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Role Summary/Purpose:

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) will collaborate with Sourcing, Engineering, Quality and Production on all activity required to effectively manage supplier quality requirements & supplier development.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Identify and qualify new suppliers by arranging initial audits, reviewing the supplier’s manufacturing process plans, ensuring that suppliers will comply with and fulfill engineering and quality requirements for procured material.
• Manage the supplier onboarding process for new suppliers and update documents for existing suppliers as needed.
• Maintain supplier relationships with constant interfacing and managing the bidding process by sending RFQs for all procured parts as needed.
• Develop a strong relationship with production, quality, materials and engineering to partner in driving key sourcing and business metrics such as cost out and supplier quality.
• Work closely with Materials to ensure the supplier meets deliverable metrics for LT/OTD/MOQ and quality.
• Coordinate, direct, and manage the part qualification process for all purchased parts as well as the supplier quality activities with focus on issue resolution, supplier's approval, qualifications, development, process control, and quality assurance consistent with Sourcing quality initiatives to reduce risk in the supply chain by ensuring suppliers are aware of our needs and procedures.
• Create and manage the sourcing project list to manage priority changes.
• Support any major customer issue related to fulfillment issues and coordinate corrective actions with local materials team.
• Monitor and drive for Cost of Failure/ Quality (COF / COQ) reduction within the business and working with the Sourcing/Commercial teams’ costs associated with rejects/defects.
• Monitor suppliers' non-conforming performance/ trends, and identify and drive process improvement, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Provide technical guidance to suppliers towards assuring product/process compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements and specifications.
• Travel as needed.

Education/Qualifications Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university preferred.
• Minimum 2-5 years' experience in Engineering or Supply Chain with an manufacturing background preferred.

Desired Characteristics:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skill set and ability to co-ordinate multiple priorities.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills including Excel, Access and Power Point
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Highly self-motivated, results/metrics driven with demonstrated influencing skills.
• Ability to thoroughly and clearly document and communicate problem statements and solutions supported with proper metrics.
• Knowledge of quality tools and statistical analysis
• Lead Auditor qualified through a recognized accreditation body

Preferred Characteristics:

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
• Certified Supplier Quality Professional or Certified Quality Engineer
• Experience within metallurgy and manufacturing processes including casting, welding, forming and machining

Acknowledgement:

This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed and is not intended to be an all-inclusive account of every job function or task. The Company retains the exclusive right to exercise the customary functions of management to determine and modify position descriptions, position functions, position evaluations, and position classifications. All personnel may, from time to time, be required to perform duties that are outside of the responsibilities contained in this job description.