Supplier Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Oversight of Minth North America's global pass-through supply base and interactions with internal and external customers.
• Maintain pass-through supplier performance status and launch actions toward improvement, development, and growth.
• Work closely with new product launches and engineering changes to foster a smooth approval process, defect-free product receipt, compliance with Minth North America's quality manual, and industry standards.
• Provide quality validation by conducting on-site visits to verify quality system and capabilities.
• Monitor pass-through products after kickoff of new programs and changes to products.
• Verify initial expectations and follow the PPAP process, including advanced review and verification of PPAP documents including on-site audits.
• Champion problem resolution teams to foster a team approach to achieve on-time PPAP approval and ongoing receipt of defect-free product.
• Oversee and document Minth pass-through global performance by issuing MMR reports, validate issues by reviewing corrective actions, and on-site verification audits including the review of a control plan, PFMEA, work instructions, and all applicable documentation to determine the adequacy and capability of the quality system and avoid repeat occurrences.
• Preserve pass-through performance data as required by the IATF Standard and Minth North America's goals and objectives, including defect trends by commodity group as an input to future purchasing, engineering, tooling, and quality decisions.
• Uphold the quality manual, systems, and publish supplier report cards to assure timely updates of information and distribution to appropriate personnel.
• Prepare periodic and special reports concerning supplier performance.
• Interact with other departments including materials, receiving inspection, purchasing, and engineering with manufacturing process priority, communicate pass-through non-conformance findings, and verify the product is identified during all stages.
• Evaluate risks and aid in problem resolution.
• ND Reviews hold material and reports and react to supplier issues.
• Identify critical supplier processes and perform specific audits for compliance with standards and Minth North America's goals and objectives.
• Maintain supplier records including IQ meetings, actions, trip reports, corrective actions, supplier assessments, and scorecard data, as required by the standard and Minth North America's goals and objectives.
• Review the rejects daily and pass along the failure modes to China.
• Manage the Monthly Claims and ensure that debits are made.
• Issue Quality Alerts.
• Travel as required; both domestic and international; 30-50%.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 years of proven QE experience in the automotive industry.
• Proven experience leading teams and mentoring and developing individuals.
• Experience with FMEA, APQP, PPAP and Corrective Action processing.
• Ability to read and review engineering specifications and objectively problem solve process issues.
• Proficient in use of ERP/MRP systems and employing Lean/Continuous Improvement methods.
• Understand non-conforming material procedures.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and negotiating skills.
• Proficient with MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access.
• Exceptional organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, both oral and written.
• A demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment, to be proactive, to work independently of day-to-day supervision.