Senior Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer - (req69441) in Cheltenham

Onsite-Cheltenham. Salary and benefits package to be discussed on application. Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Recoup – is our lifeblood. We focus on investment; investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Whether you arrive at our facilities in Cheltenham, Worcester or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira. From day one you’re part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people. Are you ready to build invaluable expertise in global supply chains by driving supplier quality in new product development? Find out more below!

The Role

• You will safeguard that new product designs can be reliably produced by suppliers and that all products meet design standards, directly influencing our business performance.
• Working within a cross functional team you will gain experience in commercial and supply chain disciplines, as well as all aspects of new product development.
• Interact with many diverse cultures, languages and geographies, with UK and international travel.
• Gain exposure to new products and technologies including electronics and digital applications, IOT, metal replacement plastics and automation.
• Work with a great team of people with whom you can begin a professional global purchasing network.
• Understand what it’s like to work on the leading edge of supply chain for a global corporation.
• Put your theory and study into practice, whilst helping to define and implement best practice.
• Identify, assess and work with world class companies who can benefit Kohler globally.
• Receive in depth training and mentoring from high calibre design engineers, tooling engineers and quality engineers, along with external training support where needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides quality expertise utilising quality tools typically inline with 6 sigma processes for ensuring best practice application of Design for Manufacture through New Product Development and in engineering improvement activities.
• Partner with design and tooling engineers to provide optimum tooling solutions for both quality and manufacturing.
• Responsible for project Decision Point sign off for completion of all supplier quality issues.
• Analysis of manufacturing and quality standards of new sources, providing recommendations on supplier selection in conjunction with product technical and commercial support.
• Key member in new product and manufacturing approval onsite at suppliers. Takes responsibility for all quality decisions whilst onsite.
• Provides quality engineering expertise in cost downs in the category concerned and general process improvement activities.
• Play a major role in helping and advising the purchasing categories in formulating and implementing improved ways of managing supplier quality.

Skills/Requirements

• Ideally a degree in Electro-mechanical, mechanical, electronic, aerospace or automotive engineering degree.
• Enthusiastic, keen to learn and self-motivated.
• An excellent communicator – in person and in remote video calls.
• A relationship and collaborative team builder – with high levels of empathy.
• Flexible, adaptable and prepared to get your hands dirty.
• Tenacious in ensuring actions are closed off, particularly with third parties.
• A strong problem-solver with a sharp business mind to identify opportunities.
• Comfortable with challenging the status quo and always looking for ways to improve.
• Strong technical competence in engineering.
• Seeking travel opportunities, which may include biannual/ quarterly visits to China, Europe, and regular UK travel each month.

We can offer you a lot in return! We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With a genuine commitment to creating better tomorrows, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands: Mira Showers, Rada Controls, and Recoup. Where our brands differ in market position, they are equal in their commitment to design, innovation, and providing a single level of quality regardless of price. Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. As an equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com.