Senior Supplier Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Identifies & leads Lean Management Initiatives with our Suppliers to enable sustainable improvements that led into cost saving and / or avoidance.
• Leads continuous improvement programs of suppliers’ performance (and their second-tier suppliers) on their manufacturing processes, striving for “zero defects”.
• Supports the Supplier Selection Process and Supplier / Parts Qualification to Production
• Supports the identification and implementation of corrective and preventive actions for major impacting non-Conformities in products and services at Suppliers.
• Identify existing and/or potential opportunities for improvements in Quality & Costs.
• Monitor Supplier Performance KPI´s, analyses supplier´s manufacturing processes, quality records, complaints, FMEAs and other sources of data to
• Establish Initiatives at Suppliers to ensures that sufficient improvements will be implemented.
• Works closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality and R&D to assure continuous improvement of product, services, and processes to meet quality & cost requirements and regulatory compliance at the suppliers.
• Performs supplier manufacturing process audits to identify improvement opportunities and ensure implementation of improvement actions.
• Provides technical Supplier Evaluations for Supplier selection acc Category and/or Sourcing Strategy Initiatives
• Provides technical guidance and expertise internally and to suppliers regarding manufacturing processes, methods, techniques and capabilities
• technical expertise on quality methods and manufacturing processes

Requirements:

• University degree, preferably in Mechanical/Chemicals/Electronics or Medical Engineering
• Six Sigma certification at least Green Belt
• Several (min 5) years of experience in leading Supplier Development Programs
• Several ( min 5 ) years of experience in Lean Management and Quality Management
• Proved experience on performing Supplier Audits
• Good knowledge of risk analysis techniques on products and processes (DFMEA, PFMEA)
• Proved methods of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Autonomy
• Negotiation skills
• Creates and communicates a clear strategy/plan
• Ability to take decisions in difficult situations
• Problem solving