Supplier Quality Engineer II

About the job Supplier Quality Engineer II

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Strategically lead supplier performance improvement projects in an effort to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting requirements. Projects may include : process analysis, value stream mapping, process capability and throughput analysis, 6-Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events
• Manage complex projects with minimal oversight
• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPIs, including Supplier OTD (Past due), DPPM and waste
• Provide periodic reports to key stakeholders on supplier improvement progress
• Escalate supplier quality or performance concerns to upper mgmt. with recommended actions
• Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers and customers to eliminate recurrence of non-conformances
• Work with Purchasing to ensure appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented
• Assist Purchasing group in the evaluation and qualification of new suppliers
• Support the resolution of customer and internal product quality issues as they relate to supplied components
• Maintain and update critical supplier audit system and schedule
• Conduct supplier audits to drive process standardization, waste elimination, and continuous improvement
• Travel to supplier locations to resolve quality problems
• Perform other related duties as assigned

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