Supplier Quality Engineer

Role Overview

• Serve as a consultative resource and collaborative partner to both customers and suppliers to ensure all needs and expectations are understood and addressed
• Process PPAP submissions to enable timely new product shipments
• Handle tactical quality issues with assigned suppliers
• Review Corrective Action submissions to verify root cause analysis is complete and measures are taken to eliminate future reoccurrence
• Respond to customer inquiries in a timely, accurate and consultative manner
• Conduct supplier quality performance analysis and proactively provide insightful information to the Buyer’s desk plan and the commodity team
• Analyze and evaluate supplier PPM performance to provide optimal solution and/or recommendations for improvement
• Provide quality performance data as required to enable the assessment of past performance, ensure continued efficiency and identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Support Manufacturing by performing and/or coordinating the initial sort and/or inspection of suspect parts to maintain production goals
• Issue Corrective Actions to suppliers for identified discrepant materials to ensure suppliers are notified of the issue and root cause analysis can be completed
• Document materials rejected due to quality issue to maintain inventory accuracy in MRB
• Verify the materials received correspond to the documentation provided with the shipment
• Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confers with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards relative to warranty agreements
• Maintain quality service by following organization standards.
• Work directly with suppliers. Perform audits against standards and provide analysis and development plans to improve supplier performance.
• To lead in all supplier qualification endeavors including on-site and virtual supplier quality audits, technical reviews and assessments. (process and product related)
• Develop processes and systems with suppliers to assure maintenance/continual improvement of quality on current/service products from suppliers.
• Handle tactical quality issues (spills, PPAP, etc) with assigned suppliers
• Develop risk-based scheduling for proactive supplier evaluations.
• Excel in a cross-functional team environment with buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and current-product site Supplier Quality engineers.
• Coach, mentor supplier quality engineers as well as suppliers and transfer technical knowhow
• Manage projects necessary to execute continuous improvement plans in accordance with the commodity strategy
• Drive PPC, Service Bulletin and Quality Alert efforts from containment to closure including field support

Requirements

• Quality concepts: basic quality tools and problem solving techniques
• Demonstrated knowledge regarding data models and data mining
• Exposure to reporting packages (Business Objects etc), databases (SQL, etc)
• High competency in Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Access
• Project management skills: training and successful use of tools
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail ensuring records and data systems are current and accurate
• Experience working between various functional areas in a manufacturing environment
• Growing analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Requires excellent communication skills
• Intermediate level skills and demonstrated proficiency requirements include: Supplier Development Continuous Improvement

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid vacation
• 401k (up to 4% match)
• Health Savings Account (with company contribution)
• well-being program
• product purchase discounts