Quality Engineer

As a Product Procurement Engineer, you will manage part development and quality feedback loops for New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI) activities. You will collaborate with suppliers, design control engineers, value chain engineering, and procurement category teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality parts at optimal costs and within timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP): Manage APQP and cost management activities from concept to PPAP.
• Collaboration: Work with packaging, transportation, business resources, supply chain, and other functional areas to implement product supply strategies.
• Quality Feedback: Manage quality feedback loops to apply lessons learned on quality defects across the supply base.
• Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE): Drive VAVE through cost modeling, design for manufacturability, and leveraging suppliers’ capabilities.

Skills Required:Data-Driven Decision Making:

• Advise on advanced data analysis methodologies and technologies.
• Coach others on improving data validity and reliability.
• Design KPIs and metrics to analyze data and influence decisions.
• Oversee data gathering and analysis activities.
• Seek input from multiple sources for decision making.

Effective Communications:

• Review and provide feedback on others' writing or presentations.
• Adapt documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrate empathy and assertiveness in communication.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Use appropriate methods of persuasion.

Supplier Management:

• Follow procedures for routine supplier management tasks.
• Use electronic systems to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions.
• Resolve routine supplier issues and escalate non-routine issues.
• Research alternative vendors or suppliers and participate in supplier selection.
• Ensure purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.