Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Workplace: Sweden
Expires: June 18, 2025
A Senior Supplier Quality Engineer role focused on qualifying suppliers and manufacturing processes, driving quality improvements, and ensuring customer satisfaction with cost efficiency. The position involves supplier audits and collaborations across departments to enhance product and process quality.
Main requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant technical field
- Extensive experience in manufacturing industries
- Experience in managerial or project management roles (asset)
- Strong background or hands-on experience in machining processes, especially cutting machining and special processes
- Experience working with international contacts and cross-cultural collaboration
- Proficiency in English and Swedish, both spoken and written
- Passion for technology and quality
- Strategic thinking and understanding of cross-functional collaboration
- High commitment and positive proactive attitude
Responsibilities:
- Qualify suppliers and manufacturing processes for new and existing products
- Analyze root causes of quality issues and implement corrective and preventive actions using methodologies like 8D and 5 Why
- Continuously develop and improve supplier processes to meet quality and performance targets
- Ensure maximum customer satisfaction while maintaining lowest total supply chain cost
- Conduct regular business travel for supplier meetings and on-site evaluations/audits
Required hard skills:
- Supplier qualification
- Root cause analysis and corrective action (8D, 5 Why)
- Manufacturing process knowledge
- Machining processes expertise
- Audit and evaluation techniques
- Cross-cultural communication
- Project or managerial experience
Recommended hard skills:
- Technical analysis and problem-solving
- Process development and improvement
Soft skills:
- Strategic thinking
- High commitment and proactive attitude
- Effective communication
- Collaboration across departments
- Positive engagement with colleagues and partners
Natural languages:
- English (Proficient)
- Swedish (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Cross-cultural communication and collaboration
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