Supplier Development Engineer / Manager

You are the technical interface between the engineering team and the supplier for the repair parts, components and modules. This includes both new parts as well as transfers. The role of supplier development engineer / manager contains both supplier quality engineering (SQE) and technical supplier management (TSM) responsibilities.

SQE responsibilities:

. You partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure proactive quality management of several parts through early supplier involvement, design reviews and design for manufacturing, assembly, testing and cost.

. Timely delivery of the required deliverables and documentation, such as statement of work, technical product document acceptance by supplier, proto evaluation reports, test coverage document, first article inspection, MFLOW, PFMEA and customer acceptance tests.

. You are responsible to manage the material quality notification (MNs), deviation notices (DNs) and resolve part quality issues using problem solving techniques.

. Contribute to the supplier development, improve operational excellence, drive improvement actions, and support supplier audits.

. Monitor the performance of key parameters at the supplier and identify pro-active measures for outliers or drifting KPIs (SPC).

TSM responsibilities:

. Be part of the Supplier Account Team (SAT) and responsible for the technical section therein.

. Drive the technology roadmap in the supplier base.

. Identify the technical capabilities of the supplier and provide advice on strategic level

. Own the T section of the supplier profile audit.

. Identify and monitor continuous improvement plans together with suppliers.

. Take part in decisions of new supplier selection.

Education and experience

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in one of the following competences:

.Electrical Engineering

.Mechanical Engineering

.Mechatronics, Robotics, Systems and Control

.Industrial Engineering

Experience with quality systems and methods (e.g. six sigma) and experience in engineering towards production processes is encouraged.