Senior Engineer, Supplier Quality Compliance Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Senior Engineer, Supplier Quality Compliance to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Participate as required in SCRB in conjunction with key stakeholders;
- Support assessment of supplier changes;
- Maintain structured communication channels with strategic sourcing, identifying responsibility by commodity / supplier;
- Participate in supplier reviews for assigned suppliers as required;
- Responsible for accuracy and integrity of supplier data that ensures compliance with documented procedures & processes;
- Maintenance of the Approved Supplier List (ASL) in conjunction with the Global Sourcing, Supplier Controls and Audit functions;
- Participate in cross functional projects both locally & globally as required;
- Deliver continuous improvement activities focusing on supplier quality;
- Partner with SQM functions and Strategic Sourcing on the developments and approval quality assurance agreements with suppliers;
- Lead quality issues with suppliers & partner with Internal Customers; Lead effective supplier containment and corrections/corrective actions;
- Liaising with the Manufacturing and Quality groups, in assessing and addressing material quality issues with assigned suppliers;
- Act as point of contact for Internal/ External Customer groups on key compliance issues related to assigned suppliers;
- Participate in supplier audit program – planning, execution and closure.
Requirements:
- Willing to travel in support of business needs to different geographical locations;
- Good knowledge of FMEA, Validation Programs and SPC processes in a highly regulated environment;
- Good knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies;
- Minimum of 2 years experience in manufacturing environment or equivelant;
- Ability to plan, organize and implement multiple concurrent tasks;
- Analytical and problem solving capabilities with the ability to draw insights from data quickly and to define executable actions;
- Demonstrated working knowledge to positively influence supplier quality performance;
- Strong team player;
- Strong problem solving skills;
- Fluent in written & oral English;
- Technical understanding of manufacturing prints and tolerencing;
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills;
- Knowledge in statistics;
- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes;
- Preferred industries are medical device, aviation, aerospace, automotive and defense.