Supplier Operations Engineer

Incora • Fort Worth, TX

3d

About The Position

The Supplier Operations Engineer strengthens the performance, capability, and reliability of the 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 maintains supplier capability mapping and provides structured supplier insights to support commodity decisions, second-source development, supplier engagement, assessments, and strategic procurement and contracting. It works in close partnership with Commodity Managers and other teams, enabling informed decisions while respecting established role ownership and approval structures.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent industry experience, progressive experience in related operational or supply-chain work, and the ability to collaborate across technical, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and supplier-facing teams. Experience interpreting technical drawings and specifications, proficiency with ERP and business systems, Microsoft Office skills, and use of Copilot or other AI tools are relevant to the position.

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 and leveraging team resources to populate and refresh data.
• Provide structured inputs to support commodity strategy decisions about growing, maintaining, or phasing out suppliers, and supply intelligence to Commodity Managers.
• Support internal and customer-driven second-source development requests and help build proposals presenting viable options for evaluation.
• Participate in supplier visits and model effective, 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 without bypassing established ownership and approval structures.
• Partner closely with Commodity Managers while recognizing that commodity strategy ownership remains with those roles.
• Act as an integrated cross-functional resource for Supplier Management, Procurement, and Commodity Management, aligning supplier insights with operational execution and business priorities.
• Help strengthen supplier manufacturing processes, operational readiness, and supply-chain risk mitigation.

Benefits

• Salary and benefits package (specific details not provided).
• Employee eligibility for an incentive program.
• Eight paid holidays and two additional floating holidays for full-time employees.
• FlexTime policy and 80 hours of exempt sick time for full-time exempt employees.
• Two weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employee discount portal through Perkspot.
• Employer-paid group life insurance at 1x salary, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• 401(k) plan with company match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time