Supplier Quality Engineer

• This position directs and enables the monitoring, evaluation, training, and selection of suppliers across multiple Product Business Units (PBU's) ADTi. This includes suppliers who provide direct material to plants, or material with one of the ADTi brand names. The impact of this role is Global and spans the enterprise including multiple business units, functions, and suppliers. This position will influence key decision-making processes with direct connection to customer and supplier delivery and business. The focus area is to work directly with the Quality, Fulfillment, Operations, Procurement & Engineering leaders. This role will lead the implementation of processes, tools, and training to drive quality, accuracy, efficiency, and accountability in all aspects of order fulfillment including supplier lead time reduction and on-time delivery, get well to PO, supplier past due reduction, days gap closure to ADTI need date, supplier capacity verification, surge capacity available and key quality indicators at the supplier site as well as at ADTI including SPPM, supplier recovery and warranty, on-time response to 4D/8D and 8D closure rate in order to achieve a sustainable high quality performance.

Supporting Plant ISO audits certification, documenting procedures, Global standardization of the formats, procedures and help on implementation, support responding Customer Questionnaires with the proper documentation.

How You Will Do It

• Actively developing on site audits to suppliers
• Supplier on Site training of core Quality tools
• Manage plant rejects to protect revenue and assuring Business continuity
• Actively define and deploy the supplier development strategy.
• Lead and secure application of continuous improvement methodologies and strategies to drive value creation to support business needs.
• Continuously communicate, report, and perform monthly reviews of supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develops programs to drive supplier capacity audits and analyzes supplier's scalability including production set up and methods to identify waste and the need for process development and investments.
• Provides a structured problem-solving process to drive a solid root cause analysis for performance issues (Delivery and Quality).
• Develops programs to facilitate and execute supplier-training needs.
• Leads teams who evaluate risk of new suppliers to deliver upon program requirements including on site or other assessments. Works throughout the NPI programs to ensure suppliers' readiness.
• Organizes, leads, and facilitates assessments for strategic/critical suppliers to determine reason for poor performance monitoring corrective action and continuous improvement validations.
• Develops programs related to supplier overall performance including a robust on-boarding and risk assessment process, execution of risk mitigation strategies, periodic on-site assessments of key suppliers, development and execution of ADTI Global Supplier Standards.
• Communicate Process outcomes & risks/mitigations effectively and efficiently during shop floor and business center reviews.
• Proactively participates in strategic supplier selection (e.g. dual source, supplier change, engineering change) with Procurement PBU & Category leadership, Engineering, Quality, Operations, etc.
• Coordinates with Procurement, Operations, Materials/Fulfillmentand Engineering to assure that materials are on site in a timely manner to facilitate speedy and accurate parts availability to meet customer demands.
• Develop project templates and management of the BOS ( Business operating system) Writing an, revising and documenting procedures. For all ADTi. What we look for Required
• Bachelor's degree within engineering, manufacturing, or supply chain management.
• At least 7 years of experience in continuous improvement in manufacturing, engineering, or supply chain management, preferable in a global, cross-cultural environment.
• Hands on experience of successful application of six sigma and lean mfg. tools.
• Certification and advanced practical experience deploying and driving Lean, Program Management, and Six Sigma.
• Certified auditor, proven BOS systems implementation
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with experience in leading teams including employees and contractors.
• Ability to influence others and lead teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Project Management: Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously and work to a strict schedule.
• APQP implementation
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.
• Tenacious although professional when working with supplier challenges.
• Ability to travel up to 50% including international.