Supplier Development Engineer

Provide hands‑on supplier development and manufacturing recovery leadership at critical suppliers experiencing quality, delivery, capacity, and operational performance challenges. The role involves assessing recovery plans, removing constraints, developing supplier capability, and establishing sustainable operating systems. This position requires travel within the US and Canada.

• Lead supplier recovery initiatives at critical suppliers.
• Validate and monitor recovery plans and production performance.
• Conduct value stream, bottleneck, and capacity assessments.
• Coach supplier teams on structured problem solving and corrective actions.
• Develop KPI management systems and accountability reviews.
• Evaluate organizational capability, staffing, and leadership effectiveness.
• Provide risk assessments and executive‑level recommendations.
• Ensure sustainable ownership by supplier leadership.
• Develop standard Supplier Development processes.

• Lean manufacturing
• Supplier development
• Root cause analysis
• Supplier quality
• Manufacturing operations leadership
• Self‑starter and ability to work independently
• SAP
• Lean six sigma
• Structured problem solving (8D, A3, DMAIC)

• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Supplier development experience
• Production scheduling and capacity planning experience
• Bottleneck analysis (Theory of Constraints)
• Management operating systems
• Ability to coach supplier teams
• Experience in metal fabrication/assembly environment preferred

The consultant will work fully remote and travel up to 80% of the time to client suppliers. Responsibilities include supporting capacity planning, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and more at supplier sites. Candidates must reside in MST, EST, or CST time zones.

This is a Contract position based out of Kohler, WI.

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Kohler, WI.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 1, 2026.

This is a fully remote position.

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a Clearly Rated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and…