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Supplier Technical Engineer

BENTELER Group
Auburn, MI Contractor
POSTED ON 1/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/23/2025
Division: BENTELER Automotive

Functional Area: Procurement; Quality Management

Career Level: Professional

Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time

Weekly Working Hours: 40.00

Required Languages: English

Requisition ID: 43339

Benefits: United States : 401(k) Match || United States : Dental || United States : Development || United States : Educational Assistance || United States : Flexible Work Schedules || United States : Health Savings Accounts || United States : Holidays || United States : Life & Disability || United States : Medical || United States : Training || United States : Vacation || United States : Vision || United States : Wealth Management Support

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

As a Supplier Technical Engineer at BENTELER Automotive, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the highest standards of quality throughout our supplier network, contributing to our continued success. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our supplier base.

Responsibilities

  • Assessing and qualifying new suppliers to ensure they meet our stringent quality requirements
  • Collaborating with the Purchasing department to manage commodity strategies and select the most suitable suppliers for our needs
  • Ensuring that all technical aspects of supplier agreements are resolved before awarding new business
  • Overseeing suppliers' adherence to our Development & Launch supplier development and advanced quality planning process through regular detailed reviews with supplier program and plant management
  • Resolving process and design problems with suppliers during development and pre-launch phases, utilizing effective problem-solving techniques
  • Reporting supplier program and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) status
  • Managing supplier part approval (PPAP) process, both initially and with every engineering change
  • Establishing quality targets with suppliers, monitoring their performance against these targets, and coordinating supplier quality performance evaluation and workshops
  • Conducting audits (Traceability, Process, or Product) in support of BENTELER's targeted objectives.
  • Collaborating with focus suppliers to improve quality performance and validate the effectiveness of corrective actions and lead the supplier escalation process.
  • Managing "crisis" suppliers through on-site involvement, effective communication, and collaborative, method-based problem-solving

Your Personality

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field
  • 3-5 years of technical automotive work experience in supplier quality, program/project management, manufacturing, or engineering
  • Proven track record of self-directed work and autonomy
  • Strong understanding of AIAG requirements, including APQP, FMEAs, Control Plans, MSA, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience and ability to lead with method-based problem-solving
  • Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent certification preferred
  • Experience with the implementation of lean principles
  • Familiarity with IATF 16949:2016 and ISO9001:2015 Quality Standards
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
  • SAP experience desired
  • Willingness to travel frequently, up to 70%, which may include weekends and short notice

Your contact

Casondra Meerschaert

BENTELER Human Resources

Phone: 1 248 364-7274

Your new employer

The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with around 23,000 colleagues in nearly 26 countries.

The same is true in our BENTELER Automotive division. This is where intelligent solutions for the automotive world are born—and where we, as a partner, provide answers on central topics like safety, the environment, and efficiency to nearly every major automotive manufacturer. Whether it's the body, the chassis, or the engine, we’re constantly setting new standards with the products, materials, and technologies we develop and produce. Inventiveness that makes sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

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