Supplier Development Engineer

Job#: 3043988

Job Description:

Apex Systems is looking to hire an ONSITE Supplier Development Engineer for our client based out of Greensboro, NC.

This assignment is anticipated to be a 12-month contract with strong potential for extension; however, Apex Systems cannot guarantee the length of this assignment.

This will also have a first-shift Monday-Friday schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end coordination of supplier readiness and risk management activities supporting prototype builds, pre-production milestones, and product launch initiatives.
• Manage supplier-related crises, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Maintain a consolidated readiness view across suppliers, components, and project milestones, highlighting critical risks, dependencies, and decision points.
• Monitor supplier performance and delivery risks while driving root cause analysis, containment actions, and recovery plans.
• Prioritize active supplier issues and readiness gaps, ensuring focus remains on the highest-impact risks to build schedules and launch objectives.
• Support cross-functional teams by driving accountability, tracking actions, and ensuring closure of critical activities.
• Prepare escalation materials and facilitate decision-making with project teams, suppliers, purchasing teams, and leadership stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain governance processes, including reporting structures, escalation paths, meeting cadence, action tracking, and communication routines.
• Lead risk review meetings, crisis management forums, and leadership updates, ensuring transparency on status, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Support operating model stabilization and documentation of processes, lessons learned, and transition plans.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• Experience in Purchasing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Program Management, or Project Management.
• Strong background in supplier readiness, escalation management, risk mitigation, or crisis management.
• Experience supporting product launches, prototype builds, manufacturing programs, or operational readiness initiatives.
• Strong understanding of supplier performance management, ordering processes, dependency management, and supply chain risk.
• Proven ability to lead root cause investigations, corrective actions, and recovery planning efforts.
• Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, automotive, or production-driven environments.
• Strong project execution skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across operational teams, suppliers, and senior leadership.
• Experience working within cross-functional and global organizations.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Ability to remain organized and effective in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI), product launches, or manufacturing ramp-ups.
• Background in supplier quality, procurement, logistics, or operations.
• Experience facilitating governance forums, executive reviews, and escalation processes.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with experience creating executive-level summaries and action plans.

Why Work for Apex Systems:

• We offer weekly pay, direct deposit, competitive pay rates
• Health/Medical benefits, Life Insurance, 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Discounts to most major certification programs, access to multiple technical training platforms and programs

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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