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The Supplier Development Engineer is responsible to assess new and prospective suppliers as well as monitor ongoing supplier performance.\nThis individual establishes and cultivates a wide range of business relationships both internal and external to facilitate completion of assignments and takes the initiative to collaborate and work with Supply Chain and other cross-functional teams (w/ Global Technology, Product Applications Technology, Codes and Standards, Process Engineering) to reach the best business decision for supply chain management. Establish measures and goals for purchased part or product quality and communicate them regularly to Suppliers and Commodity Managers to drive continuous improvement.\nThis role is considered a HYBRID position. The ideal candidate will be located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with onsite work at our Lakeville, MN location.\nWhat will you do?\n-Actively manage and monitor supplier performance and manage COPQ of new and existing Suppliers by initiating & reviewing Key Performance Indicators (KPI).\n-Responsible for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of metrics related to supplier development performance and quality per the Uponor Supplier Scorecard and take proactive measures to address any deviations from targets. This will include communication of the Verification testing results, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) disposition, ADR (Advanced Deviation Request) disposition, SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Report) response thoroughness and timeliness.\n-Serve as the Supplier Development representative to participate and support alignment of quality and supply chain supplier strategies and tactics (K2 changes) with the cross-functional team to execute across all commodity category types. Participate in determining goals and objectives for projects while overseeing and leading various major supply chain risk based initiatives within the function or department. Influences middle management on business solutions.\n-Lead SDE group as the critical liaison for New Product Development (NPD) efforts (e.g. NPD New to Uponor). Provide and solicit input to internal and external stakeholders for design, manufacturing, material specifications, drawings, inspection procedures, and manufacturing procedures, etc. to ensure that the resulting products can be adequately manufactured and tested to Uponor requirements.\n-Assess new and prospective suppliers to support Business needs. \nResponsible for Uponor Supplier Quality Onboarding / Refresher training of all new Suppliers or current supplier new personnel. Monitor the performance per the key training areas and provide supplier feedback to assure the supplier is meeting Uponor expectations.\n-Actively participate, manage and/or assist product quality group with Major/Critical SCARs and quality investigations/alerts regarding supplier related issues.\n-Seeks out opportunities to contribute to the business success through proactive involvement in team initiatives\n-Collaborate with suppliers to identify areas for improvement and implement process enhancements to drive quality, cost, and delivery improvements.\nWhat will you need?\nWhat will you need?\nBachelors degree in Engineering, Supply Chain\n0 to 3 years experience\nExperience in manufacturing processes such as machining and/or injection molding preferred.\nStrong analytical and problem solving skills\nAbility to coordinate and lead cross-functional project team activities effectively and efficiently.\nExposure to various quality tools and methodologies. Including but not limited to Production Part Approval Process (PPAP); Production Control Plans; 8D Problem Solving; Capability Analysis (Cpk & Ppk).\nDemonstrated skills in decision making.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.\nExperience with supplier auditing, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes.\nProject management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive them to successful completion.\nWillingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.\nPreferred:\nExposure to Supplier Quality Management\nProject Management\nSupply Chain Management\nTotal Quality Management\nLEAN Six Sigma - Green or Black Belt Certification preferred\nWhat will you get?\nBest-in-class health benefits (medical, dental, vision)\n160 hours paid time off (combination of PTO and Employee Safe and Sick Time accruals- MN Based Employees) \nFor more information: https://www.uponorcareers.com/en-us/employee-benefits\nDisclaimers\nApplicable to US job postings only (not Canada): The expected compensation range for this position is $72,686-$109,029/year. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. Internal equity among current employees will also be considered. Please note that this range represents the full base salary wage for the role and hiring at or near the top of the range is uncommon to ensure room for future pay advancement.\nUponor is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. #LI-JD1\n“Uponor is the Official Plumbing, Infrastructure and Building Solutions Partner of the Minnesota Twins”\nPlease submit your application via the ‘Apply’ button.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6034,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Plastics & Polymers","Industrial Machinery","Precision Engineering","Automotive Components"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-28T02:51:53Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 1","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":3,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":212500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.602,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":41,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":109029,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/georg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/georg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T02:04:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3095,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":451085},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=451085"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgeorg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgeorg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgeorg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/georg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgeorg-fischer-supplier-development-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3376337}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"georgfischer.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3376337},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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