Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
Supplier quality engineer
provides training in quality core tools (APQP, FMEA, CP, MSA, SPC, PPAP, 8D).
Supplier Quality Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective supplier quality engineer job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included supplier quality engineer job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Participate in initial and sustaining part qualification, including Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) activities as required by the level of criticality of the component
Participate in Supplier process FMEA’s, Print/Process Reviews, advance Quality Planning, Control Plan development, process capability and gage studies, and other milestone events
Conduct and/or participate in activities such as Design and Process FMEA's, Design of Experiments, Process/Product Capability Studies, Product Liability requirements
Assist manufacturing and APQP department with execution of engineering changes
Lead training initiatives on quality tools such as FMEA, Control Plans, Process Auditing, for both supplier and internal resources
Compiling and initiating Production Part Approvals (PPAP) in support of Design engineering and supplier transition efforts
Participate in supplier qualification and selection activities, including taking the lead on supplier quality assessments
Develop, analyze and report Quality Performance Metrics of actual supplier performance
Identify opportunities for supplier development and process improvement activities, while driving Corrective Actions & problem root cause analysis as necessary
Support Advance Development projects
Supplier Quality Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Supplier Quality Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASQ, CQE, CQA, UPPAP, ASQC, BB, GB, ISO, BBSS, PPM
Education for Supplier Quality Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the supplier quality engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Technical, Manufacturing, Education, Science, Mechanical Engineering, Business, Industrial Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering
Skills for Supplier Quality Engineer
Desired skills for supplier quality engineer include:
FMEA
SPC
PPAP
ISO 9001
APQP
Cables
Procedures
MSA
Statistics
Desired experience for supplier quality engineer includes:
Track status in matrix format for each Supplier
Request corrective action from Suppliers related to prototype issues
Use e- business tools (Access, Excel, E-mail, Lotus Notes, Power Point, ) to communicate with program team and customers
Participate in the development of Quality Strategic Planning, Defining or Developing - Cost of Quality, Future Role of Quality, Measuring Quality
Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related subject and experience in automotive tier 1 supplier quality
The ability to travel nationally and internationally
Supplier Quality Engineer Examples
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Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a supplier quality engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for supplier quality engineer
- To exhibit teamwork skills and actively participate in team activities
- To meet and maintain all customer and DexSys quality standards
- Identify opportunities for improvement within supplier processes and assist, as necessary, with the development and implementation of these improvement activities
- Communicate with suppliers and internal customers of DexSys on product quality concerns and initiate corrective and/or preventive actions for these concerns
- Participate in continual improvement programs and activities to support the achievement of department KPI and mini goals
- Initiate, review and track Supplier Corrective Actions Requests until actions have been implemented and verified as effective
- When applicable, facilitate and supervise all sorting activities (on-site at DexSys or off site) which may include
- Monthly KPI, special status and mini goal tracking and reporting to SQM
- Periodic reporting of supplier performance via supplier scorecard
- Tracking, reporting and analysis of supplier nonconforming material and/or scrap
Qualifications for supplier quality engineer
- Maintain SQE hold area
- Act as the liaison between DexSys manufacturing and the supplier for all component related issues
- Experience with MS Office applications and MS Window operating systems
- Perform supplier quality audits and management of the supplier corrective action process
- Track supplier quality performance measurements for suppliers (KPI's) and participate in supplier performance reviews
- Demonstrated proficiency in Computer applications
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Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of supplier quality engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for supplier quality engineer
- Contributes to and participates in Material Review Boards
- Contributes and participates in supplier performance reviews
- Evaluates and establishes Supplied Data Agreements (Ship to stock Programmes) with suppliers
- Works with product line engineering to assess and address material quality issues
- Assists in establishing and implementing Supplier QA Department improvement goals
- Manage suppliers on an ongoing basis via regular contact, periodic audits and other methods to guarantee consistent high quality performance on an ongoing basis
- Provide technical support to Production, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering in the event of a supplier quality problem occurring on a component
- Providing technical support to the receiving inspection function
- Supporting Operations, Engineering, Program Management and other functional groups by providing trend analysis and root cause analysis investigations, corrective action recommendations
- Assist supplier with inspection before ex-works, as required
Qualifications for supplier quality engineer
- Proficiency in learning Business Operating Systems (i.e.TS16949, IMDS, QSI, SupplyWeb, Customer Requirements, Trans4M )
- Have solid knowledge of quality management, be familiar with ISO9000 quality system is a must, good understanding of TS16949 quality system is preferred
