Job Description:
The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will be based in Shanghai . Responsible for supplier development in a manufacturing or service process, works with suppliers to continuously improve performance, implement process controls and develop quality assurance plans.
We are looking for someone who demonstrates:
- Intense collaboration
- Passionate customer focus
- Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution
- Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement
- Relentless drive to win
Responsibilities:
- New Supplier Qualification---Implement the new supplier qualification thru the process of capability matching, supplier risk assessment, supplier self-assessment, onsite qualification audit, qualification database management.
- Product Qualification---Implement PPAP (FAI). PPAP include FAI, Material Certificates, Quality/Process Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, SPC, RoHS compliance, Reliability Test, COC, etc.
- Pilot Run Tracking---Track the new qualified parts quality performance to ensure meet the customer quality requirements in pilot run phase. Drive supplier corrective action from supplier in Pilot Runs (1-3 lots) and smoothly transfer the pilot run to mass production.
- Performs quality audits on suppliers to assure products and services meet International Organization for Standards (ISO) and regulatory standards.
- VEA (Value-Added Engineering Activity) ---Understand customer drawing, specification to feedback value-added engineering proposal to customer and supplier for optimization of supplier manufacturing process or products.
- NCR resolution and Trouble Shooting--- Working as SME (Subject Matter Expert) to support on customer complaints, supplier quality hot issue and trouble shooting.
- Typically requires a Bachelor degree in related field.
- Typically requires 5 years of experience in supplier quality control
- Has knowledge of manufacturing process, applications and process development in order to actively work with suppliers in improving quality components of goods and services.
- Capable to use the quality tools(SPC, 8D-5why, etc) to improve factory manufacturing process and product quality.
- Experience with fastener , rivet tool or inventor, power equipment are plus;
- Six sigma(Green Belt) is plus
- Good command of English
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