The Supplier Quality Engineer will be required to:
- Teamwork: Collaborate with suppliers, design engineers and product management personnel to ensure delivered quality of supplied hydraulic components and systems meet or exceed requirements.
- Critical Thinking: Analyze supplier quality audit and scorecard data to drive solutions to improve supplier performance.
- Communication: Present findings and conclusions to suppliers, customers and HYDAC senior leadership team with a clear, concise, persuasive approach.
You will make an impact in this role by:
- Evaluation, assessment, and quality auditing of new suppliers.
- Support cross-functional teams to help identify and develop supplier quality programs in accordance with defined purchasing strategies.
- Support internal supplier quality program development initiatives as needed to reach strategic growth objectives.
- Evaluation and approval of supplier PPAPs.
- On-site and virtual evaluation of supplier quality programs including quality management systems and APQP toolset utilization (Flow Map, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, and SPC).
- Work with project teams to collect supplier requirements for PPAP packages and resolve any quality-related internal or external discrepancies with the supplier or internal business partners.
- Work with purchasing and suppliers to resolve incoming material non-conformances and ensure proper supplier scorecard resolution.
- Drive supplier 8D problem solving methods for continuous process improvement and reduction of defects including both 0-hr PPM and field warranty claims.
- Interact with purchasing and engineering to provide timely response to supplier corrective action, PPAP, and engineering change / deviation requests.
- Evaluation of SPC related to control of key characteristics.
Requirements
To be considered for the Supplier Quality Engineer role, you must have the following minimum qualifications:
Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 40% of the time (including international)
- BS degree in Engineering, Science or Mathematics.
- Familiarity with APQP methodology and implementation.
- Experience with leading continuous improvement projects.
Preferences
- 3 or more years of on-site supplier quality engineering experience
- Understanding of Lean and/or Six Sigma concepts a plus.
- Internal auditor experience is a plus.
HYDAC offers employees a comprehensive medical/dental/vision plan, paid holidays, PTO, 401k with company matching, FSA account, short term disability and life insurance, and pet insurance.
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