Job Description
Position title: Sr Supplier Quality Engineer
Job Location: Juarez, Mexico
Business Sector: Electrolux Major Appliances
Region: North America
Function: Quality North America
Reporting to: Head of Supplier Quality North America
Direct reports: No
Functional reports: No
SCOPE
- Plan and execute actions for Suppliers qualification, supplier performance management, prevention activities and continuous improvement.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Contact and source of Supplier Quality information.
- Ensure a good relationship with peers, other team members and plant Supplier Quality teams.
- Ensure collaboration with R&D, Quality, Plant Supplier Quality and Procurement for projects and actions.
- Support R&D for part approval with supplier cross plants, process knowledge and input to and feedback form suppliers.
- Establish plans to ensure Supplier readiness to SOP with focus on Prevention, PFMEA, PCP, PPAP documentation.
- Pre-production activities before Sourcing Board decisions.
- Create and follow up Supplier action list.
- Create and follow up Audit plan.
- Execute Process audits and Follow-up based on Projects, Sourcing Board or audit requests.
- Ensure support for Quality Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement in collaboration with Quality for assigned projects.
- Cross plant and Cross Regional support for prevention. Minimize firefighting activities.
- Lead and Drive Supplier Quality improvements.
- Support Suppliers Development team in their actions.
- Create clear reporting on targets and follow up. Monthly reporting about status and next steps.
- Escalate Quality problems to direct manager if no progress or no willingness from supplier.
COMPETENCES AND SKILLS NEEDED
- Ability to deal with other functions peers and top management.
- Ability to coordinate set goals and priorities for multiple project activities while keeping the set timelines.
- Operational experience in parts qualification flow, delivering of product launch (SOP), lead time drivers, material flow, planning.
- Expertise of components manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency of QA tools and methodologies: FMEA, SPC, MSA, 5S, PDCA, ….
- Understanding of SCR (Service Call Rate) and PPM impact to an industrial environment.
- Experience in guiding suppliers through requirements, expectations, technical documents, specifications and drawings etc.
- Knowledge of main international Quality Standards (i/e: ISO 9000, IATF 16949, ….).
PERSONAL CHARACHTERISTIC
- Energetic, Self-Organized, Self-motivated, Strong team player, Analytical, Problem Solver, result driven, good communication, Ability to work in multitasking, Ability to work in a multicultural ambient, Absolute Moral integrity, Stature to deal with Top Management both internal and external.
- Willing to travel frequently within NA region and occasionally overseas.
EDUCATION
- Engineering or Technical bachelor’s degree is mandatory.
- 2nd or 3rd party Auditor qualification is additional and preferential.
EXPERIENCE
- Min 3–5-year experience in Suppliers Quality, Quality, R&D, Purchasing.
- Experience in Home Appliances or Automotive industry is preferential.
- Experience preferred in following component groups:
- Mechanical/Electro-mechanical
- Metal components
- Motors, compressors
- Complex assembly and test operations
LANGUAGE
- English – Fluent, both written and spoken
- Spanish – Fluent, both written and spoken
