Quality Engineer

Summary

Working directly with the Global Quality Organization and local branch teams, the successful candidate will apply process improvement methodologies and International Standards Organization (ISO) tools to improve supplier productivity, quality, cycle, and delivery performance. This opportunity involves direct contact with Gexpro's largest suppliers in several key vertical markets. The Quality Engineer will report to the Quality Manager and assist in driving Gexpro's Supplier Quality programs across our supply chain in support of the Service Center and Business Leadership.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and drive process consistency to ensure compliance with Sourcing Quality and qualification requirements.
• Execute key Supplier projects to reduce defects and cycle time and improve fulfillment.
• Develop & implement ISO compliant processes for applicable business functions.
• Conduct process audits and manage regulatory compliance requirements.
• Drive Supplier Quality improvements utilizing the Supplier Scorecard metrics.
• Manage Supplier Corrective / Preventive Action processes.
• Prepare sound responses to Customer-issued Corrective Actions.
• Lead Supplier Quality audits.
• Lead Cost of Quality reduction initiative for given area of responsibility.
• Lead and track supplier / part qualifications & surveillance activities for assigned commodities or segments.
• Monitor supplier performance to identify and drive process improvement, manage root cause analysis and corrective & preventive action implementation.
• Partner with Sourcing to establish methods of evaluating existing suppliers, and approve potential suppliers through various assessment screens and quality metrics.
• Work with external customers, internal customers, and business leadership as needed to meet goals and communicate performance.
• Ability to identify and implement Best Practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated team and empowerment skills.
• Strong PC skills (MS office suite)

Skills, Knowledge, and Education

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, handle, or feel, and required to speak, read, and hear English. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

DISCLAIMER : The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

"Gexpro Services (A VEVRAA Federal Contractor), and its affiliated companies, is an EEO / Disabled / Veterans employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by law."