supplier development engineer

Job Description

Career Area:
Procurement

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Role Definition

As part of the Steel Components Mexico team, the Supplier Development Engineer will focus on Machined SBQ, Rods and Tubes, ensuring supplier quality and compliance with manufacturing and legal standards. The role supports business localization in Mexico and drives supplier performance improvement to enhance operational excellence and competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of MSBQ, Rods and Tubes supplies through inspections, testing, and evaluation mechanisms.
• Monitor supplier defect rates and generate quality reports; guide suppliers in reducing defects and improving consistency.
• Research and assess potential suppliers, including audits of their manufacturing practices to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
• Support suppliers in performance improvement through process optimization, control implementation, and quality assurance planning.
• Collaborate with customers to develop new sources and support the introduction of new products aligned with business localization strategies.

Degree Requirement

A Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related degree is required.
Advanced proficiency in English is required, including strong reading, writing, and verbal communication skills.

What skills you must have Effective Communications:

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

Problem Solving:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Process Improvement:

• Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
• Identifies process problems that limit performance.
• Implements methods for improving and establishing controls for critical processes.
• Focuses on the most significant problems to maximize efficiency gains.
• Surfaces systemic problems to be addressed at the organizational level.

Quality Orientation:

• Confronts root causes of problems wherever they exist.
• Eliminates unnecessary work and all non value-added activities.
• Uses objective quality criteria and data to drive decisions.
• Documents learnings regarding quality outcomes so that the data can be used for improvement.
• Surfaces quality problems whose root causes fall outside the group's responsibility.

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP):

• Assists in documenting common issues and challenges related to PPAP.
• Follows internal best practices, guidelines, and procedures while implementing PPAP.
• Implements standard processes to get the required approvals for a new part/product and ensure that it meets the quality standards and customer expectations.
• Researches on ways to apply PPAP across different industries.
• Works to complete all the PPAP elements required for final production design.

Supplier Evaluations and Certification:

• Documents and pursues results of reference calls or other sources for a specific supplier.
• Participates in selecting and certifying a specific supplier and/or product.
• Assists with the steps and procedures for supplier certification.
• Researches several types of sources of information for a supplier's or a product's reputation.
• Assesses a product or service using pre-defined evaluation criteria.

Additional Information

On-site work based in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Len.
Travel Requirement: Availability to travel up to 30 PERCENT of the time. International and domestic travel.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Final details

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Posting Dates:
septiembre 26, octubre 3, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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Locations:
SANTA CATARINA, NUEVO LEN, MEXICO

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