Supplier Development Engineer

Description

We are looking for an individual with outstanding soft skills, attention to detail, organization, and prioritization skills to support our new business opportunities. The Supplier Development Engineer will coordinate with various departments to facilitate vendor sample orders and communications, manage on-time delivery and quality feedback. This role will build and maintain a winwin relationship with vendor contacts and solve new business day-to-day issues. This position will interact with our teams in Asia via email and phone and will require strong communication skills. The role will report to the Chief of Staff and is a combination of Supply Chain Engineering, Project Management, and Vendor Management.

Requirements

This job will be expected to complete the following functions. This is not an all-inclusive list. This job may be assigned other functions or tasks. This is meant to be a general description of the most essential functions only.

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to support new product kick-off
• Maintain Inventory Management system with up-to-date pricing, minimum order quantities,
• weights, and dimension
• Consult with quality and other design engineers to ensure a successful product launch.
• Work directly with vendors to develop and implement sourcing strategies, release vendor orders,
• evaluate sample manufacturability, and communicate sample quality feedback
• Host quarterly reviews with key suppliers and new suppliers with on-time delivery performance, quality issues, and communication evaluation.
• Identify opportunities to improve new product on time performance, and constantly seek ways
• to optimize sample processes with changing business needs
• Solve problems related to New Products and New product feasibility
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements (Education, Certifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities) :