General Information
Country: USA
State: Michigan
City: Grand Rapids
Office Location: 901 44th Street SE - - - Grand Rapids -Michigan -
Date posted: 02-Mar-2026
Business Function: Supply Chain/Procurement
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Description
Are you someone who loves building what's next?
Do you enjoy working at the intersection of design, innovation, and supply chain?
Do you thrive when you're collaborating across teams, creating new solutions, and bringing ideas to life - from concept to commercialization?
Do you like developing supplier partnerships, shaping new product development models, and ensuring quality, speed, and reliability every step of the way?
Helping You Thrive By:
Offering competitive compensation and benefits that support your life inside and outside of work.
Providing a flexible hybrid work schedule, with the office as your primary workplace while maintaining balance and choice.
Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you expand your skillset and grow your career.
Fostering an inclusive culture where all employees feel seen, heard, and valued.
Empowering you to create meaningful impact through your work and Steelcase's commitment to people and planet.
You'll Support Meaningful Work By:
Partnering closely with SCLs to identify, onboard, and develop new supplier partners that accelerate product launches in the ancillary furniture category.
Managing supplier relationships and contracts from negotiation through launch.
Implementing supply chains that support new product development models and speedtomarket strategies.
Supporting strategic decisionmaking for growth initiatives beyond Steelcase's core manufacturing business.
Collaborating with Marketing, Design, Engineering, Operations, and Sourcing to create endtoend solutions for new design launches.
Ensuring cost, quality, sustainability, compliance, and design intent are maintained while optimizing localization strategies.
Enabling rapid and reliable concepttocommercialization execution across teams.
Minimum Quialifications:
3-5 years of experience in supply chain processes and manufacturing
Experience with negotiation and managing supplier-customer relationships.
Strong communication, organizational, and relationshipbuilding skills.
Familiarity with supply chain operations such as manufacturing, logistics, quality, and order management.
Applicants must be authorized to work fulltime in the United States. Steelcase does not sponsor visas for this role.
Desired Skills / Nice to Have:
Bachelor's degree.
Furniture manufacturing process experience - a strong plus.
Ability to collaborate effectively across crossfunctional teams at all levels.
Strong prioritization, multitasking, and attention to detail.
Analytical, problemsolving, and continuous improvement mindset.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and work independently within a matrixed environment.
Understanding of lean concepts and process flow development.
Initiative to maintain accuracy and high work standards.
Doing Better for People and Planet:
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader shaping the future of work. Alongside our family of brands, we design and manufacture innovative solutions that help people do their best work - wherever work happens.
Why People Choose to Work With Us:
We put people at the center of everything we do.
We believe work can bring meaning and purpose, and we support our employees in every aspect of their lives.
Together, we create positive, lasting impact through our work, our decisions, and our communities.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Steelcase provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or veteran status.
If you need accommodations during the application process, please contact [email protected].
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.
