Senior Supplier Development Engineer

 

Job Responsibilities

• Primarily support sites in US (Freeport- IL, Dayton- OH, Groveport- OH, Charleston- SC, Clover- SC on all Supplier Performance issues
• Lead the development and management of Supplier Development/ Supplier Quality Engineering methodology in multiple sites within region and suppliers globally
• Train, mentor, and use Quality tools such as PPAP, APQP, Six Sigma to drive supplier improvement
• Participate and lead NPI/ CE/VE projects to drive cost savings and compliance to Quality requirements across regions
• Execute Product Stewardship (e.g.: REACH/ROHS, Prop 65, CE Regulation etc.) responsibilities to appropriate supply base as needed
• Drive Supplier Engineering metrics such as Cost of Poor Performance, Supplier PPM, Delivery (OTTR), Productivity and Lead Time as needed within the regional supply base to deliver results
• Assist Sourcing and Supplier Engineering leadership in Supplier selection, verification, development of suppliers globally. Create and implement robust continuous improvement and training programs for SQE team.
• Engage with the NPI teams to drive NPI projects on time, Quality and Delivery performance.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Over 5 years of experience in SQE/SDE field with at least 3 years in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ISO standards and supplier quality auditing.
• Must have demonstrated understanding of APQP and PPAP processes and implementation.

• Knowledge in the field of Electro-mechanical assemblies.

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.

• Experience working with suppliers in various time zones preferred.

• Experience dealing in multisite environment and managing requirements of multiple stakeholders preferred.

• Strong background in Statistical process control, DOE, capability analysis (Cp, Cpk) preferred.