{"id":1398983,"url":"https://alion.io/job/flowserve-supplier-development-engineer","title":"Supplier Development Engineer","company":{"id":1808291,"name":"Flowserve","domain":"flowserve.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/flowserve","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["China"],"countries":["CN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":24000,"max_usd":54000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":3947},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T23:34:54Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Role Summary\nThe Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for supporting the development, qualification, and improvement of supplier capability and capacity in line with strategic business initiatives. The role focuses on improving supplier performance, competitiveness, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, process capability, certifications, and compliance.\nWorking closely with Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Category Management, and Divisional teams, this position drives proactive supplier-development activities, continuous improvement, supplier readiness, risk mitigation, and long-term supplier partnerships. The role may also provide technical subject-matter expertise and support for reactive supplier-performance issues, including critical root-cause corrective-action activities.\nThe Supplier Development Engineer, Specialist supports supplier onboarding, qualification, capability evaluations, supplier audits, and improvement programs to help meet operational, quality, cost, sustainability, and supply-continuity objectives.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupplier Development and Performance Improvement\nLead supplier-development initiatives to improve supplier quality, delivery, cost, capacity, certifications, process development, and compliance.\nIdentify underperforming suppliers and establish structured improvement plans with defined key performance indicators.\nSupport the development and qualification of key suppliers’ capability and capacity in support of strategic initiatives.\nDrive supplier continuous-improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.\nProvide supplier-development support for assigned Category Management and Divisional team initiatives.\nAct as a key escalation resource for supplier-performance issues and support critical root-cause corrective-action activities when required.\nSupplier Assessment, Qualification, and Onboarding\nConduct supplier assessments, audits, capability evaluations, and PPAP reviews to support new supplier approvals and onboarding.\nSupport supplier onboarding, qualification, and development programs.\nEvaluate supplier capability, process readiness, certifications, and compliance against company requirements.\nEnsure suppliers meet applicable company standards, regulatory requirements, quality-system expectations, and sustainability goals.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with Procurement to support sourcing strategies and supplier segmentation.\nWork collaboratively with Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Category Management, and Divisional teams to support supplier-development priorities.\nSupport Product Development Lifecycle activities, including supplier-readiness activities and globalization/localization projects.\nMaintain clear, open, two-way communication with relevant internal stakeholders and suppliers.\nBuild strong, collaborative relationships with strategic and critical suppliers.\nSupplier Risk and Supply Continuity\nIdentify and mitigate supplier-related risks, including quality, supply continuity, financial, and regulatory risks.\nSupport business-continuity and supply-chain-resilience planning.\nContribute to proactive supplier-risk mitigation and supplier performance management activities.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.\nMinimum 8 years of experience in supplier development, supplier quality, procurement, manufacturing, or a related discipline.\nDemonstrated leadership capability, including experience leading initiatives, influencing stakeholders, or managing supplier-development activities.\nStrong knowledge of supplier performance management, supplier capability improvement, and continuous-improvement practices.\nWell versed in Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)\nExperience conducting supplier audits, assessments, capability evaluations, and supplier-improvement projects.\nStrong communication, negotiation, relationship-management, and stakeholder-management skills.\nAbility to work effectively in a cross-functional environment involving Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and business teams.\nAbility and willingness to travel to supplier sites as required.\nPreferred Experience\nLean or Six Sigma experience; Green Belt or Black Belt certification is preferred.\nFamiliarity with ISO standards, quality systems, and regulatory environments.\nExperience supporting supplier quality, supplier qualification, supplier onboarding, and first-article sample activities.\nExperience with Product Development Lifecycle supplier-readiness activities.\nExperience supporting globalization, localization, sourcing, supplier-segmentation, or supply-chain-resilience initiatives.\nExperience in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, electronics, industrial, or comparable supplier-intensive environments.\nExperience developing and implementing supplier-performance improvement plans with measurable KPIs.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4900,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Energy Efficiency","Industrial Machinery"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T14:33:24Z"}],"liveness":{"score":81,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.811,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T23:52:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/flowserve-supplier-development-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/flowserve-supplier-development-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T23:52:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1333,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3667,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}