Supplier Development Engineer

Position in the Organization

Works under the responsibility of the EVP, Americas and functionally reports to the Supply Chain Manager.

Purpose of the Position

The purpose of the Supplier Development Engineer role is to improve supplier performance and ensure that suppliers comply with the company’s quality and process standards.

Job Description – Main Tasks

The main responsibilities of a Supplier Development Engineer are divided into the following areas:

• Strategy and Planning
  • Co-developing and implementing strategic plans for suppliers and the SDE and Procurement departments.
• Supplier Audits
  • Conducting audits to ensure suppliers meet performance, delivery, and reliability requirements.
• Supplier Onboarding
  • Leading the industrialization and readiness of suppliers for components and services, ensuring alignment with program timelines and quality requirements.
• Quality Management
  • Promoting Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and maintaining Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requirements.
• Performance Monitoring
  • Developing and monitoring KPIs for industrialization projects, such as process capability indices (R&R), defect rates, etc.
• Problem Solving
  • Facilitating structured problem-solving methodologies to address defects and process deviations, such as 8D and 5-Why.
• Collaboration
  • Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
  • Advising Category Managers on SDE-related topics.

Subtasks

• Managing and monitoring tooling at external parties.