The Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for evaluating and developing key suppliers to ensure they meet Vertiv’s standards for on-time delivery, cost, and continuous improvement. This role acts as a technical liaison between Vertiv Procurement and its suppliers, driving supplier performance improvement and enabling mutual business growth for Vertiv and the suppliers.
Position Summary
The Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for evaluating and developing key suppliers to ensure they meet Vertiv’s standards for on-time delivery, cost, and continuous improvement. This role acts as a technical liaison between Vertiv Procurement and its suppliers, driving supplier performance improvement and enabling mutual business growth for Vertiv and the suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate existing and new suppliers based on capability, capacity, cost, flexibility, quality, and operating system.
- Validate suppliers’ supply chains (including tier 2 constraint suppliers)
and manufacturing capacity/capabilities to improve on-time delivery and delivery flexibility
- Conduct supplier audits and assessments to ensure compliance with company and industry standards.
- Implement supplier world-class process checklists (e.g., continuous improvement operating system, customer-facing KPIs…) and drive suppliers towards a continuous improvement environment.
- Support CM development and implementation of supplier improvement plans focusing on delivery, capability, cost reductions, and quality.
- Collaborate with suppliers to resolve delivery issues, implement corrective actions, and ensure root cause analysis.
- Strengthen the supply relationship between suppliers and Vertiv plants
- Support sourcing and procurement teams in supplier selection and onboarding processes.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders (Procurement, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations) to communicate requirements and changes.
- Monitor supplier performance metrics and present f