Supplier Quality Engineer

at  QMCEMI Holdings Corporation

Job Summary:
The Supplier Quality Engineer serves at a key interface with the supplier and is responsible for the promotion and enforcement of quality standards within the QMC supply base. This position provides technical supplier management leadership supporting development and on-going supplier relationships. The Supplier Quality Engineer will also be a member of the Quality function to assist with management Quality processes, systems and certifications for the plant.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to…

• Monitoring the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) of supplier
• Communicates production quality requirements and expectations to the suppliers.
• Management/Escalation in case supplier APQP deviates from timing, cost or quality.
• Conduct Supplier visits/ audits developing relationships that will help to reduce quality costs, and ensure Suppliers don’t pose a risk to QMC.
• Manage all assigned suppliers in aspects of Quality Management for the production team (i.e., kick off meetings, check fixture review/ approvals, dimensional and appearance conformance, Process Capability, APQP, PPAP, Gage R&R, Run at rate-line speed demonstrations for the project supply base etc.).
• Provide quality related project updates and feedback to Management
• Timely escalation of Supplier Quality issues to team and Management
• Responsibility to respond to internal & external customer requests efficiently, and with enthusiasm, ensuring customer has a high level of confidence
• Support Quality Engineering team with responses in Customer portals if an issue is supplier related.
• Ensure any supplier issues are addressed with proper root cause analysis and corrective actions. Effectiveness of corrective actions must be verified and validated.
• Responsible for issuing QIR to suppliers for non-conforming parts and ensuring all HBPO costs related to non-conforming parts are recovered from suppliers
• Collaborate with Quality and other functions to maintain registration to applicable Quality Standard and all Customer Specific Requirements.
• Assist with Corrective and Preventive action projects.
• Support activities related to program launch.
• Support other Quality Engineers as workload dictates.

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree with course of study in Quality Management, Operations Manager, Engineering or related field required.

5 years’ Quality work experience, including experience working directly with suppliers.

• Working knowledge of Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) standards and VDA a plus but not required.
• Strong knowledge of core tools, APQP, GD&T, PPAP, and Dimensional analysis.
• Familiar with IATF 16949
• Knowledge of Customer Specific Requirements. Metal Stamping experience desired.

• Monitoring the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) of supplier
• Communicates production quality requirements and expectations to the suppliers.
• Management/Escalation in case supplier APQP deviates from timing, cost or quality.
• Conduct Supplier visits/ audits developing relationships that will help to reduce quality costs, and ensure Suppliers don’t pose a risk to QMC.
• Manage all assigned suppliers in aspects of Quality Management for the production team (i.e., kick off meetings, check fixture review/ approvals, dimensional and appearance conformance, Process Capability, APQP, PPAP, Gage R&R, Run at rate-line speed demonstrations for the project supply base etc.).
• Provide quality related project updates and feedback to Management
• Timely escalation of Supplier Quality issues to team and Management
• Responsibility to respond to internal & external customer requests efficiently, and with enthusiasm, ensuring customer has a high level of confidence
• Support Quality Engineering team with responses in Customer portals if an issue is supplier related.
• Ensure any supplier issues are addressed with proper root cause analysis and corrective actions. Effectiveness of corrective actions must be verified and validated.
• Responsible for issuing QIR to suppliers for non-conforming parts and ensuring all HBPO costs related to non-conforming parts are recovered from suppliers
• Collaborate with Quality and other functions to maintain registration to applicable Quality Standard and all Customer Specific Requirements.
• Assist with Corrective and Preventive action projects.
• Support activities related to program launch.
• Support other Quality Engineers as workload dictates