Strategic Supplier Operations Engineer

Incora; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 Paid Holidays with 2 Floating Holid­

Group Life Insurance 1x salary

401K with company match

Parental leave

Perkspot discount portal

Job summary

Incora seeks a Supplier Operations Engineer to strengthen supplier performance and drive continuous improvement across the supply base. You will partner with suppliers, internal operations, quality and sourcing teams to ensure components meet operational, quality, cost and delivery requirements.

You will influence procurement decisions, support second-source development, and engage in cross-functional collaboration to align supplier insights with business priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
• Progressive experience in aerospace manufacturing, industrial operations, supply chain, supplier management, procurement, or related commercial and operational roles, ideally within complex, regulated, or high-mix environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and supplier-facing teams, with experience interpreting technical drawings, manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and operational requirements to support business decisions.
• Proficiency with ERP and related business systems is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is essential, alongside experience using Copilot or other AI tools to enhance productivity.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve supplier capability mapping, maintaining accountability for the capability framework while leveraging team resources to help populate and refresh data.
• Enable commodity strategy by providing structured inputs that support decisions to grow, maintain, or phase out suppliers and by feeding supplier intelligence into commodity manager decision-making.
• Support internal and customer-driven second-source development needs by responding to requests and helping build proposals that provide viable options for teams to evaluate and move forward.
• Support improved supplier engagement by participating in and modeling effective supplier visits and helping reframe supplier interactions as reciprocal, relationship-driven engagements.
• Support supplier assessment needs, whether informally or through structured evaluation approaches, in alignment with business priorities and customer requirements as needed.
• Influence strategic procurement and contracting decisions by providing supplier intelligence and recommendations without bypassing established ownership and approval structures.
• Work in close partnership with Commodity Managers, recognizing that commodity strategy ownership remains with those roles while this position enables better-informed decisions.
• Act as an integrated cross-functional resource to Supplier Management, Procurement, and Commodity Management teams to align supplier insights with operational execution and business priorities.
• Familiarity with and experience reading prints and technical specifications in a variety of formats is strongly preferred.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business, or a related field

Progressive experience in aerospace manufacturing, industrial operations, supply chain, supplier management, procurement, or related commercial and operational roles

Demonstrated ability to work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and supplier-facing teams

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Tools

ERP systems

Copilot / AI tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Incora seeks a Supplier Operations Engineer to strengthen supplier performance and drive continuous improvement across the supply base. You will partner with suppliers, internal operations, quality and sourcing teams to ensure components meet operational, quality, cost and delivery requirements.

You will influence procurement decisions, support second-source development, and engage in cross-functional collaboration to align supplier insights with business priorities.