Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain quality standards for raw and intermediate materials for use in manufacturing
• Monitor incoming raw material quality using SPC tools and engage with suppliers when issues arise
• Support troubleshooting of supplied material issues in manufacturing, facilitate Root Cause Investigations (RCIs) related to the supplied material’s impact on final product performance, and develop mitigation strategies to prevent excursions
• Manage supplier performance by conducting regular QMS and technical audits, leading quality meetings, and tracking improvement activities
• Provide performance feedback to suppliers based on quarterly scorecards and convey electronics industry expectations regarding management of change and process control
• Drive the improvement of quality and performance of suppliers’ quality systems, including management of change and notification protocols, root cause investigations, documentation and reporting, calibration, and non-conforming material review systems
• Fully understand supplier’s manufacturing process, control methods, measurement, and quality systems to develop raw material risk mitigation FMEAs
• Drive raw material and sub-supplier changes through the change management process
• Ensure new and existing raw material supply plans align with business strategy
• Use risk assessment tools to determine second source opportunities and alternate agreements with current suppliers
• Manage qualification planning, trials, and data packages for new raw materials, suppliers, or supplier process changes
• Coordinate analytical tasks and work with subject matter experts to understand raw material characteristics
• Work with stakeholders to link key parameters of material analysis to process/product performance
• Lead cross functional taskforces with Process Engineering, R&D and manufacturing stakeholders as needed

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science/Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required.
• 7+ years combined experience in manufacturing, Development/Scale-up, Quality or Continuous Improvement Engineering is required.
• Demonstrated experience with risk tools such as FMEAs
• Demonstrated understanding of statistical techniques including DOE, Control Charts, Gage R&R, ANOVA is required.
• Experience working and managing projects in a global environment (both internal and external) with communications across cultures
• Proven change management and project management skills – improvements in material/supplier performance require multiple projects to be managed with varying complexity and customer impact
• Experience using a statistical software program (e.g., Minitab, JMP) is required.
• Required to have proficient computer skills such as advanced Excel and PowerPoint use.

Expertise in quality management and supplier performance improvement, with a strong foundation in statistical techniques and risk assessment tools. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects in a global manufacturing environment.

• Minitab
• JMP
• Advanced Excel
• Power Point