Customer evidence by vendor
  • Who reviews a scorecard before it is shared
How it works

A week with Supplier Officer.

It reports in first, does the work, hands it over for approval, and measures what happened. You review it the way you review a direct report.

  1. As receipts arrive01

    Measure

    On-time, in-full and lead-time variance per supplier from what actually arrived.

  2. Daily02

    Reorder risk

    Suppliers whose variance is widening or whose cost moved, flagged before the Buyer's next proposal.

  3. Weekly03

    Scorecards refreshed

    Delivery, quality and cost per supplier with the evidence, for your review.

  4. Monthly04

    Vendor quality

    Defects and returns attributed by vendor, with the packs behind them.

The workspace

Managed like a direct report.

Supplier Officer reports into a workspace built for a manager, not an operator. Four of its tabs, drawn as they work.

Today

Your morning brief, first thing.

What is waiting on you comes first, then yesterday, what it noticed, and spend against budget. Read it in a minute.

Workspace · Supplier Officer FTE · Today

Morning brief · Monday 08:00

Yesterday: 23 scorecards refreshed, 1 cost change recorded, 0 supplier messages sent.

Waiting on you

1 to review
On-time, in-full
84%
Suppliers scored
23
Waiting on you
1
Reorder risks
2

Approvals

Nothing ships without your call.

Every publish, send or spend waits here with its verdict, its reasons and its evidence. Approve, or send it back with a note.

Workspace · Supplier Officer FTE · Approvals

Approvals

1 waiting on you

  • Supplier Officer FTE · Reorder risk · needs a decision

    Flagged · Buyer's next proposal sized for it

    Supplier K · lead-time variance widened from 4 to 11 days over 3 receipts

    • Three consecutive receipts late; two short. Returns attributed to this vendor rose the same quarter.
    • Scorecard prepared for your review; nothing sent to the supplier without approval.

    Receipt history · variance chart · defect attribution · the scorecard

Performance

Numbers it can prove.

KPIs are measured, never estimated. Anything not connected yet is shown as unmeasured, not filled in.

Workspace · Supplier Officer FTE · Performance

On-time, in-full
84%
Suppliers scored
23
Waiting on you
1
Not connected yet
Unmeasured

On-time, in-full · 12 weeks

Measured, not estimated

Targets

The contract you hold it to.

Each target carries a status and its evidence. It can propose new targets; they wait for your approval.

Workspace · Supplier Officer FTE · Targets

  • On-time, in-full above 85%

    84% · Supplier K late 3 times

    At risk
  • Every scorecard built from receipts, not quotes

    23 scorecards · measured

    Done
  • Reorder risk flagged before the Buyer proposes

    2 flagged · Buyer sized for it

    On track
  • Attribute returns by vendor batch

    FTE-suggested · awaiting your approval

    Proposed · your call

Illustrative workspace frames · the tabs, verdicts and statuses are real product surfaces; the figures are samples.

Capabilities

Built for the job.

Every supplier scored on what actually arrived. The Supplier Officer FTE measures on-time and in-full delivery from your receipts, lead-time variance per supplier from purchase order history, defects and returns attributed to the vendor with the Voice of Customer and Returns Officer evidence, and cost changes over time — and keeps a scorecard per supplier the Buyer and Inventory FTE read before they propose an order. Reorder risk on a supplier whose variance is widening reaches your morning page before the next buy.

01

On-time, in-full and lead-time variance measured from your own receipts, not from the supplier's quote

02

Defects and returns attributed to the vendor with the customer evidence attached, as a scorecard the Buyer reads

03

Reorder risk flagged before the next buy when a supplier's variance widens or a cost moves

Skills

  • On-Time and In-Full Tracking
  • Lead-Time Variance per Supplier
  • Defect and Return Attribution by Vendor
  • Cost Change Tracking
  • Reorder Risk Flags
  • Vendor Scorecards
Missions

What you can ask it to do.

Beyond the weekly routine, you give it missions: a goal, a scope, a deadline, and progress you can see. Three modes, all of them bounded.

Production

Prepare the annual vendor review

Scorecards and evidence packs for every supplier, approved before anything is shared.

Diagnostic

Why are receipts from Supplier K late?

Ranked causes from the history: order timing, minimums, a season, a factory change.

Strategy

Which suppliers should get more of the buy?

Delivery, quality and cost by supplier with the shift it proposes.

Diagnoses arrive as ranked hypotheses with evidence, never as certainties.

Inside your stack

It works in the tools you already run.

Supplier Officer connects to the systems below with the permissions you grant, per organization and per property, and nothing more. Connections can be revoked at any time.

  • Suppliers

    • NetSuite
    • Cin7
    • Your purchase order history
    • Your supplier sheet
  • Store platform

    • Shopify
    • WooCommerce
    • BigCommerce
    • Adobe Commerce (Magento)
  • Where you review its work

    • Your ftes.ai workspace
    • Claude and ChatGPT via MCP connector
    • Email brief
Control

You manage. Supplier Officer executes.

It starts at Level 0 and earns autonomy one step at a time. You grant each level when the evidence says so, and you can take it back at any time.

  1. Level 0

    Proposes only

    Every draft, launch, send or spend waits in Approvals. This is where every FTE starts.

  2. Level 1

    Low-risk on its own

    You allow routine actions you have approved many times: refreshes, reply drafts, reconciliations that match exactly.

  3. Level 2

    Acts inside caps

    It may pause losers, scale winners or publish scheduled work, always inside the budget and rules you set.

  4. Level 3

    Runs the week

    Scheduled production runs; you review the brief, the exceptions and the numbers. Any level can be taken back at any time.

Approvals

1 waiting on you

  • Supplier Officer FTE · Reorder risk · needs a decision

    Flagged · Buyer's next proposal sized for it

    Supplier K · lead-time variance widened from 4 to 11 days over 3 receipts

    • Three consecutive receipts late; two short. Returns attributed to this vendor rose the same quarter.
    • Scorecard prepared for your review; nothing sent to the supplier without approval.

    Receipt history · variance chart · defect attribution · the scorecard

Illustrative approvals queue · budget and spend are always visible beside it.

Approval gates
On every publish, send and spend
Budget
A hard cap it cannot exceed
Audit trail
Who, what, when, and why
Getting started

Hired in minutes.

Custom onboarding: we scope the role with you before it starts.

  1. Step 01

    Sign up

    Create your organization. Supplier Officer is added to your workforce from the link below.

  2. Step 02

    Connect and confirm

    Grant the tools it needs and confirm the targets it proposes. It never asks for what the platform already knows.

  3. Step 03

    Review the first proposals

    This role is scoped with our team first, then its first proposals land in Approvals.

FAQ

Before you hire.

Short answers. The docs have the long ones.

Does it contact my suppliers?

No. It measures and prepares scorecards; nothing is sent to a supplier without your approval, and the relationship stays with you.

What can the Supplier Officer FTE do without my approval?

Nothing that leaves your company. Supplier Officer proposes first: every publish, send or spend waits in Approvals with its reasons and evidence. You can grant more autonomy step by step and take it back at any time. Every action is logged.

How is it priced?

Plans are token-metered blocks of work, not seats. Every FTE in your organization draws from one wallet whose balance is always visible in the workspace. At zero the FTEs pause; they never overdraw.

How long does onboarding take?

Sign up, connect the tools the role needs, and confirm the targets it proposes. Roles marked instant onboarding are working the same day; roles marked custom onboarding are scoped with our team first.

Where does my data go?

Your data stays scoped to your organization and, where it applies, to the specific property the FTE works on. Integration credentials are encrypted at rest and can be revoked at any time.

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