Strategic Supplier Development Engineer

Flowserve; Torreón; Híbrido; MXN 420.000 - 660.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Flowserve is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to drive supplier-quality improvements, capability assessments, and onboarding. You will collaborate across Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Category Management to achieve cost, delivery, and risk reduction goals.

The role focuses on proactive supplier-development initiatives, continuous improvement, and long-term supplier partnerships, with travel to supplier sites as required and engagement in PPAP reviews and audits.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a 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, influencing stakeholders, or managing supplier-development activities.
• Strong knowledge of supplier performance management, supplier capability improvement, and continuous-improvement practices.
• Well versed in Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
• Experience conducting supplier audits, assessments, capability evaluations, and supplier-improvement projects.
• Strong communication, negotiation, relationship-management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment involving Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and business teams.
• Ability and willingness to travel to supplier sites as required.

Responsabilidades

• 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 key performance indicators.
• 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 critical root-cause corrective-action activities when required.
• Conduct supplier assessments, audits, capability evaluations, and PPAP reviews to support new supplier approvals and onboarding.
• Support supplier onboarding, qualification, and development programs.
• Evaluate supplier capability, process readiness, certifications, and compliance against company requirements.
• Ensure suppliers meet applicable company standards, regulatory requirements, quality-system expectations, and sustainability goals.
• Partner with Procurement to support sourcing strategies and supplier segmentation.
• Work collaboratively with Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Category Management, and Divisional teams to support supplier-development priorities.
• Support Product Development Lifecycle activities, including supplier-readiness activities and globalization/localization projects.
• Maintain clear, open, two-way communication with relevant internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with strategic and critical suppliers.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-related risks, including quality, supply continuity, financial, and regulatory risks.
• Support business-continuity and supply-chain-resilience planning.
• Contribute to proactive supplier-risk mitigation and supplier performance management activities.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Supplier performance

Negotiation

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Travel readiness

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Flowserve is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to drive supplier-quality improvements, capability assessments, and onboarding. You will collaborate across Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Category Management to achieve cost, delivery, and risk reduction goals.

The role focuses on proactive supplier-development initiatives, continuous improvement, and long-term supplier partnerships, with travel to supplier sites as required and engagement in PPAP reviews and audits.