Supplier, Quality Improvement Engineer at an Engineering Firm - Workforce Group

Responsibilities

• Assists in the development, management, and assurance of defect-free performance of the business' supplier base with the objective of overall quality improvement.
• Resolves supplier quality issues.
• Participates in supplier evaluation, selection, and strategic sourcing process development.
• Assists in the supplier corrective action process including containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Ensures suppliers use quality tools effectively.
• Works with supplier to ensure all product requirements are met.
• Reviews the supplier quality resources for new product introduction and current products to reduce supplier related issues,
• Improve process capabilities, and ensure timely project launches.
• Responsible for determining if all requirements are met by the supplier for new or changed products.
• Measures supplier quality performance according to established procedures; drives appropriate improvements to meet established targets.
• Facilitates continuous improvement activities to reduce defects.

Requirements & Skills

• Two (2) years or more in working with suppliers using some Quality tools.
• A University Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical/Electrical/Materials and Metallurgical Engineering or a related course.
• (Six) 6 Sigma Green Belt Certified.
• Excellent Verbal and Oral Communication Skills.
• Strong knowledge of Quality tools such as 7 steps, 5 Whys, Fault Tree Analyses, Control Chart, SPC (Has knowledge of 3 or more tools listed).
• Have a good knowledge of Excel, good communication and presentation skills and has an eye for details and is able to work in teams.
• Strong ability to interpret data.