General Description:
The supplier quality engineer (SQE) focuses on supplier development in the manufacturing (or service) process. The supplier quality engineer works with suppliers to continuously improve performance, implement process controls and develop quality assurance plans. The SQE must be a critical thinker and active listener with good time management skills in order to work with our suppliers and purchase team to define deliverables--goods and services ready for delivery to our production line.
Position Description:
· Visit and audit potential suppliers with purchasing engineer in order to select suitable suppliers.
· Required to communicate externally with suppliers to make action plans to improve the process and quality control. Follow and push assigned suppliers to improve continuously.
· Required to communicate internally within departments like engineering (HQ), production and purchasing so as to find out measures on how to improve quality and productivity at the same time reducing per unit cost.
· Qualify samples from suppliers. Make corresponding qualification reports.
· Rank the risk level of each part. Based on different risk levels to implement incoming
inspection of the parts from suppliers. Record inspection results with report. Arrange inspection with 3rd parties if necessary.
· Make and release quality reports to suppliers. Support suppliers to find root cause of the problem and make corrective actions with 8D report.
· Assure the quality of parts exported to HQ in Germany.
· Ask for support from German quality team. Communicate with German team about quality control.
· Administrate and maintain the measuring & testing tools.
§ Primary Objectives:
· Assure the quality of products from our suppliers.
· Solve quality problems on time to avoid impact to Grimme production.
· Assure the quality of products exported to HQ in Germany.
§ Education and Experience Requirement
· Bachelor degree or higher national diploma of mechanical engineering
· Well understand the manufacture process of machining, casting, sheet metal, rubber & plastic products, painting, fasteners, etc.
· Over 5 years working experience in mechanical parts SQE .
· Have experience of supplier audit according to ISO9001
· Have knowledge of APQP, PPQP, FMEA .
· Basic skill of measuring dimensions, hardness, tensile strength, paint tests, etc.
§ Skills and Competency
· Familiar with MS office, Excel , Word, PowerPoint.
· Well equipped with statistical knowledge, so that he/she can make different quality improvement plans based on facts and not hypothetical data.
· The Supplier Quality Engineer should be alert so as not to compromise with the quality standard of the organization.
· Hard worker and self-starter.
· Good communication and coordination skill. Able to make good relationship with colleagues and suppliers.
· Result oriented with strong written and oral communication skills
· Good at English speaking, listening, writing, reading
· International mind set
· Able to accept frequently business trip.
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We are a leading and expanding manufacturer of potato and sugar beet technology headquartered in Germany. 80 % of our products are exported into more than 100 countries globally. A total of 1500 employees is working in our efficient teams worldwide.
For more information please visit company website:
http://www.grimme.com