Supplier Quality Engineer

Our client, is a growing IATF16949 certified manufacturer in York County, SC of brake rotors and calipers for Racing and High-Performance Niche OE applications has an immediate career opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineer.  This is a mid-level position in Quality.

They operate in the highly competitive automotive industry and seek aggressive, results-oriented individuals with the will to win.

Duties for the role

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring suppliers for the company maintain all regulations and requirements
• Creating and updating a supplier database with updated records of performance
• Reviewing guidelines for product assembly and ensuring all materials and resources are available
• Creating quality control guidelines and protocols
• Training new employees, suppliers, and vendors in quality assurance procedures and protocols
• Providing advice to vendors on how to reduce defect rates
• Performing logistics tasks, such as communicating with vendors when supplies don't meet quality standards
• Assessing products and supplies from vendors to ensure their quality
• Ensuring manufacturing processes comply with requirements and guidelines
• Creating and promoting strategies to increase the quality and efficiency of systems and products
• Conducting audits of quality systems (supplier and internal)
• Completing system maintenance when necessary
• Assist in researching the best vendors and suppliers with purchasing
• Acting as a liaison between vendors and company leaders, determining solutions to any challenges to quality standards
• Visiting vendor facilities to ensure they uphold quality standards
• Leading other employees involved in assessing supplier quality standards
• Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers and vendors
• Lead / monitor supplier launches on quality/delivery/costs/timing

Skills:

·       Must be able to audit to IATF16949 or ISO 9001 along with PFMEA/CP audits.

·       Extensive ability to navigate and use Microsoft Office products (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/SharePoint/etc)

·       Must be personable and be able to work with suppliers and internal customers as a TEAM

·       Must have AIAG experience with PPAP/PFMEA/CP/MSA/SPC and have done PPAP approvals.

·       Ability to learn the CMMs

·       use general quality measurement devices: calipers, micrometers, height gages, radius gages, Optical Comparator, Rockwell hardness, profilometer, thickness gages (electronic), etc.

·       solid use of 8D/5Whys and driving completion of supplier concerns

·       ability to negotiate on hard issues

·       Use of SAP/PLEX a plus

·       Must be able to travel up to 50%

·       Must have 5 years of supplier quality experience

(stamping/plating/casting/materials preferred)

Education:

· 4-year degree in Engineering or Supplier Quality or 8 years equivalent work experience.

·       ASQ Certifications a plus

·       Six Sigma/Shanin Red-X a plus