- ISO9000/CQMS qualification internal auditor
- Knowledge of machining process or related experience
- Manage injection molding tool qualification for for parts made at our third party manufacturing partners our own production facility in Germany
- A suitable Engineering Degree Manufacturing, Mechanical, plastics/molding
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Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of supplier quality engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for supplier quality engineer
- Review and report qualitative and quantitative data to internal & external customers on supplier performance measurement
- Collaborate with suppliers to identify improvement opportunities and lead/facilitate implementation of such projects towards improving quality/capability/productivity and reducing variability using six sigma methodology/lean techniques
- Establish direct working relationships with key Suppliers to ensure sustained continual improvement towards mutual benefit to Toro, our end Customers and Supplier
- Collaborate with internal partners to minimize total-cost-of-ownership and price-of-non-conformance by identifying opportunities and implementing improvements
- Facilitate problem solving and implementation of corrective actions to resolve supplier quality issues
- Manage supplier quality performance by periodically reviewing/analyzing performance data and by monitoring their progress
- Support suppliers in their effort to implement quality management systems and quality engineering tools
- Lead/participates on cross-functional teams in the assessment of new and existing Supplier’s capabilities, strengths, opportunities for improvement and level of risks presented to Toro
- Assess risk associated with quality issues
- Warranty accuracy,· cost savings
Qualifications for supplier quality engineer
- Of related manufacturing processes
- Position will require regular travel to the Bridgewater facility
- Must be a Mechanical Engineering degree holder or equivalent
- Commodity expertise in either Stamping Processes and/or Machining of Cast or Forged parts
- Robust understanding of ISO 9000, QS9000, and TS16949 Site audit requirements
- 20% of overnight travel required for the position
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Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
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Our growing company is looking for a supplier quality engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for supplier quality engineer
- Perform required paper work such as SPC, PDF, quality checks, for the quality group
- Collaboration with procurement on sourcing decisions
- Develops initiatives and reviews metrics to identify cost of poor supplier quality
- Develops relationships with customers, suppliers and other departments to resolve quality related issues
- Manage FAI (First Article Inspection) Process to ensure compliance to TFS requirements
- Approve supplier selection through robust qualification process
- Assure supplier compliance to TFS QMS and regulatory requirements through effective supplier monitoring processes and metrics
- Develop positive relationships and work closely with Sourcing Leaders to manage and implement supplier / engineering changes, New Product Introductions and material transfers
- Focal point for supplier quality related activities for the supplier base supporting Digital Solutions Measurement and Sensing Business unit
- Coordinate, direct, and manage supplier quality activities with focus on issue resolution (CA/PA), supplier’s approval, qualifications, development, process control, and quality assurance consistent with Global Sourcing quality initiatives
Qualifications for supplier quality engineer
- Experience in a supplier quality role within a regulated industry
- Bachelor's degree OR equivalent education and experience and three to five years of experience in Quality, Purchasing or Manufacturing Engineering
- Experience in productivity improvement
- Strong knowledge of statistical methods and their application to a manufacturing process required
- Bachelor’s degree (technical degree preferred) and five to seven years of experience in the quality field
- Must be a motivated and organized multi-tasker that requires minimal supervision to complete assignments
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Supplier Quality Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of supplier quality engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for supplier quality engineer
- Provide regular updates on failure rates, top failure modes, and future quality improvement actions
- Provide a critical link between the department and other process partners such as product design, manufacturing, procurement, marketing
- Identify and rank leading component failure modes for each product platform using external (SIR, TCQ) and internal (CAL, FPY, QAL, line reject) failure data
- Provide real time failure analysis for test failures or assembly issues found in the factory
- Supplier auditing and analysis of results
- Mentoring supplier performance
- Supplier problem clarification and resolution
- Manage and sign-off the release of in-house parts, new models and variants from a Quality perspective utilizing the Metaphase/PDM/Release Plan system
- Work with Final Audit, Inspectors, and assembly team to determine status of suspect parts
- Contribute/assist with implementation and maintenance of BSH Production Systems tools
Qualifications for supplier quality engineer
- Good problem-solving skills with thorough understanding of 8D report process, 5 Why, SPC
- Knowledge of basic quality tools, including troubleshooting methods, risk analysis, statistics, and auditing
- Must understand hardware quality assurance standards, CCA assembly and test processes, performing root cause analysis and corrective action implementation, including failure analyses
- Detailed knowledge of standard AS9100, ISO 9001-2015, Quality Systems and Supplier Management Requirements
- Understand automotive Quality Assurance requirements
- Requires knowledge of current quality concepts, practices and procedures