Supplier Performance Specialist - experienced (Aerospace)

Parker Hannifin; Elyria (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Supplier Recovery & Performance Specialist to lead end‑to‑end responses to supplier issues and embed continuous improvement. You will mobilize cross‑functional teams for rapid containment and full recovery, drive CAPA and root cause analyses, and coordinate with planning to ensure forecast accuracy and data integrity.

The role requires extensive on‑site presence with 25% travel, a Bachelor’s degree, and 3–5+ years in supply chain or procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration or related field is required.
• Direct experience of at least 3–5+ years in supply chain, supplier quality, procurement or operations in manufacturing preferred (distribution experience may also be considered)
• Practical experience leading supplier recovery, CAPA, root cause analysis (5‑Why, Fishbone) and performance improvement projects
• Strong analytical skills; proficiency with Excel and experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and ERP systems
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills; ability to lead without direct authority
• Solid project management skills; comfortable driving multiple concurrent actions
• Clear written and verbal communication, including executive summaries and supplier escalation communications
• Ability to travel to supplier sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead recovery efforts on key supplier delivery issues, establishing governance and reporting.
• Conduct deep dives into constraints and guide suppliers to resolve them.
• Participate in supplier site audits and coordinate audits to assess quality of supplier's product.
• This role is extensively supplier facing and requires on-site presence; travel up to 25%.
• Lead supplier recovery and risk mitigation at supplier sites nationwide.
• Initiate vendor quality management including evaluating process capability and delivery performance.
• Deploy supplier recovery with assessments, training, quality and delivery improvements.
• Lead cross‑functional projects to improve on‑time delivery and reduce volatility.
• Own supplier scorecard improvement and supplier recognition.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to close issues.
• Interface with all levels of the organization, suppliers, and customers on performance and improvements.
• Report plans and results at executive levels for accountability.

Skills

Supplier recovery

CAPA

Root cause analysis

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: 'Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.' Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world’s most pressing engineering challenges. At Parker, our team members belong, matter and make a difference.

This position is subject to meeting U.S. Export Compliance and/or U.S. Government Contracting Citizenship eligibility requirements.

This is an on-site role located in our Fluid Systems Division Elyria, Ohio Site. This position requires the team member to travel.

Bachelor's Degree is required.

Position Summary

The Supplier Recovery & Performance Specialist leads the end‑to‑end response to supplier performance issues and embeds continuous improvement activities that secure on‑time customer delivery. This hands‑on role mobilizes cross‑functional teams to execute rapid containment and full recovery when suppliers fail to meet commitments, while also driving upstream prevention through structured root‑cause analysis, CAPA management and supplier capability development.

Day‑to‑day accountabilities include convening war‑rooms for high‑impact incidents, maintaining and escalating a live action tracker. The role also partners with Tactical, Strategic Buyers and Planning to validate forecast/schedule flow‑down accuracy, correct master‑data issues, automate exception reconciliation, and embed performance KPIs into S&OP and supplier review cadences. Position will directly report to the Site Supply Chain Manager.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading recovery efforts on key supplier delivery issues, establishing governance and reporting. Conducting deep dives into constraints and guiding suppliers to resolve them.
• Will participate in supplier site audits and/or coordinate supplier audits with a cross functional team to determine appropriateness and quality of supplier’s product.
• This is an extensively supplier facing role and on-site presence is important. As a result, there might be 25% travel.
• Will have responsibility for leading supplier recovery and risk mitigation efforts at supplier sites located anywhere in the country.
• Will initiate vendor quality management, improvements including evaluating process capability, tracking delivery, output, and reporting of supplier performance.
• Deploy Supplier Recovery, which may include any combination of assessments, training, quality improvements, delivery improvements, capacity improvement, lead-time reductions.
• Lead in cross functional project teams driving improvements in on-time delivery, volatility, sub-tier management.
• Will have ownership of supplier scorecard improvement and supplier recognition.
• Complete root cause analysis and recommend / implement corrective actions where developed solutions will drive closure of root-cause actions.
• Interface with all levels of the organization, suppliers, and customers regarding supplier performance and improvement actions and processes. Be prepared to report out at executive levels on plans and results.
• Work collaboratively across complex organizational structures to develop and implement systemic solutions as countermeasures to resolve chronic business performance issues.
  
  

Required Skills And Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration or related field is required.

Direct experience of at least 3–5+ years in supply chain, supplier quality, procurement or operations in manufacturing preferred (distribution expereince may also be considered)

Practical experience leading supplier recovery, CAPA, root cause analysis (5‑Why, Fishbone) and performance improvement projects

Strong analytical skills; proficiency with Excel and experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and ERP systems,

Excellent stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills; ability to lead without direct authority

Solid project management skills; comfortable driving multiple concurrent actions

Clear written and verbal communication, including executive summaries and supplier escalation communications

Ability to travel to supplier sites as required.

Marketing title for this role is Supplier Performance Specialist. Parker internal system job code is Subcomtract Procurement Specialist.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

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