As the Supplier Quality Engineer, you will lead a global-based Supplier Management team within a business, responsible for supplier capability and quality across supplier development, monitoring, and supplier management activities within the specified GE Manufacturing facility and on assigned suppliers related to PCBs (Electronic Boards). You will work closely with Sourcing, Procurement, Project Quality (Assurance and Control), and Engineering to deliver quality products to our customers with a total cost mindset.
Job Description
Embark on a rewarding career path as a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), where you’ll play a pivotal role in Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development. Your journey will involve:
- Parts Qualifications: Ensuring every component meets our rigorous standards.
- Action Plans: Crafting strategic initiatives to elevate supplier performance.
- Performance Monitoring: Keeping a keen eye on supplier metrics to drive continuous improvement.
- Industrial Excellence: Guiding key suppliers toward achieving unparalleled standards of excellence.
As an SQE, your role will evolve with various levels of differentiation based on your technical acumen with engineering drawings and your prowess in vendor management.
Key Responsibilities
- Disciplinary Mastery: Develop an in-depth knowledge of your chosen discipline, leveraging your prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policies and strategies.
- Problem‑Solving Prowess: Utilize your technical expertise and judgment to tackle challenges, employing analytic thinking and drawing on multiple internal sources to arrive at optimal solutions.
- Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and execution of short- and mid‑term Supplier Management strategies that provide a competitive edge, in collaboration with Sourcing, Operations, Quality, and Engineering teams.
- QMS & Compliance: Ensure the execution of Quality Management System (QMS) and Compliance requirements associated with Supplier Quality Management, including supplier QMS, Process, Capability, and development plans.
- Supplier Improvement: Drive supplier improvements through Root Cause Analysis (RCA), process or product qualification, and manage the Supplier Deviation Request (SDR) Process. Oversee the registration, monitoring, and management of Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) Recovery.
- Process Innovation: Support the digitization and simplification of Supplier Management processes, enhancing management and employee communication, policy recommendations, and performance dashboards.
- Metrics Management: Be accountable for key Supplier Management metrics, ensuring we maintain our standards of excellence.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical Engineering with a focus on electronics.
- Training or accreditation in IPC‑A‑610.
- Significant experience in Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, or Quality Management.
- Experience in Control Cubicle Wiring, PCB Manufacture and Quality, Wiring Standards, Crimping, and Harness Assembly.
- Fluency in English (both spoken and written); additional languages are a plus.
- Outstanding leadership skills with a demonstrated ability in cross‑functional teamwork and understanding of business and supplier impact factors.
- Strong influence and communication skills to establish good relationships and drive continuous improvement across functional and global boundaries.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Desired Characteristics
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (industrial, electrical, electronics).
- Experience in Supplier Quality and/or Quality activities with expertise across technical areas, program management, compliance/general product quality areas, and process knowledge aligned with the engineered equipment industry.
- Proven leadership in driving results and process improvements, including strong Change Acceleration Process skills.
- Quality experience with a focus on customer experience as the primary driver.
- Robust Lean experience and a continuous improvement mindset, adept at simplifying processes and eliminating waste.
Our Core Values
We expect all employees to embody our behaviors: act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.
Additional Information
- Relocation Assistance: Not provided.
- Relocation Assistance Provided: No.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Apply now and be a part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and integrity!
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non‑EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit the http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working.
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