Summary: This role involves engaging with suppliers, leading evaluations, supporting sourcing initiatives, improving supplier capability and performance, and ensuring supply chain resilience. Highlights: 1. Engage directly with a broad range of suppliers 2. Lead onsite evaluations of supplier operations 3. Partner with sourcing to drive efficiency and quality We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. **WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:** * Engage directly with a broad range of suppliers in multifaceted product categories supporting nVent’s mission to develop safer systems to protect critical customer equipment. * Lead onsite evaluations of supplier operations from design control to raw materials through production and all supporting activities to delivery. * Support global sourcing initiatives teaming with sourcing category leaders on supplier assessments, supplier transitions and supplier/product qualification. * Evaluate and improve supplier capability to support new nVent products and programs. * Lead supplier performance improvement initiatives, conduct supplier performance evaluations, coordinate supplier scorecards and participate in supplier business reviews. * Monitor supplier performance to identify high impact areas of opportunity to drive supply base performance. * Partner with sourcing category leaders to find opportunities for efficiency, improved quality, better lead times, higher delivery performance, and cost reduction. * Conduct risk analysis and implement actions to mitigate, avoid, etc. and develop recovery plans with critical suppliers to ensure supply chain resilience and rapid recovery when issues occur. * Assist with the maintenance of our ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System as it relates to Supply Management. **YOU HAVE:** * Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology, Engineering, Supply Management, Business, or related field required. * Ideally 3\+ years of proven experience in Supply Management, Supplier Development, Sourcing, Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering or related experience. * Must be fully bilingual. * Desirable experience in metal suppliers. * Disposition to travel around 30%. **WE HAVE:** A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day * nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry\-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. * Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nVent.com . Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work * We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide * Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: * Innovative \& adaptable * Dedicated to absolute integrity * Focused on the customer first * Respectful and team oriented * Optimistic and energizing * Accountable for performance Benefits to support the lives of our employees **WE HAVE:** * A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day + nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry\-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. + Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com . * Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work + We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide + Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money * Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: + Innovative \& adaptable + Dedicated to absolute integrity + Focused on the customer first + Respectful and team oriented + Optimistic and energizing + Accountable for performance * Benefits to support the lives of our employees At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth. \#LI\-PF1 \#LI\-OnSite