Supplier Operations Engineer

Incora • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

The Supplier Operations Engineer strengthens the performance, capability, and reliability of Incora’s supply base. The role partners with suppliers and internal operations, quality, sourcing, Supplier Management, Procurement, and Commodity Management teams to help ensure components, materials, and services meet operational, quality, cost, and delivery requirements. It drives continuous improvement across supplier manufacturing processes, supports operational readiness, and helps mitigate supply-chain risks.

The position connects supplier intelligence, commodity strategy, and operational execution. It supports structured strategic supplier management and acts as an integrated resource for Supplier Management, Procurement, and Commodity Manager teams—not as a standalone function. Commodity Managers retain ownership of commodity strategy, while this role provides supplier insights to inform decisions and align them with operational execution and business priorities.

The successful candidate will be passionate about Incora’s values and exceeding customer expectations. Incora identifies its values as Courage, Collaboration, Commitment, and Community.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
• Progressive experience in aerospace manufacturing, industrial operations, supply chain, supplier management, procurement, or related commercial and operational roles.
• Ability to work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and supplier-facing teams.
• Experience interpreting technical drawings, manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and operational requirements to support business decisions.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using Copilot or other AI tools to enhance productivity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in complex, regulated, or high-mix environments.
• Familiarity with and experience reading prints and technical specifications in a variety of formats.
• Proficiency with ERP and related business systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve supplier capability mapping, maintaining accountability for the capability framework while using team resources to populate and refresh data.
• Provide structured supplier inputs to support commodity strategy decisions about growing, maintaining, or phasing out suppliers.
• Feed supplier intelligence into Commodity Manager decision-making.
• Support internal and customer-driven second-source development requests and help build proposals that provide viable options for evaluation.
• Participate in and model effective supplier visits, encouraging reciprocal, relationship-driven supplier engagement.
• Support supplier assessments, whether informal or structured, in alignment with business priorities and customer requirements.
• Provide supplier intelligence and recommendations to inform strategic procurement and contracting decisions while respecting established ownership and approval structures.
• Work closely with Commodity Managers, Supplier Management, Procurement, and Commodity Management teams to align supplier insights with operational execution and business priorities.

Benefits

• Salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to participate in an employee incentive program.
• Eight paid holidays and two additional floating holidays for full-time employees.
• FlexTime policy for full-time exempt employees.
• 80 hours of exempt sick time.
• Two weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employee discount portal through Perkspot.
• Employer-paid group life insurance at one times salary.
• Short-term disability insurance.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Opportunity to work in a first-class, brand-new environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time