Supplier Quality Engineer

Primary Functions

• With the global procurement team, lead efforts in identifying, evaluating, quoting, and selecting suppliers for purchased parts

• Act as a liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Suppliers to successfully match BU needs with suppliers’ capabilities

• Participate in new product development and product life cycle management teams – directly responsible for purchased components (understand function, identify, and document critical performance characteristics, develop performance specifications)

• Responsible for the quality of purchased parts and services from suppliers. Requests, reviews, and approves PPAP’s. Works directly with suppliers to resolve any quality issues that may arise during production.

• Monitor supplier performance and provide feedback to suppliers

• Lead re-sourcing efforts in support of corporate quality, delivery, and productivity goals

NPI Support

• Provide support to the Project Engineer leading the NPI teams

• Be the liaison between the team and suppliers

• Provide regular updates regarding status of purchased part development

• Provide regular updates on the PPAP status of purchased parts

• Correlate supplier documents (Control Plan, PFMEA, Process Flow Diagram) to pertinent drawing requirements

Supplier Relationship Management

• Establish relationships with various suppliers across all commodities/categories

• Provide engineering/technical support to the supplier during the development of new custom and outsourced finished parts

• This includes supporting plastic injection molding, die casting, coatings, outsourced lamps, wiring/harnessing, and electronics components & assemblies

• Work together with the Global Commodity/Category team to help source parts at the appropriate supplier from a technical perspective

• Help perform/coordinate supplier audits and/or self-assessments, to assure that the suppliers are capable of producing various parts per the drawing/technical requirements

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering or a related discipline

Experience

• 5-10+ years of experience in a quality, supplier quality, or similar role

• Experience operating in a global organization

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to demonstrate strong problem resolution skills

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