Supplier Development Leader

Carrier • Charlotte, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Executes supplier readiness, recovery, and improvement initiatives across assigned suppliers. This role works directly on-site with suppliers to eliminate constraints, validate capacity, drive corrective actions, and build the operational capability needed for sustained performance. This is a senior technical role focused on execution excellence, hands-on assessment, and transformation of supplier processes.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 7+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality, or Operations
• 3+ years of experience in production processes, capacity modeling, process flow, and operational diagnostics
• Ability to travel up to 25-50% of the time

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree
• Engineering or Supply Chain degree preferred (Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems) or equivalent experience.
• Experience working directly on the supplier shop floor and leading change in difficult environments.
• Skilled in RCA, Lean tools, process improvement, and readiness criteria execution.
• Strong execution discipline, resilience, and the ability to drive sustained change.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier capacity, capability, and readiness assessments across staffing, equipment, tooling, process stability, layout, flow, and quality systems.
• Validate production capacity, real throughput vs. quoted capacity, bottlenecks, and production allocation.
• Execute structured RCA, 5-Why, fishbone, PFMEA reviews, and corrective action implementation.
• Lead on-site activities to support capacity expansion, process optimization, and throughput improvements.
• Track and verify closure of recovery actions and readiness deliverables.
• Support readiness for NPI milestones, volume ramps, and technology changes.
• Deploy Lean tools (5S, flow optimization, standard work, visual management) at supplier sites.
• Support dual sourcing, alternate supplier qualification, and footprint diversification.
• Partner with supplier leadership to establish sustainable systems and controls preventing issue recurrence.
• Work closely with Supplier Analytics/Performance teams to interpret early warning signals and capacity risk indicators.
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Materials, and Strategic Sourcing to ensure alignment between readiness work and supplier performance goals.
• Provide technical insights into sourcing decisions and supplier onboarding.

Benefits

• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance
• short-term cash incentives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior