Lead Supplier Quality Engineering Specialist
GE Vernova
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Elblag • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Senior
About the role
- Manage supplier qualifications to ensure that assigned suppliers are capable of producing material, and/or components that will consistently meet GE Engineering drawing and specification requirements
- Own the product / manufacturing process qualifications at the assigned suppliers and ensure the satisfactory closures within the timelines needed by the business
- New Supplier Evaluation / on boarding - Rigorously execute the supplier evaluation process, including quality & compliance audits / assessments to ensure that only appropriately qualified suppliers are taken through the process.
- Work with sourcing/commodity team to meet business objectives of new supplier addition
- Conduct surveillance audits to assure that suppliers have effective process control, rigorous product acceptance standards, and robust quality systems
- Own SRG (Supplier Responsibility Governance) metrics for the assigned suppliers and conduct SRG audits per the region audit plan
- Conduct process capability statistical analysis to proactively identify issue trends
- Manage supplier non-conformance and Supplier Deviation Request (SDR) activities. Owner of process and 1st technical interface with supplier and engineering
- Perform robust Root Cause Analysis to solve quality issues and prevent reoccurrence
- Be the technical focal point in coordinating sourcing, Design Engineering & Materials Engineering functions while interfacing with suppliers
- Drive consistency and adherence to quality procedures and specification requirements
- Provide technical guidance to suppliers to assure product/process compliance with engineering drawings and specifications
- Work closely with commercial, engineering and manufacturing teams to eliminate any barriers that may affect the quality and delivery of sourced components
- Provide Sourcing Quality input to Engineering during product design reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (Technical Degree) - in Mechanical or Metallurgical Engineering / Advanced Technical Degree
- Minimum 5 Years industry experience in Quality / Manufacturing / Supplier Development functions having hands-on experience in the manufacturing process and complexities of commodities such as raw materials, castings, forgings and machining
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Supply Chain, Supplier Quality
- Demonstrated technical aptitude and a passion for quality
- Strong background in interpretation of engineering drawings/specifications, metrology, and manufacturing process planning/evaluation.
- Must understand GD&T and be able to lead technical design and manufacturing reviews with suppliers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in cross-functional team environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Six Sigma Green mindset. The competencies needed in improving supplier statistical capability, evaluating readiness to serve, including capacity verifications
- Project Management skills
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally at short notice
Benefits
- group life insurance
- medical packages
- MultiSport card
- company car and bicycle parking
- bonus packages
- vacation allowance
- English language learning subsidies
- interest-free loans
- subsidies for children's summer camps
- more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
supplier qualificationsquality auditscompliance auditsprocess capability statistical analysisRoot Cause AnalysisGD&Tmanufacturing process planningmetrologySix Sigma Greenproject management
Soft skills
strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationcross-functional teamworkanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillstechnical aptitudepassion for qualityability to travelinterpersonal skillsleadership