Supplier Manager

Role Summary

Supplier Management and Performance Ownership

Supplier Qualification and Onboarding

• Lead supplier onboarding, qualification, capability development, and approval activities for new and existing suppliers, including assessment of manufacturing capability, process controls, capacity, quality systems, certifications, and readiness.
• Conduct supplier assessments, audits, capability evaluations, and PPAP reviews to support new supplier approvals and onboarding.
• Support supplier readiness for new-product introductions, Product Development Lifecycle activities, localization projects, strategic sourcing initiatives, first-article sample reviews, process validation, and approval documentation.

Supplier Quality and Process Excellence

Supplier Risk and Supply Continuity

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in supplier management, supplier development, supplier quality, procurement, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing supplier performance across quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and compliance measures.
• Experience leading supplier assessments, audits, capability evaluations, qualification activities, onboarding, and improvement projects.
• Strong communication, negotiation, stakeholder-management, supplier-relationship-management, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), corrective-action, supplier-risk-management, and continuous-improvement skills; ability to travel to supplier locations as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a Global MNC within the motors manufacturing industry, including direct experience managing motors commodities, motor components, electrical components, mechanical parts, assemblies, or related supplier categories.
• Strong experience in Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), supplier process validation, first-article approval, supplier onboarding, and manufacturing-process controls.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification, or demonstrated application of Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 8D, CAPA, ISO standards, supplier quality systems, and regulatory/customer compliance requirements.
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• Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
• Req ID : R-21161
• Job Family Group : Supply Chain
• Job Family : SC Category Management
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