About this role
Job Description:
Job Description At Milwaukee Tool, we are committed to driving innovation, operational excellence, and continuous growth. We are seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to strengthen our strategic supplier network by developing manufacturing capabilities, improving supplier performance, and ensuring long-term supplier readiness to support business growth. This role serves as the key liaison between Procurement, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations, Supply Planning, and suppliers, leading cross-functional initiatives that improve supplier capability, capacity, quality, and delivery performance.
Key Responsibilities
• Assess supplier manufacturing capability, capacity, and operational maturity. • Validate supplier readiness for new product launches and engineering changes. • Identify manufacturing constraints and develop supplier capability roadmaps. • Lead supplier recovery and performance improvement initiatives. • Drive sustainable corrective actions and verify implementation effectiveness. • Improve supplier delivery, quality, and productivity performance. • Evaluate supplier capacity against future business demand. • Identify bottlenecks and support supplier expansion and localization activities. • Lead cross-functional collaboration across Procurement, SQE, Engineering, Operations, Supply Planning, and suppliers. • Assess supplier risks related to capacity, quality, delivery, and business continuity, and develop mitigation plans.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. • 3–5 years of relevant manufacturing, supplier development, operations, quality, or engineering experience. • Advanced English proficiency. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification. • Experience working with contract manufacturers. • Experience leading cross-functional continuous improvement projects.
Key Skills
• Manufacturing process knowledge (metals, plastics, electronics, machining, assembly, packaging) • Lean Manufacturing • Value Stream Mapping • Root Cause Analysis • Risk Analysis & Mitigation • Operational Excellence • Power BI and Excel • Statistical Analysis • Cost Analysis • Strategic Thinking • Influencing Skills • Change Management • Strong Ownership Mindset • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment