Strategic Supplier Development Engineer

Flowserve Corporation; Torreón; On-site; MXN 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve Corporation is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to lead initiatives that elevate supplier quality, delivery, cost, and capacity. You will collaborate across Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Category Management to drive onboarding, qualification, and capability improvements.

The role emphasizes proactive supplier-development activities, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation, with a focus on PPAP reviews, audits, and supplier-readiness programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in supplier development, supplier quality, procurement, manufacturing, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including experience leading initiatives or influencing stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of supplier performance management and continuous-improvement practices.
• Well versed in Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
• Experience conducting supplier audits, assessments, capability evaluations, and supplier-improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier-development initiatives to improve supplier quality, delivery, cost, capacity, certifications, process development, and compliance.
• Identify underperforming suppliers and establish structured improvement plans with defined KPIs.
• Support the development and qualification of key suppliers’ capability and capacity in support of strategic initiatives.
• Drive supplier continuous-improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Provide supplier-development support for assigned Category Management and Divisional team initiatives.
• Act as a key escalation resource for supplier-performance issues and support root-cause corrective-action activities when required.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

PPAP knowledge

Supplier development

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field

Job description

Flowserve Corporation is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to lead initiatives that elevate supplier quality, delivery, cost, and capacity. You will collaborate across Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Category Management to drive onboarding, qualification, and capability improvements.

The role emphasizes proactive supplier-development activities, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation, with a focus on PPAP reviews, audits, and supplier-readiness programs.