Supplier Quality Engineer

About the role

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier quality issues from complaint initiation through closure, including 8D corrective actions, effectiveness verification, escalation management, and communication of lessons learned.
• Analyze supplier quality performance data and complaint trends to identify risks, drive continuous improvement, and escalate critical supplier concerns when necessary.
• Support supplier selection, qualification, onboarding, and development activities, including trial production approvals and supplier improvement programs.
• Conduct and support supplier, internal, certification, and customer audits, ensuring compliance with quality standards, customer requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain supplier specifications, manage raw material and packaging changes, and support incoming quality inspection requirements.
• Drive implementation of regional and global supplier quality strategies, providing training, system support, and guidance to suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field, with 3+ years of experience in Supplier Quality, Quality Assurance, or Supplier Management.
• Experience in supplier quality processes, including supplier onboarding, complaint management, corrective actions, complaint resolution auditing.
• Proven experience with problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, root cause analysis, CAPA, and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and drive supplier performance improvements.
• Proficiency with ERP/ SAP systems, Microsoft Office, and quality management tools; experience in FMCG or automotive or aerospace manufacturing environments and willingness to travel are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Some benefits of joining Henkel Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day one.
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement.

Benefits

• The salary range for this role is $84,000.00 and $115,000.00.
• This range represents the good-faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting.
• In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable.
• The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above.
• Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location.

Pay

$84,000.00 and $115,000.00

Schedule

Flexible & Hybrid Work Policies (depending on role)