Principal Quality Assurance Specialist - Supply Chain

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.
 

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities.  When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing.  Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.
 

Testing Required: Not Applicable

On-Site Role: Must be available to work on-site at this assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

• Responsible for evaluating and assessing the quality management systems of our external suppliers. Work with suppliers to drive continuous improvement across the supply chain. Responsible for performing root cause analysis, conducting product audits and investigations involving materials and equipment. Collaborate with internal cross functional teams in Procurement, Engineering, and Operations to improve business processes. This role is crucial in identifying potential risks and areas for improvement in the supply chain, enhancing overall supply chain performance. This position requires up to 20% travel.

Key Accountabilities

Support the organization through audits, inspections, examinations, surveillances and review of corrective action documents.

· Support the execution of quality-related activities, including corrective action investigations, change management, problem solving and process development.

· Review DTE, contractor and vendor quality plans, contamination and risk management plans to ensure adherence to standards, monitor those plans to ensure compliance.

· Provide immediate feedback to organization leaders on matters concerning quality.

· Provide routine updates to the business unit leadership, and staff, on matters concerning quality.

· Support planning and execution of internal quality compliance/performance based audits and supplier audits

· Develop policies, procedures and methods to check service, product, material, components and/or operational quality, and improve same.

· Research best business practices within and outside the business unit/organization to establish or refine benchmark data.

· Collect and analyze process data to initiate, develop and recommend business practices and procedures that focus on increased productivity, reduced cost, or enhancements in service or business unit outputs.

· Determine how new information technologies could support Quality Assurance.

· Perform analytical work with regard to quality and business improvement initiatives.

· Work with business unit personnel in documenting business needs and supporting business cases .

· Develop and conducts presentations to a wide spectrum of audiences (including senior-level business unit or Corporate management) pertaining to project, quality, business process improvement or customer satisfaction issues.

· Perform Quality Audits and surveillances to ensure compliance with standards.

· Demonstrate use of fundamental Human Performance tools

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and four years of project management or quality management experience, or completion of an Associate's degree plus six years project management or quality management experience, or High School Graduate plus ten years project management or quality management experience

Other Qualifications

Preferred

Black Belt or Green Belt or Yellow Belt

· Knowledge of ISO 9001 or other recognized Quality Standards

· Experience in performing supplier/vendor audits, surveillance, and vendor surveys

· Experience in operations, maintenance, engineering or plant support

 

Other Requirements

Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others and has good listening skills, consistent

with the ability to present results of projects & researc