Sourcing Engineer - NPD & Advanced Manufacturing

Molex; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Companies seeks a sourcing professional in Lisle, IL to drive supplier development for advanced manufacturing programs, including high-speed wafer technologies and connector assemblies. You will partner with Product Development Engineering and Suppliers to shape strategy, manage costs, and ensure supply readiness for next-generation BiPass products.

The role requires strong collaboration across teams, early supplier engagement, and robust risk management, with up to 15% travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Development and manufacturing engineering.
• Knowledge of RFQ execution, supplier qualification and development, technical feasibility reviews and TCO analyses.
• Ability to engage global suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Represent NPD Sourcing on cross-functional project teams and align sourcing deliverables with requirements, milestones, cost targets and risks.
• Develop and execute project and component sourcing strategies aligned with category strategy and program requirements.
• Engage suppliers early for technical input, capability assessment, and quality improvements.
• Prepare RFQ packages with engineering, quality and manufacturing teams, including specs, forecasts, timing and commercial expectations.
• Lead supplier technical and feasibility reviews to resolve open items and risks.
• Confirm supplier feasibility and capability before TCO evaluation and nomination.
• Lead or support negotiations, cost breakdowns, should-cost analyses and cost-roadmap development.
• Drive escalation and mitigation of supplier, tooling, capacity, quality, and continuity risks.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, qualification planning, tooling kickoff and first-off-tool readiness.
• Maintain sourcing status, decisions, costs, risks and actions in trackers.
• Execute disciplined NPD handover with complete sourcing strategy and readiness documentation.

Skills

Sourcing

Supplier development

RFQ execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical aptitude

Cost reduction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Koch Companies seeks a sourcing professional in Lisle, IL to drive supplier development for advanced manufacturing programs, including high-speed wafer technologies and connector assemblies. You will partner with Product Development Engineering and Suppliers to shape strategy, manage costs, and ensure supply readiness for next-generation BiPass products.

The role requires strong collaboration across teams, early supplier engagement, and robust risk management, with up to 15% travel.