Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Engineer I

The purpose of the Supplier Quality Engineer I role is to assist in driving Plexus Zero Defect Strategies and continual improvement into the supply base for both compliance and risk mitigation within Plexus Operations. This role may have a limited scope and will support representing the supplier quality function to Customers, external auditors and internal teams for all incoming raw material and services.

Supplier Quality is a key technical and indirect leadership function that will apply fundamentals of quality in order to influence suppliers in meeting or exceeding expectations.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Supplier Qualification
  - Support supplier qualification as a team member in supplier selection and evaluation using a risk based approach. Assist in supplier audits applying good auditing practices and our Quality Management System (QMS) in both new programs and on-going management of suppliers.
• Part Qualification
  - Connect part qualification activities into receiving inspection setting both sampling plans and inspection criteria. Use purchased product specifications to identify Critical to Quality features and complete part qualification activities using different elements of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) to flow requirements from Customers into the supply base. Support Supplier Quality in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) teams and supplier change requests as an influential member driving Zero Defect strategies into the supply chain.
• Supplier Management
  - Lead supplier corrective action activities in multiple levels of the supply chain using non-conforming parts, data trends and supplier audit findings. Assist in analysis of data to identify trends and provide suppliers feedback to drive supplier performance improvements. Assist in categorization of suppliers by risk for additional development or auditing activities.
• Engineering Expertise
  - Apply technical aptitude to challenge suppliers processes using a risk based approach. The approach may include design reviews, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans (CP) and statistical process controls (SPC) applied to selected manufacturing technologies.

Education/Experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with 1 or more years of related experience is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.

Other

Qualifications:

• ASQ Certification preferred (CQE, CQA, CMQOE)
• Broad understanding of materials, manufacturing technologies and processes

This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.

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