Supplier Quality Engineer - AGT

Diploma or bachelors of engineering with minimum 5 years of experience

Contain, manage and resolve Quality issues relating to supplier non-conforming components identified in workshops, Warehouse or customers globally.

• Provides supplier quality performance data to ensure a meaningful supplier performance evaluation

• Interact with Customer Facing businesses to investigate potential Product Non conformance

• Lead supplier root cause investigations and corrective actions through Problem Resolution process.

• Conduct improvement projects to Quality and Delivery performance improvement

• Investigate and resolve manufacturing capability issues within the supply chain to ensure business continuity

• Lead component validation following Product and Process Qualification process, manage risks

• Identify and support Cost reduction opportunities through interaction with the Supply Chain/Strategy

• Audit existing and potential suppliers to determine capability of manufacturing and ensure quality systems are in place. Develop supplier capability to meet current and future requirements

• Lead and/or facilitate improvement projects to satisfy problems and improve performance of suppliers by applying appropriate LEAN / Quality improvement tools

• Train and coach suppliers to improve aspects of their business performance

Lead Product validation through PPQ process

Shared responsibility:

• Participates in quality meetings with suppliers.

• Drives reactive supplier quality improvements and escalates when needed according to SQM Policy

• Collaborates in supplier development programs.

• Actively contributes to continuous improvements within the areas of responsibility

• SQM reporting support